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Story Points vs T-shirt sizing

How mature teams decide which estimation technique to use?

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Vibhor Chandel
Nov 02, 2025
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“Is this a 5-point story or a Medium T-shirt?”

I’ve been in meetings where the teams debated this, and still didn’t get better results.

Here’s the thing…

The question is NEVER about which “estimation” technique is better.

In reality…

Both Story Points and T-shirt sizes can help or hurt depending on when and why you use them.

In this post, you’ll learn how to help your team pick the correct estimation technique depending on their context.

And how mature teams have been doing it.

Let’s get started.

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