A Workshop on

Agile Estimation and Planning

At Bangalore, Hurry! Register Today.

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 for all, 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 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 . Deciding them in which sprint they can be delivered is also another challenge.
 

This course aims at answering the above questions on Estimation and Planning aspects in Scrum/Agile projects. This course aims at creating an understanding to the participants on the following,
  • Estimating features, rather than tasks.
  • Estimate in points to indicate the relative size of each feature. Usage of relative estimates using T-Shirts size, Fibonacci relative scale.
  • Estimate as a team for Product Back Log Features, Usage of Planning Poker to facilitate this.
  • At the end of your Sprint (or iteration), score the points for all features you managed to deliver. Only score points for features 100% complete, tested and potentially shippable. This is your Velocity.
  • Track your Velocity over time on a graph. At the start of each Sprint, look back at your Velocity for recent Sprints to decide how much to commit to for the coming Sprint.
 

Takeaways from Workshop :
• The Estimation techniques for Release Planning and Sprint Planning.
• How to decide the sprints for a release and decide features based on dates of release.
• Templates used for Sprint Burn Down

Target Audience:
• Scrum Masters, Product Owners
• Developers/Sr 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 16 plus 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 50+ training programs in Symphony, Philips Software in the areas of Project Management, Scrum Project Management, Software Estimation techniques, CMMI and Software Risk Management.

Date : Fri 26th Mar 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. 4,250=00 + 10.3% Service Tax  for Per Participant (*includes Lunch, Tea /Coffee.) Subject to availability of seats.

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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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