Agile Fundamentals Virtual Slides Ed2 R1 20181029

Agile Fundamentals Instructor-Led Virtual

Tricks for Agile Estimating

• Be aware of the stage of your project • Do not use estimates to drive delivery • Use an appropriate method of estimation and level of detail – Too granular too early may lead to waste and/or imply a false sense of precision – Do the least amount of specifying and estimating possible to make a responsible commitment at each level

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Types of Estimation

• High-level: Affinity • Story-level: Planning Poker

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Hours vs. Story Points

• “Hours and days” attempt to estimate the effort of a feature and the velocity of people working on it • How long it takes to complete a task depends on who is doing it • When multiple people are completing a story, it is unrealistic to estimate the hours for their combined efforts

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