Workshop on

Agile Estimation and Planning

Date: Friday 23rd July 2010, At Bangalore

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Overview:
For decades, delivering on time has been a great challenge in software development. Everyone knows how important estimation is, in traditional software development.

Similarly in agile software development, one of the most important things agile project team is how scrum teams can quickly get good at delivering on time. This poses lot of challenges in deciding the product back log features to know how much time they take to deliver in a sprint release.

There is also lot of confusion today on how to estimate the time taken for a sprint release, how many sprints needed for each release, how to estimate tasks for each feature or User Stories . Another challenge is, in which sprint they can be delivered. Unless we have clarity on the size of each user story we will not be in a position to allocate and commit the feature in a sprint.

This course aims at answering the above questions on Estimation and Planning aspects in Scrum/Agile projects. This main objective of this course is to create a detailed understanding to the participants on the following,
• How to Estimate product back log features.
• How to Estimate product back log release date, for given set of features.
• Estimate in story points to indicate the relative size of each feature. Usage of relative estimates using T-Shirts size,

  Fibonacci Scale.
• Estimate as a team for Product Back Log Features, Usage of Planning Poker Tool to aid the Estimation Exercise.
• Track Team “Velocity” over time. Decide how much to commit from the past sprints.
• How to perform Release Planning and Sprint Planning for given set of requirements.
• Usage of Open Source tool for Agile estimation.
 

Takeaways from Workshop:

• The Estimation techniques for Release Planning and Sprint Planning.
• How to decide the sprints and sprint tasks for a release and decide features based on dates of release.
• Templates used for Sprint Planning and tracking Sprint burn down.

Target Audience:
• Scrum Masters, Product Owners
• Developers/Senior developers.
• Designers and Senior Designers
• Technical Leads, QA Leads and QA Engineers.
• Support groups such as Quality, Pre Sales, Proposal teams, Configuration team.
• Anyone who is involved in Agile Estimation.
 

Pre-requisite
• Basic awareness on Agile/Scrum Process.

Delivery Method:

The course is a mix of instructor lead, and designed to enable participants learn, experiment and implement the techniques of Estimation through simulation exercises.

Faculty: Niranjan Nerlige V, M.Tech ( IIT,Bombay).

ISO 9001, Tick IT, ISO 27001K, CMM, CMMI and Certified Scrum Master

Niranjan has around 17 years of professional experience in Software Quality Assurance, Trainings and deployment of Software Processes, Quality Models – ISO 9001, CMM/CMMI, ISO 27001, Agile Scrum) , EFQM and IS 14001. He has designed and conducted several trainings in Symphony University (Symphony Software Services Corporation Pvt. Ltd), where he anchored process trainings through Symphony University. He led various software improvement initiatives such as Defect Prevention, Technology Change Management, Defects predictions models in Philips Software.

He has published and presented papers on Software Size, Software Project Risks Management in an International Conferences such as SEPG, 18th World Congress for Quality.

Niranjan has conducted 75+ training programs in Symphony, Ion Idea, Infinite Computers, Vital Images, Unisys, PACE Micro Technology and Philips Software etc, in the areas of Agile Estimation, Scrum Project Management, Software Estimation, CMMI and Software Risk Management and Project Management.

Date : Fri 23rd July 2010

Time : 09:30 am to 05:30 pm

Venue:

S Hotel

#60, 13th Cross, 2nd Main,

J.P. Nagar 3rd Phase, Bangalore - 560078

Tel: +91-80-42456060

Fee Details:

Rs. 4,500=00 + 10.3% Service Tax  for Per Participant (*includes Lunch, Tea /Coffee.)

Subject to availability of seats.  Terms & Conditions.

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Course Contents:
Module 1:

Introduction to Agile - Scrum Methodology
   • Introduction to Agile and Overview of Scrum
   • Scrum roles (The Team, The Product Owner, The Scrum Master)
   • Scrum Artefacts (The Product Backlog, The Sprint Backlog and the impediments list)

Module 2:

Agile Estimation
   • Scrum Artefacts (The Product Backlog, The Sprint Backlog and the impediments list)
   • Traditional Estimation V/s Agile Estimation - Overview
   • What is User Story? What is Velocity (How and Why Estimate Velocity?) What is Productivity?
Estimation in Scrum
   • Estimation of Sprint Back Log
   • Estimation of Product Back Log
Creating Size estimates
   • Story Points and Ideal days
   • Estimating Story Points using Planning Poker
Release Planning
   • Release planning
   • Creating Release Backlog
   • Creating and updating Release Burn Down
Sprint Planning
   • Creating Sprint Backlog
   • Creating and Updating Sprint Burn down
Exercises
   • Sprint Estimation and Planning
   • Velocity calculation
   • Release planning

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