
You’re still struggling with estimations or you think you’ve completely mastered it? I highly recommend the following 3 videos. Get some popcorn, sit back and enjoy the show!
Video 1: Agile estimating
- Summary: the basics on agile estimating.
- Tagline: estimate size, derive duration
- Star: Mike Cohn
- Duration: 58:21
- Event: Norwegian Developers Conference, 6 June 2012
- Topics covered:
- ideal time
- story points
- planning poker.
Video 2: Advanced Topics in Agile Planning
- Summary: The sequel on the “Agile estimating”-video above, starring the same cast. Learn how to build a plan from your story point estimates.
- Tagline: use ranges
- Star: Mike Cohn
- Duration: 56:47
- Event: Norwegian Developers Conference, 6 June 2012
- Topics covered:
- Accuracy vs precision of a plan
- Using ranges & confidence intervals
- Expectation vs delivery risk
- planning in multiple scenarios:
- fixed-date plans
- fixed scope plans
- teams with/without historical velocity data
- planning with teams changing size
Video 3: #NoEstimates: Planning without estimation
- Summary: Estimates are always wrong and creating them is a waste. Learn to build plans effectively without estimating, using actual measurements and backlog priorities.
- Tagline: If you know all about estimating, you should stop estimating NOW!
- Star: Allen Holub
- Duration: 37:44
- Event: DevWeek 2015