Agile Estimating and Planning

Planning is important for all projects, including agile ones. Unfortunately, we’ve all seen so many worthless plans that we’d like to just throw planning out altogether. But let’s not give up yet. It is possible to create a project plan that looks forward six to nine months—and yet is accurate and useful. Too many teams view planning as something to be avoided, and too many organizations view plans as something to hold against their development teams. Mike Cohn describes how to break that cycle by acquiring new skills that help you to create reliable plans for improved decision-making. Leave this session with a solid understanding of and experience in agile planning. Mike presents various approaches to estimating, including unit-less points and ideal time. Participants also practice estimating with the popular Planning Poker technique. Together, you and Mike will explore techniques that dramatically increase your project’s chances of on-time completion.


	File size	3.2 MB
	File type	pdf
	Presentation date	December 04, 2007
	Presented at	Agile Development Practices
	Duration	half day
	Tags	2007 estimating planning
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