There is an interesting but confusing thread on one of the email groups [1] about “What is a Storypoint?” A lot of interesting ideas have been condensed by one of the writers.
I believe this question needs to be answered by the way any other metrics is defined. It is a definition. Any group of people can answer this question in a different way. E. g. the definition of a length is also nothing that is common in all countries. Meter in Europe, feet in USA and UK.
I teach a very simple idea about what a Storypoint is: It is a metrics for the SIZE of functionality and its value represents the understanding of the functionality that is meant by the Story.
A LARGE Story can not be as clearly understood as a small Story.
Since I use this way of estimating the SIZE with Storypoints Teams and Product Owners have a very very good basis for their discussions and they have huge success with their release plans.
[1] http://groups.google.com/group/scrumalliance/browse_thread/thread/955dc287638e69f5?pli=1
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