NoEstimates Workshop: Forecasting with Less Effort and More Accuracy

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MATTHEW PHILIP
MATTHEW PHILIP
Senior Agile Consultant
Accenture | SolutionsIQ
“When will it be done?” It’s a question we all have to answer. How do we forecast completion dates with less effort and more accuracy? If you’re keen to know how you can spend less time estimating and more time delivering working software—all while providing your customers with some understanding of predictability — this group boardgame-based workshop will help you understand what and to what degree different factors influence delivery time. Join this session to learn how to move from upfront intuition-based estimates to create a data-based probabilistic forecast that provides a more reliable way to talk about when stuff will be done—and expend less effort to do so. Learn to forecast when things will be done -- with less effort and more accuracy!
 
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Outline/Structure of the Deep Dive

The timings are basically:
*15-20 minutes: Explain rules
*40-90 minutes: Play
*20-50 minutes: Debrief

Learning Outcome

  • Learn the basics of NoEstimates and why the concept can help
  • Find out through experimentation what — and how much — different factors influence delivery time
  • Learn how to create a probabilistic forecast that provides a less risky way to plan
  • Understand how to reduce variation that affects — and creates risk in — delivery

Target Audience

Anyone who has to answer the question "When will it be done?"

Prerequisites for Attendees

NA

Links

http://noestimat.es

schedule Submitted 4 years ago
Agile Games 2019

Burlington, MA, USA

Burlington, MA Venue launch

Mon, 8th - Wed, 10th Apr 2019

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Session Lengths

The conference program features several session lengths for submitters to choose from when submitting their session:

  • Deep Dive (180 minute session with a 15 minute break) – The program offers a limited number of Deep Dive sessions to allow for in-depth exploration and/or experience with a related topic.
  • Workshop (90 minutes) – Most of the conference program is allocated into 90 minute sessions that allow for hands-on facilitation, demonstrating, and debriefing of a game or activity supportive of the conference objective.
  • Fast Games (20 minutes) – We offer several short time slots that focus on fast games (games that can be played and debriefed in ~15 minutes or less) – these fast games sessions are intended to play / facilitate a specific activity or game without going into the details / concepts upon which the game is based.
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