Workshop on Agile estimation techniques including Planning poker, Affinity estimation and relative estimation. First prez at Trasys during a lunch seminar

1. Estimation
Techniques
Workshop
@fredvandaele - MARch 2014

2. Format
4exercises x 5min
Team estimate & Discussion

3. #1 - Absolute Estimation
Estimate theweight
of thedogsin kilograms

4. 5min

5. #1 - Absolute Estimation
Chihuahua 3
Great Dane 90
Staffordshire Bull Terrier 17
Appalachian Mountain Dog -
Border Collie 20
American Cocker Spaniel 13

6. What did we learn ?

7. #2 – PlanningPoker
Choose a card
(silently)
Discuss the item
to estimate
EveryoneDisplays
Theircards
Discuss the outliers Re-vote& Agree
Take a deck &
Set a ref. point

8. 5min

9. #2 – PlanningPoker
Spain 3
China 40
Luxembourg 0
Denmark 1
South Africa 8
Belize 1

10. What did we learn ?

11. #3 – Affinity Estimation
1. Set your scale
2. Ref. Point
4. Put a card
Or
Move a card
3. Give the stack
to the 1st person
5. In case of loop
discuss

12. 5min

13. #3 – Affinity Estimation
convertible 3
motorbike 1
starship enterprize 100
SUV 5
minivan 8
bus 20

14. What did we learn ?

15. #4 – Relative Estimation
1. Puta card
on thetable
3. assignNumbers,
startingwiththe
ref.point
2. Arrangecards
in ascendingsize.
Just Decidewhatis bigger
andwhat'sthesame size.

16. 5min

17. #4 – Relative Estimation
impala 3
elephant 100
giraffe 40
elephant shrew 0
crocodile 13
snake 1

18. What did we learn ?

19. Thanks
&havefunwithyour
Experiments
@fredvandaele - MARch 2014
Basedon "EstimationTechniques" byKarenGreaves