Agile Planning and Project Management Mike Cohn Agile 2013 August 5, 2013

Mike Cohn

• Founding member of Agile Alliance & Scrum Alliance • Founder of Mountain Goat Software • Doing Scrum since 1995 • Started my career as a programmer • VP Engineering in 4 companies

® 2 Agenda • Iterative and incremental • User stories • Estimating • Planning

Agenda • Iterative and incremental • User stories • Estimating • Planning

Incremental • Develop one piece at a time

Six levels of planning

Strategy

Portfolio Product Team focuses here Release Team focuses here Iteration Team focuses here Daily

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Agenda • Iterative and incremental • User stories • Estimating • Planning

A a feun flyr, I A a ue, I a cne wn o rbo a at a rsrain. t  i  o ht I ae ie boig tis I ae otn.

A template

As a , I some goal, [so that ].

A a ue, I a • Does the user get a full or partial refund? cne a • Is the refund to her credit rsrain. card or is it site credit? • How far ahead must the reservation be cancelled? • Is that the same for all hotels? • For all site visitors? Can frequent travelers cancel later? • Is a conﬁrmation provided to the user? How?

Add details as A a peim ie sub-stories mme, I a cne p o h ls mnt.

A a ue, I a A a nn-peim cne a mme, I ed o rsrain. cne t lat 4 hus n avne.

A a mme, I m eald a cnfirain

w©e Copyright I c Mountainne Goat. Software ® 14 … or as Conditions of Satisfaction • Conditions of Satisfaction are essentially tests • Should come from the product owner

A a ue, I a cne a rsrain. Vrf ht a peim mme cn cne h ae a wtot a fe. Vrf ht a nn-peim mme s cagd 1% o a sm-dy cnelto. Vrf ht n eal cnfirain s sn. © Copyright Mountain Goat Software ® 15

Legend Tee Size Larger

Ei Smaller

Detail

Less More Time © Copyright Mountain Goat Software ® 16 A a P Mreig, I a slc h tmfae o A a P Mreig, I a ue hn rveig h rve h promne promne f at o hsoia d cmags cmags, o ht … Eis? s ht I a ietf n A a P Mreig, I a rpa pofitbe oe. slc wih ye f cmags (drc mi, T, A ei eal, rdo, ec.) o icue hn rveig …

A a P Mreig, I at t e ifrain n drc miig hn rveig hsoia cmags. A a P Mreig, I at t e ifrain n T as hn rveig hsoia cm ags. A a P Mreig, I at t e ifrain n eal as hn rveig hsoia cmags.

Agenda • Iterative and incremental • User stories • Estimating • Planning

Estimate size; derive

Size ➞ Calculation ➞ Duration

300 Velocity= 300÷20= kilograms 20 15 iterations

1 2 Ideal Story Time Points

Ideal time • How long a thing will take if: • it’s all you work on • no one interrupts you

Story points • How long a user story will take to develop (eﬀort) • Inﬂuenced by • Complexity • Risk • Uncertainty • Etc.

Your time cannot be added to mine • You can run the trail in 5 minutes • I can run it in 10 minutes • We can’t agree on how long it will take to run • But we can agree the trail is 1 km

• Each estimator has cards with valid estimates • A product backlog item is discussed • Each estimator selects an estimate • Cards are turned over • Discuss diﬀerences (especially outliers) • Repeat until consensus

Chris

Susan Ann Vadim

Agenda • Iterative and incremental • User stories • Estimating • Planning

20 Story Points 10

0 Iterations

How much can 5×38➞ be delivered in 5 iterations?

Product Backlog © Copyright Mountain Goat Software ® 34 Using a conﬁdence interval 50 45 40 42 40 40 38 39 34 35 30 29

Story Points 10

0 Iterations

Calculating a conﬁdence interval Iterations to # of throw out historical from each iterations each end 0–7 0 8–10 1 11–12 2 13–15 3 16–17 4 18–20 5 21–22 6 23–25 7 26+ 8 © Copyright Mountain Goat Software ® 36 Ue h oln vlct rne cluao t mutigasfwr .cm/tos © Copyright Mountain Goat Software ® 37

A better answer: 5×3442➞ • How much can Will have be delivered in 5 iterations? • Fixed-date planning Might have

Won’t have

Product Backlog © Copyright Mountain Goat Software ® 38 Fixed-scope projects • Sum the product backlog • Estimate velocity as a range • Divide the size of the product backlog by the velocity range

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Mike Cohn [email protected] www.mountaingoatsoftware.com fb.com/mountaingoatsoftware linkedin.com/in/mikewcohn twitter: mikewcohn (888) 61–AGILE

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Agenda • Iterative and incremental • User stories • Estimating Bonus Section • Planning • Tracking progress

1 2 3 Release Sprint Task Burndown Burndown Boards

A release burndown chart 360

270

180 7 Story Points 90 peitd vlct f 6 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Iterations

Task boards Soy T D I Poes Dn

A a ue, Cd te… I… Dsg a… 8 ps 8 hs Ts te… 8 hs Fgr u Fgr u h4w… hs hw… 8 r S 8 r

A a nvc Cd te… ue, I… Dsg a… 8 t 8 hs Ts te… 8 hs

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