Agile Fundamentals Virtual Slides Ed2 R1 20181029

Agile Fundamentals Instructor-Led Virtual

Exercise: Sizing Your Story Backlog

Instructions: Work as a team In your Workbook, review the “Online Movie System” user stories

• Evaluate value and risk

• When instructed, enter the value into the Poll • Discuss any variances – Estimate using 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 & 21

Duration: 15 minutes

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Example: Velocity and Points

Average Iteration Velocity = 12 pts

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Estimating Initial Velocity

• Ask the team: “Which stories in this release can you commit to getting ‘Done’ during the first iteration? Be realistic, based on your capacity.” • These stories become team’s initial velocity • You can also do a “mock planning meeting” – Example: Team thinks they can get the first 4 stories on the list completed, which total 15 points

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