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Cost Planning in the Online Shop Using the Story Point Method

With story points: Effort determined for payment feature in the online grocery store.

Cost planning in software projects based on the Story Point Method does not focus on the time required but rather on the complexity of functions. According to the ERP Report 2014 on "Organizational Change Management," for instance, 54 % of all ERP projects exceed their budget.
The cost fluctuation range of +/- 6.5% in the Story Point method within the agile-managed use case in this project anticipates a significant reduction in project cost overruns.
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The biggest challenge in transitioning to this new method is adapting experienced project teams to the new planning approach. The introduction process of a grocery store in the food retail sector highlights stumbling blocks and success factors.

While traditional project cost planning emphasizes expenses, Story Points assess the complexity of functions. For instance, in the consumer goods retail sector, a sales promotion was previously estimated quantitatively based on the development effort for the corresponding point-of-sale software to handle numerous different offers, considering the planned number of promotions.

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