Bucket System project estimation

 The Bucket System is an Agile estimation technique that uses predefined buckets to group tasks or user stories by size, complexity, or effort.

 Each bucket represents an estimate range, such as small, medium, or large. 

The Bucket System is a group activity that helps align the team's understanding of work effort and complexity. 

It's a good technique for quickly estimating a large number of items with a medium to large group of people.

The effort of small, medium, or large bucket size arrived by team based on T-shirt sizing, PERT estimation or Planning Poker.

Each bucket represents a level or an estimate range (e.g., small, medium, large). The team compares user stories to one another and places them into the appropriate buckets. This process is a group activity, promoting discussions and aligning the team's understanding of work complexity and effort.

To use the Bucket System:

• Set up a row of cards, or buckets, with values in the Fibonacci sequence or other methods
• Present each item or user story from the Product Backlog to the team
• Have team members decide if the item's effort or complexity is closer to the low or high end of the scale
• Have team members move the item along the scale to reflect its relative position
• Compare user stories to each other and place them into the appropriate buckets