How long is an epic?

• Theme - multi-year
• Epic - 6 months to 1 year
• Feature - One quarter or less
• Story - One Sprint or less

https://www.scrum.org/forum/scrum-forum/16650/best-practice-size-epics

Example compexities

1

• Single line change in script/config file

2

• Single line change in compiled code
• Add an if statement around existing code

3

• Update a single function
• Remove commented code from a whole file

5

• Remove redundant code from a whole file

8

• Establish network connection between two objects using existing middleware
• Align third-party dependencies between projects

13+

• Consider breaking down the task