Agile Estimation | 7 Proven Tactics For Estimating Agile Projects

Agile Estimation | 7 Proven Tactics for Estimating Agile Projects
In this video on agile estimating, discover 7 ways you can help your team uncover the best size estimate for product backlog items, even if you're creating estimates with story points for the first time (or not using story points at all).

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Inside this Video:
00:00 How to Estimate with Story Points: It isn't about trying harder
00:48 7 Tips for Estimating Story Size, with or without story points
01:12 Tactic 1: Clarity on 5 Types of Estimates (and what they are)
02:50 Recommended Estimate Type for Agile Teams
03:20 Tactic 2: Benefits of Relative Estimation by Analogy
03:53 Tactic 3: The Magic of One Order of Magnitude
04:41 Tactic 4: The Danger of Precision & The Power of Rounding Up
05:59 Tactic 5: Try Triangulation in Estimates
06:59 Tactic 6: Avoid Anchor Estimates: Here's why.
08:17 Tactic 7: In Agile Estimation, Move Toward the Middle

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Research:
Case for Relative Estimation:
Albert Lederer and Jayesh Prasad, “A Causal Model for
Software Cost Estimating Error.”
Vicinanza et al, “Software Effort Estimation: An
Exploratory Study of Expert Performance.”

Accuracy within an Order of Magnitude:
Eduardo Miranda, “Improving Subjective Estimates
Using Paired Comparisons"

Anchoring:
Jørgensen M, Grimstad S (2008) Avoiding irrelevant and misleading information when estimating development effort. IEEE Software 25(3):78–83

Central Tendency of Judgment:
Hollingworth, H. L. “The Central Tendency of Judgment.” The Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods 7, no. 17 (1910): 461–69. https://doi.org/10.2307/2012819.