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Re:Story Points Are Pointless, Measure Queues by duskwuff on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @06:27PM (#40980906)
> Scheduling is an NP problem. [...] it takes n^p calculations to schedule it optimally

That isn't what NP means. (An O(n^p) algorithm would in fact be in P.)

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Re:Story Points Are Pointless, Measure Queues by jmward01 on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @07:46PM (#40981367)
yep. I wrote without thinking. c^n would be better right.
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