When it comes to agile, there are common myths and misconceptions about estimation. In the first of this two-part webinar series (which can be viewed independently or together), presented on April 22 at 1:00 PM EDT, QSM’s Andy Berner will offer corrections to these, such as:
- Why we still need to estimate duration on agile projects
- Why setting expectations based on scope is still important, even as we “embrace change”
- Why you still need to plan for work on requirements, even though it’s not all “upfront”
While some longstanding principles about software estimation still apply, agile methods require some significant changes to how we estimate. This webinar will show you how to tailor the SLIM estimation tools and methods specifically to an agile development environment to estimate, measure, and analyze your agile software development projects. Andy Berner will demonstrate how SLIM fits with the principles of agile development, and will discuss what needs to be estimated, how size factors in, and how to accommodate different iteration lengths and types of work. This will allow you to optimize the choices and plans for the work of your agile teams.
Dr. Andy Berner has helped organizations improve their software development processes for over 20 years. He has "hands-on" experience with almost every role in software development. He is on the QSM software development team and is leading the work at QSM to incorporate agile techniques into and enhance the resource demand management capabilities of the SLIM-Suite. He has recently published several articles on agile methods and practices, focusing on planning projects to set realistic expectations. He has spoken at numerous conferences on software tools and methods, often with an emphasis on how to make sure that tools serve the team, rather than the other way around. He has an A.B. cum Laude in Mathematics from Harvard University, a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and has seven US Patents.