Estimations

Topics

• Story Point - what for? (metrics Sprint Burndown, Velocity);

• Story Point vs Hours pros/cons;

• Estimations techniques (story points, T-Shirt approach, Planning Poker, top-bottom, bottom-up, PERT, ….);

• Estimations in un-known position (unknown scope, unknown technology);

• Explanation on what to do when the estimation is failed;

• Take risks into account? estimates multipliers (communication, bug fixing, additional effort on Accessibility, Tests, Cross-browser support, responsive/adaptive design, localization/globalization).

Materials

• Agile estimation techniques

• How to Estimate Projects

• Estimate Inflation

• Dealing with unclear requirements

• Managing risk

• How to do effective project estimation during pre-sales

• Robert C. Martin - Effective Estimation (or: How not to Lie)

• How To Estimate Software Development Time

• How to Estimate in Software Development with Gerard Beckerleg

• Agile estimation (Watch other videos from the course for more)