Can I change the units for Sprint Task estimates?

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Mark Lovell (Official Rep) September 11, 2009 20:52

No. In ScrumWorks, tasks are fine-grained units of work measured in hours.

However, the Product Backlog Effort Estimation Unit can be changed in the Product Properties: File > Product Properties.

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Mark Lovell (Official Rep) September 11, 2009 20:52

No. In ScrumWorks, tasks are fine-grained units of work measured in hours.

However, the Product Backlog Effort Estimation Unit can be changed in the Product Properties: File > Product Properties.

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No. In ScrumWorks, tasks are fine-grained units of work measured in hours. However, the Product Backlog Effort Estimation Unit can be changed in the Product Properties: File > Product Properties.

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cbrucia January 22, 2010 01:43

Is it possible to set hours remaining on a task to 1.5 or 2.5 when appropriate instead of just whole hour increments?

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Is it possible to set hours remaining on a task to 1.5 or 2.5 when appropriate instead of just whole hour increments?

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Caleb Brown (Official Rep) January 22, 2010 17:25

Hi Cbrucia,

Currently no, hours must be whole units. As I understand it this was done intentionally.

I am having trouble digging out the Blog entry about task granularity that I believe addresses why the tool does this. If you are interested in it just let me know and I will speak with Michael James about it and get back to you.

On another note; because tracking time spent is a matter of precision, if you are using the Timesheets functionality you will find that you can enter partial hours (1.5, 4.25 etc.)

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Hi Cbrucia, Currently no, hours must be whole units. As I understand it this was done intentionally. I am having trouble digging out the Blog entry about task granularity that I believe addresses why the tool does this. If you are interested in it just let me know and I will speak with Michael James about it and get back to you. On another note; because tracking time spent is a matter of precision, if you are using the Timesheets functionality you will find that you can enter partial hours (1.5, 4.25 etc.)

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