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SkillSoft Explore Course

Aspire     Agile for Software Development     Agile for Software Development Track 2: Software Requirements & Design with Agile
Software companies want predictability from their development teams in terms of software delivery, quality, and, just as importantly, cost. The Agile process makes development costs more predictable by promoting the breaking of work into small pieces so it can be accurately estimated by the Agile team. Organizations value Agile team members who are educated in efficient Agile estimation methods, as they make the cost of software projects more predictable and therefore less wasteful.
In this course, you'll learn how Agile applies to the whole organization and needs to become part of the culture. Next, you'll learn why team involvement is important in the estimation process and various estimate techniques for determining the scope of work. Finally, you'll learn some of the key questions that should be asked during the estimation process and some of the pitfalls of using Agile estimation techniques.

Objectives

Agile Software Projects: Estimation Methods

  • discover the key concepts covered in this course
  • recognize the challenges faced in transforming to an Agile organization
  • describe best practices to be adopted for building an Agile culture in the organization
  • recognize how estimation in Agile involves every member of the team
  • describe how to perform Agile estimation and some of the popular Agile estimation methods, including Story Points, Planning Poker, T-shirt Sizes, Dot Voting, and Bucket System
  • describe how to use the Story Points estimation method in Agile
  • describe how to use the Planning Poker estimation method in Agile
  • describe how to use the Dot Voting estimation method in Agile
  • describe how to use the Bucket System estimation method in Agile
  • recognize the benefits offered by Agile estimation models over traditional estimation methods
  • describe the key questions to consider when estimating
  • describe some of the common pitfalls that occur using Agile estimation techniques
  • illustrate through an example how to arrive at an estimate for a story point using Planning Poker
  • summarize the key concepts covered in this course