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Estimates: 

is there a silver bullet?
Ksenia Redunova
Ksenia Redunova
My everyday work:
Estimate this!
The estimation process
Backlog grooming meeting
Estimation meeting
Sprint planning
How to predict the velocity?
Yesterday’s weather
Velocity is not
for productivity measurement!
Where estimates fail
Vague requirements
Definition of ready
Definition of done
Dependencies
Not included to estimates:



Bugfixing

Tests coverage
Optimism bias
What should we do 

if our estimates fail?
Triple constraint
NY Case
Vague requirements

Pressure

Need estimates NOW
Estimates
Tel Aviv Case
Kick-off estimates

Strict timeline
Estimates
Neighbor Case
Everything pre-estimated

Is it good or bad?
Estimates
My Recent Case
Quarter planning done by four PMs
Estimates
Share yours!

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