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I'm not sure why 'story points' come in fibonacci numbers
Gives it an unwaranted sense of scientific rigour probably. Like, you or I may not know why it's fibonacci numbers, but there's definitely a proper numerical reason why "1","2","3","4" wouldn't possibly work.
I feel like powers of two would be quite a good alternative - "1", "2", "4", "8", "16".
christianSpaceman-
I feel like powers of two would be quite a good alternative - "1", "2", "4", "8", "16".
No, as per @aggi that would give it unwarranted sense of scientific rigour, e.g that task A with 16 points is twice as big as task B with 8 points.
Also, conjecture: they are trivial to calculate, so don't need remembering, and intervals increase at a reasonable rate: faster than primes but slower than squares.
chez_jay
Pretty sure they came down inscribed on some tablets from heaven.
In all honesty, I'm not sure why 'story points' come in fibonacci numbers. Can't find anything but fluffy reasons online.
Edit: @aggi gives a quite plausible explanation.