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Sort the Estimation Smells

Identify whether an estimation comment signals clean calibration, a split-needed story, or a false-precision trap.

This feels larger than our 3-point anchor because compliance review adds uncertainty. Healthy Calibration Let us average the votes so we can move on even if we disagree about scope. False Precision Half the room is imagining migration work and half is not, so we should separate the slices. Split Needed Can we compare this to the last permissions story before naming a number? If we turn points into hours, stakeholders will finally trust the estimate. The story seems to include two user outcomes, which is why the point spread is so wide. The estimate should reflect the policy-review risk…

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