Agile Estimation & Planning Tools, Templates & Tips!
In Agile & Scrum projects, teams must estimate and plan the velocity of each sprint. One major technique of Agile Planning is Agile Estimation. Estimating work is difficult to do well, and difficult to do quickly. This agile estimation resource center provides tools, templates and tricks to help teams estimate their agile projects. By using our Agile Poker estimation decks, we eliminate the problem of expert bias, and ensure that your team produces the best possible results!
In Scrum, the Team's velocity has to be estimated prior to the Sprint. The most common estimation technique is " Planning Poker," a voting approach designed to avoid influence bias.
| Agile Estimation Decks (Planning Poker) | Team Definition Template |
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| Estimating work is difficult to do well, and difficult to do quickly. Our estimation process leverages your team’s expertise to produce quick and accurate results. By using these estimation decks, we eliminate the problem of expert bias, and ensure that your team produces the best possible results! | The amount of work an Agile Team can perform in a Sprint must be known in order to plan the Sprint effectively. You can use this template to estimate the Team’s capacity for work for a particular Sprint.When you have estimated the Team’s capacity, and estimated the size of requirements (Stories, Defects) in the Product Backlog, you can then determine which items will fit in this Sprint’s Backlog. |
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| Agile Poker for Estimation App | Rapid Estimation Tutorial |
| Our Agile Poker Smart-Phone Cards leverage your team’s expertise to produce quick and accurate results. By using these mobile estimation decks, we eliminate the problem of expert bias, and ensure that your team produces the best possible results—without the fuss and bother of paper card decks! | In these series of videos, Dr. Kevin Thompson will teach you how to provide good estimates for your projects quickly, using some best practices in expert estimation. These techniques are used widely in the software industry, especially for Agile projects, but they are useful for any kind of project in any industry. View the Entire Tutorial here |
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| Rapid Estimation eLearning Course | Agile Estimation - An Art or a Science? |
The ability to estimate time and effort is critical for any project. The purpose of this course is to teach you how to provide good estimates for your projects, quickly, using best practices in expert estimation. |
Is accurate project estimation an art or a science? What we’ll explain is that there is no definitive answer to this question. The most successful project estimation occurs when both art and science are blended together. |
How to Play Agile Planning Poker
- Each estimator selects a set of cards.
- Facilitator reads item to be estimated, and moderates a brief discussion to clarify details.
- Facilitator calls for estimates. Each estimator places estimate face down, hiding the value.
- Facilitator calls for vote, and all estimators turn over cards at the same time.
- If all cards agree, their value is recorded as the estimate.
- Otherwise, facilitator asks high and low estimators to explain their reasoning, and moderates a brief discussion to clarify issues.
- Repeat 3-6 until estimates converge.
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