Estimating & Planning

New Perspectives on Estimating & Planning

The Agile software development world has brought forth a number of innovations in the area of estimating and planning.  In this one-day class we will draw forth these powerful planning tools and share the techniques used by successful teams that consistently deliver high-quality results on-time and on-budget.

The learning objectives for this course are:

• List the key principles and values that support estimating and planning.
• Given examples of how simple reporting tools show progress and encourage collaboration.
• Explain the importance of reducing batch size to support rapidly delivery of value and continuous flow.
• Discover new techniques to define cross-functional work packages.
• Describe how to create a shared definition of done.
• Experiment with multiple techniques to estimate work tasks and create plans.

If you are working on an Agile\Scrum team, this class is essential for understanding how make solid commitments.  If you are not using Agile\Scrum at work, then this class will show you how to use these compelling new tools to create accurate, robust project plans that are flexible to the changing needs of your business.  Every participant is guaranteed to walk away with at least three new planning practices they can use on their project today.

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