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Bucket System: Guide and Exam Tips

What is the Bucket System?
The Bucket System is a process used to estimate a work of various sizes in Scrum. It provides an effective way to estimate serve large number of items in a relative manner.

Why is it important?
This system is crucial because it helps team members in providing quick, reliable estimates for multiple Product Backlog Items(PBIs) without going into deep granularity.

How does the Bucket System work?
In the bucket system, items are categorised into different 'buckets' or groupings according to their estimated sizes. These buckets can represent diverse values depending on the specific setting.

How to answer questions on the Bucket System in an exam:
1. Be clear: Make sure you understand the definition of the Bucket System and how it functions.
2. Use concrete examples: Use a practical example to explain the functionality of the Bucket System.
3. Show its benefits: Demonstrate what value the Bucket System brings to a development process.

Extra Tips: Remember to know the difference between the Bucket System and other estimating techniques. This will help you compare and bring out the advantages of the Bucket System over other techniques in your exam.

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The Bucket System is another approach where the items (typically user stories) are sorted by size and placed in 'buckets'. These buckets represent different ranges of sizes or levels of effort. Each bucket is given a numerical value according to the size or level of effort it represents. This method can be fairly quick and allow a high level overview of the overall size of the product backlog.

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