Here’s a little video illustrating a great exercise for Agile training – also shows why most government agencies and large companies struggle when trying to move to Agile. This team took eight sprints to get into the groove. It’s very easy for some opponent to politically crush or discredit the process while it’s still in the chrysalis. Thanks to the folks who published this.
Because of the sins of our past, people in the United States are not allowed to participate in sociology. We can study and comment on anthropology, because that’s in the past. As Rafiki says in Lion King, “It doesn’t mattah! It’s in the past!” (Yes, my writings are replete with lofty literary references).
People may practice psychology or psychiatry, whether they have professional credentials, or not. In fact, it seems there is a need for everyone to practice arm-chair psychology to explain away the continuous stream of in-congruent oddities in others and in our world. Perhaps, that’s even what I’m doing now?! 
We, ourselves, of course, are perfectly normal. 
Can’t do sociology, though. No sir. We Americans, can’t go there.
There are a lot of good videos and articles out there about Story Points. They describe in various ways, what the presenter thinks story points are, what they’re good for, and how they’re used. I do not want to repeat that information here, too much. It’s all good stuff, but it always left me hanging.
Sure, I get that Story Points are for mid-range to long-range planning. I get that sizing is needed in the earliest stages of planning, and using “ideal hours” is impractical if not impossible until later, during iteration planning, when architects and engineers can decompose the problem at hand into measurable morsels of work. I get it.
Several things remained fuzzy for me, though, including the following:
Hey. One could argue that directly or indirectly your life has been spared, enhanced, or that your comforts and liberties ensured by the sacrificial actions of the Navy Seals. The Navy Seals are for young, healthy, testosterone-laden men, and for my part, I want it to stay that way. Let the Navy Seals be the Navy Seals. God forbid that they ever try to accommodate old men to appease some psychotic notion about discrimination.