Move of Unfinished User Stories

[Anon Anon]

Hello,

I have a question concerning unfinished user stories in a sprint.
     When I move, instead of split, a user story that has completed tasks, do I have to reset the estimates for those completed tasks in the new sprint? the reason I am asking is that team members look over-allocated, because of previous estimates for completed tasks.
     
     Thanks in advance for your help,
     Raymond.

[Legacy User]

Hi Raymond, 

When you move a user story (and its tasks), the estimates and to dos do not change.  So, just as you mention, your team members will appear to be over-allocated based on those estimates.  What I would do is make sure to apply reasonable estimates on those tasks based on their current state, not the state when the tasks were created.  Does that make sense?  Basically, estimate based on the amount of work already done. 

There's actually a great Rally Help article on this at: 
https://help.rallydev.com/manage-unfinished-work

[Anon Anon]

Thank you for the quick response, it makes sense. Just to make sure I understand this correctly, could you clarify the scenarios below? Sprint A US1/Task1 Estimate=10 hours ToDo=2 hours US1/Task2 Estimate=10 hours TODo=0 hour      (completed) Sprint B US1/Task1 Estimate=2 hours TODO=2 hours US1/Task2 Estimate=0 hour Todo=0 hour  (completed) Raymond.

[Legacy User]

Raymond, it looks like you've got it.  I just re-formatted your scenario for clarity.  Looks like I would set the Est = 2 hours, ToDo = 2 hours for Sprint B. 

Sprint A
US1
  Task1 Estimate=10 hours ToDo=2 hours
  Task2 Estimate=10 hours TODo=0 hour (completed)

Sprint B
US1
  Task1 Estimate=2 hours TODO=2 hours
  Task2 Estimate=0 hour Todo=0 hour (completed)

[Anon Anon]

Thank you! Raymond.