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• Thu

  09

  Oct

  2014

  1-Day Agile Estimating and Planning Training in Ireland

  08:00
  

  Dublin

  
  

  One of the most important aspects of agile development training is estimating and planning. Yes, these are important, even for agile software development. Although agile is a fluid and iterative process, that doesn’t mean that planning doesn’t have a place in its programming and project management.

  Despite the many worthless plans that we’ve all seen—which may make us want to skip planning altogether—this Agile Estimating and Planning Training will demonstrate that it’s possible to create accurate project plans useful for programming testing—and projecting forward from 6-9 months. Our Agile Estimating and Planning Training will teach you how to create practical, useful and reliable plans for your software development projects.

  If your crew view planning as something to be avoided, or your organization uses plans as something to hold against development crew, this popular estimating and planning course can help your company break both of those attitudes and cycles.

  Attendees will leave with a solid understanding and experience of agile release and iteration planning. The course also looks at various approaches to estimating including unit-less points and ideal time. The class will present four specific techniques for deriving reliable estimates, including how to use the popular Planning Card technique and other techniques that dramatically improve a project’s chances of on-time completion.

  By using this approach to estimating, crew learn to answer the ever-challenging questions that plague every development crew: “When will we be done?” and “How soon can we have all of these features?”

  PMPs: This course counts for 7.5 Professional Development Units (PDUs).

  You Will Learn

  • How to create an accurate and useful project plan
  • The importance of estimating size and deriving duration
  • The differences between story points and ideal time
  • The advantages of an abstract measure of size
  • Techniques for creating estimates
  • When and how to re-estimate
  • How and when to perform release and iteration planning
  • Tips for communicating about estimates and plans

  What You Get

  • High quality training from an industry expert
  • A light breakfast buffet, a lunch, an afternoon snack, and continuously replenished drinks
  • A printed copy of the course materials

  Course Outline

  The Purpose of Planning, Estimation Units, Desirable attributes, Estimate size, derive duration, Estimating in story points, Estimating in ideal time, Debating the merits, Techniques for Estimating, Triangulation, Effort vs. accuracy, Planning Card, Re-estimating, Three re-estimation scenarios, Sprint Planning, Velocity-driven, Commitment-driven, Release Planning, How to estimate velocity, Velocity as a range, Predicting project

  For more details log-on to: MyAgilePreparation

  Pricing & Registration Details:

  Workshop price: EUR 549 || Early Bird price: EUR 449 || Early Bird Date: 04th Sep, 2014