…how to estimate with story points, the goal is for training to lead to tangible changes. Training is an investment with an expected return of improved agile teamwork and better outcomes for the team’s customers and stakeholders. If training helps the team deliver the right things, to the right people,…

…able to tell a story. You should know where you're heading to. But when you look there, if you see a 60 year old Christmas wishlist that has everything in but you cannot connect anything, that's when it starts smelling. So for me, a good backlog will have no more…

…keep. Effective estimating: Using story points and planning poker to improve predictability. Improving sprint reviews & retrospectives: Ensuring these meetings drive real improvement. Breaking down work effectively: Writing and splitting user stories that lead to valuable increments. With 18 hands-on breakout sessions, your team will not only learn Scrum but…

…with and management can rely on for decision-making. Explore story points, ideal days, and how to estimate with Planning Poker. Leave with new insight into both short–term iteration and long–term release planning.

…teams plan. Learn why story points have become the most popular unit for estimating work on agile teams. Explore how the popular Planning Poker technique, paired with story points, helps eliminate common estimating problems. Gain insights into predicting project completion using velocity and confidence intervals, including how to plan a…

…apply user stories and story points from the very start of a project up through delivery. Take a look at these highly interactive sessions from agile expert and trainer Mike Cohn. Designed to walk you through an agile project from funding through planning the first iteration, these presentations help put…

…user stories, estimating with story points and agile estimating and planning. You can even get coaching on user story-writing workshops. Training for Product Owners Scrum Certification for Product Owners Product Owner Skill-Building Courses User Story-Writing Workshops Product Owner vs Project Manager Some POs and Scrum Masters come from a project…

…engages the team and points them in a shared direction. Three Teamwork Enablers A sound culture enables each agile team to thrive. (Ensure each team is the right size, has defined norms, and has work that “makes sense to do as a team.”) Teams in an agile environment also need…

__Agile Estimating and Planning__ is the definitive, practical guide to estimating and planning agile projects. In the book, ScrumMaster and CST Mike Cohn discusses the philosophy of agile estimating and planning and shows you exactly how to get the job done with real-world examples and case studies.

…(or “sprint backlog items”). Story points are assigned to iteration backlog items. (p. 189 and 230) This stems from the fundamental misunderstanding above. Software cannot be released during an iteration. (page 194 and 233) The book takes the 1995 view of Scrum that software is only releasable at the end…

…abstract approaches such as story points and what a point really means. With an initial plan created, we'll look at how agile teams use the concept of velocity to measure and predict progress. We'll also look at information radiators such as task boards and burndown charts. We'll conclude by looking…

…track sprint progress by story points, days, teams, etc. This section provides a great visual example, as well as an example of an alternative version. The sprint backlog is simply a list of tasks to complete during a sprint, though the tasks do revolve around product backlog items. You have…