If you are running into any of these questions, your organization or team might be ready to implement agile estimation. Agile estimation aims to assign a cost factor to everything in the backlog. This cost weighting can then be used to measure team velocity, make better decisions around featu...
Estimation is hard. For software developers, it's among the most difficult — if not the most difficult — aspects of the job. It must take into account a slew of factors that help product owners make decisions that affect the entire team — and the business. With all that at stake, it...
For mostagile teams, using one reference story keeps the process simple. However, some teams welcome multiple baseline stories for more accurate relative estimation, more so when the project encompasses various task types.Each baseline story can represent a different task category or level of complexi...
5. Track and improve story point estimation The final step in the Agile story point implementation process is to monitor how accurately story point estimates reflect the actual levels of time, effort and risk. After the teamcompletes each sprint, it should review this data and then use the ins...
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Do both portfolios use (or both not use) capabilities or the solution layer Are the estimation methods the same or different Do both portfolios use Feature Product Field Are the fields shown on the work items the same between portfolios (as configured in Details Panel Se...
A crucial part of establishing Agile story points is planning poker—and I don't mean flying your team out to an all-expenses paid trip to Vegas. Planning poker is a collaborative estimation technique that helps your team align on how to assign story points. While every team may do it a...
Finding the right balance requires agile leaders to define where and how to apply consistent standards while still empowering teams to self-organize