Posts Tagged: estimate

Forget about poker planning

Explaining agile estimating and planning is the hardest part when teaching a class. That’s because people freak out when they hear about story points and relative estimations. Why wouldn’t they? If you’ve ever done a project before in your life,

Forget about poker planning

Explaining agile estimating and planning is the hardest part when teaching a class. That’s because people freak out when they hear about story points and relative estimations. Why wouldn’t they? If you’ve ever done a project before in your life,

No more time based estimates

We recently switched from a mix of velocity and timebased estimations to pure velocity based planning. How did we work in the past? The product owner selects a number of user stories, which are sorted by priority. She uses the

No more time based estimates

We recently switched from a mix of velocity and timebased estimations to pure velocity based planning. How did we work in the past? The product owner selects a number of user stories, which are sorted by priority. She uses the

Estimating a city trip

Last weekend, I went to visit the city of Paris. With so many things to see and so little time, we decided to make a prioritized list of places to visit. Since this was my very first visit to Paris,

Estimating a city trip

Last weekend, I went to visit the city of Paris. With so many things to see and so little time, we decided to make a prioritized list of places to visit. Since this was my very first visit to Paris,