How to Schedule your project based on Agile 1- Type of project and how to select deadline 2- How to select Iteration Length 3- How to build your Iterations

1. Agile Scheduling
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2013 – Jun
By: Mohamed Saad

2.  Release Planning Essentials
 Iteration Planning
 Selection an Iteration Length
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3.  The Release Plan
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4.  The Release Plan
 Determine The Condition of Satisfaction
› Feature-driven project: Must include some
features in release
› Date-driven project: Must be released by
date
 Estimate the User Stories
› Discussed in Estimating Size (Story Points or
Ideal Days)
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5.  Select an Iteration Length
 Estimate Velocity
 Prioritizing User Stories
› Discussed in Planning for value considering
Financial, Cost, Knowledge and Risk
 Select Stories and Release Date
› Feature-driven VS Date-driven
› Determine the release planning task vs.
determining each iteration stories
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6.  Updating the Release Plan
› Is done at end of each Iteration
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7.  Iteration Planning
› Tasks are not allocated During Iteration
Planning
› How Iteration Planning Differs from Release
Planning
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8.  Velocity-Driven Iteration Planning
› Adjust Priorities
› Determine target Velocity
› Identify Iteration Goal
› Select User Stories
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9.  Velocity-Driven Iteration Planning (Cont.)
› Split User Stories into Tasks
 Include only work that values to this project: no email
responding or discussions should be included
 Include Unit Testing: as separate task or include it in task
estimate
 Include Meetings in tasks
 Include bugs fixing in tasks estimate: if it’s not detected
within the iteration should be included in next iterations
 Handling Dependences: try to use natural order if
possible
 Handle work that is difficult to split: split in to two tasks
 Determine effect and estimate.
 Make do the work
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10.  Velocity-Driven Iteration Planning (Cont.)
› Estimate Tasks
 Estimates Is in ideal hours
 Involve some design details
 Chose right size: try to split tasks to fit in to one day
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11.  Commitment-Driven Iteration Planning
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12.  Commitment-Driven Iteration Planning
(Cont.)
› Ask for a Team Commitment
 Summing the Estimates
 Include Maintenance work from previous
projects time
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13.  Range of Iteration Length
› 2-weeks to 4-weeks (1-Month)
 Factors in Selecting an Iteration Length
› The Overall length of the Release: should
have at least 4-5 Iterations
› The Amount of Uncertainty: short iterations
decreases uncertainty
› The Ease of Getting Feedback: if it’s hard to
get feedback will use long iterations
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14.  Factors in Selecting an Iteration Length
(cont.)
› How Long Priorities Can Remain Unchanged: it
took around 1.5 iteration to see new changes
› Willingness to Go without Outside Feedback
› The Overhead of Iteration: time wasted by
meeting for (review iteration and start new
iteration)
› How Soon a feeling of Urgency is Established: as
long as the end date of an iteration is far we
don’t feel pressure
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15.  Agile Estimating and Planning by Mike
Cohn.
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