"The simple answer is, whatever feels best for the developers who are doing the estimates is what should be used. I "started up" agile teams a number of times and for a team where the majority of the members are not used to using more…"
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Hi,I've just joined a new company that is now trying to do Agile (Scrum) properly.Of the many challenges we face, one of them is how best to estimate.As a developer myself, I believe ideal man days…Continue
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Mille Bessö Jan 18, 2010.
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Stavros Pitoglou replied to John Smith's discussion How to estimate"In the beginning of a project or the first period a team comes together there is no way to ensure the accuracy of the estimation process, whichever that may be.
Don't bother too much consuming time in the try of defining a failproof method…"
Robert Sfeir replied to John Smith's discussion How to estimate"We use Fibonacci and planning poker as well, and it works great! Fibonacci is very interesting because the distance between the number shifts in such a way that it gives people pause. a 5 or an 8 is quite a bit step. The numbers we use are…"
Kelly Waters replied to John Smith's discussion How to estimate"My advice is to use Fibonacci points and do it using Planning Poker. I didn't get the points thing at first and didn't use it. Later we introduced it into the teams and it had a wonderful effect on our ability to reliably predict what we…"
Ilja Preuß replied to John Smith's discussion How to estimate"One way to do it would be:
- pick a reasonably small (but not too small) story.
- declare it to be a "1"
- estimate all other stories in relation to this story. Don't care about what the unit is. Call it NUTs, if you like (Nebulous…"
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Hi,I've just joined a new company that is now trying to do Agile (Scrum) properly.Of the many challenges we face, one of them is how best to estimate.As a developer myself, I believe ideal man days makes the most sense to beginner agile developers.My scrum master believes we should use relative complexity.My issue with complexity is that the developers will internally measure complexity by asking themselves how long it takes anyway.Also, comparing stories at this early stage is very difficult…See More
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- At 12:05 on July 9, 2010, Simon Halberstam said…
- Hi John
I have just joined AC.
Dare I say it, I specialise in IT contracts and am currently working on a model for Agile Software Development. I intend to make this the definitive standard contract for the industry. Any tips based on problems you have encountered would be gratefully received.
Simon Halberstam
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