Agile Estimation and Planning Workshop
We are going to introduce you to the techniques and principles that agile methodologies offer to help you better manage your team's effort and deliver products that truly satisfy customer needs.
Course information
Format
Online
Duration
8 hours
Private student group, tailored to your company
Objectives
The purpose of this course is to improve project estimation and planning within an agile and collaborative framework.
What You'll Learn
1. From this course, you will take away key concepts on how to plan your agile projects to maximize learning and value delivery in the shortest possible time.
2. You will learn and apply techniques to make better estimates, helping your team become more predictable and effective.
3. You will discover how an agile team is structured to successfully achieve the goals they set for themselves.
Content
User Stories
- User Stories
- The User Story concept.
- Acceptance criteria.
- Specification by Example (SBE).
- Acceptance testing.
- INVEST.
- User Story slicing.
Estimation
- Why estimate, who estimates, and what to estimate.
- When to estimate (Boehm's Cone of Uncertainty).
- How to estimate: Absolute vs. relative estimation.
- Planning Poker.
Release Planning
- Vision and multitasking.
- Release early, release often.
- Adaptive planning and Last Responsible Moment (LRM).
- The California Trip exercise.
- Backlog creation: User Story Mapping.
Iteration Planning
- Strategic planning and velocity.
- Tactical planning and setting up the Sprint Board.
- Unplanned work during the iteration.
- Slack and variable velocity.
- Technical debt: Can we increase velocity?
Who Is This Course For?
This course is designed for all members of a development team, including testers, business analysts, project managers, QA and process improvement analysts, architects, and designers.
It also delivers significant value to software project stakeholders, managers, IT administrators, end users,
