Skip to content

Contact sales

By filling out this form and clicking submit, you acknowledge our privacy policy.

Agile Project Estimation

Course Summary

The Agile Project Estimation training course will demonstrate how to decompose project scope using epics, themes, and tasks.

The course begins with by teaching students the Agile estimation method and an understanding of Agile plans. It then dives into relative sizing metrics and and utilizing SCRUM methodologies. The course concludes with a look into forecasting and ensuring maximum business value in deliveries.

Pre-Requisites: An understanding of Scrum basics is assumed; prior experience with Agile project execution is helpful.

Purpose
 Learn how to effectively estimate for Agile projects.
Audience
 Project Managers, Managers, and Leads new to Agile that need to better understand project estimation.
Role
Project Manager - Technical Manager
Skill Level
Introduction
Style
Workshops
Duration
2 Days
Related Technologies
Agile | Scrum

 

Productivity Objectives
  • Associate the concept of relative sizing and how it is used.
  • Articulate the process for developing estimates for a project.
  • Illustrate agile reporting.
  • Identify key Agile metrics.

What You'll Learn:

In the Agile Project Estimation training course, you'll learn:
  • Agile Estimation
    • Agile Means Discipline
    • The Agile Microscope
    • People vs Formulas
  • Why Plans Fail
    • Top reasons Software Planning Fails
    • What makes a plan an Agile plan?
  • Managing Requirements
    • Decomposing Scope
    • Developing the Release Plan
    • Leveraging Themes
    • INVEST-ing in Good Stories
    • Understanding The Hidden Waterfall
    • Managing the Product Backlog and Metrics for Grooming
    • Examining Story Metrics and the Story Scale
    • Using Spikes & "Get Smart" Stories
  • Relative Sizing Metrics
    • Understanding Relative Sizing Techniques & Why It Works
    • Developing Story Points, Ideal Days and Other Variables
    • Sizing with Planning Poker
    • Constraints on Relative Sizing
    • Calculating Team Velocity
    • Examining Consequences of Not Using Relative Measurement
    • Illustrating Key Business Metrics
    • Clarifying Business Value Metrics
    • Prioritizing / Sequencing Using Relative ROI
    • Making Corrections
    • Dealing with Inaccurate Estimates
    • Dealing with Missed Iteration Goals
    • Dealing with New / Changed Requirements
    • Tracking Historical Trends
  • Doing Scrum In A Big Way
    • What are the Team Metrics?
    • How Many Teams?
    • How Many Product Backlogs?
  • Forecasting
    • Forecasting Without Any History
    • Forecasting Using Historical Data
    • Deciding Whether To Buffer or Not to Buffer
    • Ensuring Quality
    • UnderstandingWhat to Measure and When
    • Refactoring Formalized and Measured
    • Measuring TDD and ATTD
    • Forecasting based on estimates
    • Forecasting fine-tuning based on facts
real world content

Real-World Content

Project-focused demos and labs using your tool stack and environment, not some canned "training room" lab.
expert practitioners

Expert Practitioners

Industry experts that bring their battle scars into the classroom.
experiential learning

Experiential Learning

More coding than lecture, coupled with architectural and design discussions.
tailored outlines

Tailored Outlines

One-size-fits-all doesn't apply to training teams. That's where we come in!
“I appreciated the instructor's technique of writing live code examples rather than using fixed slide decks to present the material.”

VMware

Dive in and learn more

When transforming your workforce, it's important to have expert advice and tailored solutions. We can help. Tell us your unique needs and we'll explore ways to address them.

Let's chat

By filling out this form and clicking submit, you acknowledge our privacy policy.