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I don't know how people could estimate User Stories' effort in any time-independent units. I read that someone measure effort in "green frogs" or "pink bunnies", but I really don't understand how they could completely abstract they mind from time units. Days, hours or weeks are so natural that I wonder why I should use abstract (well, but funny) units.
I stick to ideal day. Load factor is