Ahmad Mahel. No Estimate approach for Agile Teams

1. #No Estimate
Approach for Agile teams
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2. Working software over comprehensive documentation.
Responding to change over following a plan.
Simplicity--the art of maximizing the amount of work
not done--is essential.
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3. Estimation
• What
• When
• For
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4. #No Estimation
• Definition.
• Challenges of software project.
oHow much it will cost me?
oHow long it will take?
oWhat I am going to get?
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5. Trust Pyramid
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6. Developing Agile Contract
• Time and material Contract.
• Cost vs. Value.
• Outcome based contract
• Fixed contract.
• Internal funding
• Monthly/Quarterly budget.
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7. Forecast vs. Estimation
• Estimation.
• Forecast
To judge tentatively or approximately the value, worth, or
significance of.
To calculate or predict (some future event or condition)
usually as a result of study and analysis of available pertinent
data
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8. User story count
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9. Gather the Forecast data
• Story count.
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10. Scope
Capacity
Time
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11. Planning become more effective
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12. Per release cycle
• MMP vs. MVP.
• Release plan. (3 months)
• Story mapping vs. Impact mapping.
How to:
 Status, Where are we accordintg time plan
 Review priority pyramid
 Adjustment
 Other, Is there anything urgent
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13. Priority Pyramid for Release
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14. Daily Planning
Daily meeting(Definitely all bugs found also some Subtask for features/User stories) the discussion in form does it
requiered to be included in the current release.
• Target Release.
• Importance.
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15. Get ready
• Focus on Value.
• INVEST modul
• 95% and 5%
• JIT
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17. Recommended reading
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Follow up the #Noestimate hashtag on
twitter
Follow Woody Zuill
Follow Vaco Duarte
http://www.oikosofyseries.net
Evidence Based Management
Guide by www.scrum.org

18. refference
• #No Estimation. Hastag and discussion
• The Professional Product Owner: Leveraging Scrum as a Competitive
Advantageby Don McGreal and Ralph Jocham.
• #NoEstimates Book by Vasco Duarte.
• The Ultimate Guide to Capacity Planning with #NoEstimates by Vasco
Duarte.
• Scrum guide.
• Agile manifiesto.
• Evidence Based Management Guide, by Scrum.org
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