practical workshop
Velocity and estimations
understanding of agile estimations
This is a highly practical workshop that will equip your agile team with a thorough understanding of different estimation practices used in the agile world. We will dive into the reasoning behind agile estimation practices, the logic of estimating complexity not time and survey different estimation techniques that are superior to time estimates.
Course outline
- Uncertainty of estimates
- Planning fallacy
- Estimating in absolute terms
- Estimating in relative terms
- Reference class forecasting
- Understanding the ‘complexity’ paradigm
- Estimating complexity not time
- Velocity formula
- Average velocity
- Velocity as a planning tools
- Time vs scope planning
- Throughput
- Cycle time
- Monte Carlo simulations
“The training led by Jānis very clearly showed the power of Agile methodology. He helped to clear the misconceptions and provided plenty of examples on how to start the journey of Agile transformation”
"Jānis is one of the best I've worked with when it comes to Agile. I learned most of the things I know from him. He teaches things in a way that is very easy to learn, and always in a good mood."
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