Agile Estimating and Planning
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Summary
Detailed， Proven Techniques for Estimating and Planning Any Agile Project
Agile Estimating and Planning
is the definitive， practical guide to estimating and planning agile projects。 In this book， Agile Alliance cofounder Mike Cohn discusses the philosophy of agile estimating and planning and shows you exactly how to get the job done， with real-world examples and case studies。
Concepts are clearly illustrated and readers are guided， step by step， toward how to answer the following questions: What will we build？ How big will it be？ When must it be done？ How much can I really complete by then？ You will first learn what makes a good plan-and then what makes it agile。
Using the techniques in Agile Estimating and Planning ， you can stay agile from start to finish， saving time， conserving resources， and accomplishing more。 Highlights include:
Why conventional prescriptive planning fails and why agile planning works How to estimate feature size using story points and ideal days--and when to use each How and when to re-estimate How to prioritize features using both financial and nonfinancial approaches How to split large features into smaller， more manageable ones How to plan iterations and predict your team's initial rate of progress How to schedule projects that have unusually high uncertainty or schedule-related risk How to estimate projects that will be worked on by multiple teams Agile Estimating and Planning supports any agile， semiagile， or iterative process， including Scrum， XP， Feature-Driven Development， Crystal， Adaptive Software Development， DSDM， Unified Process， and many more。 It will be an indispensable resource for every development manager， team leader， and team member。
Concepts are clearly illustrated and readers are guided， step by step， toward how to answer the following questions: What will we build？ How big will it be？ When must it be done？ How much can I really complete by then？ You will first learn what makes a good plan-and then what makes it agile。
Using the techniques in Agile Estimating and Planning ， you can stay agile from start to finish， saving time， conserving resources， and accomplishing more。 Highlights include:
Why conventional prescriptive planning fails and why agile planning works How to estimate feature size using story points and ideal days--and when to use each How and when to re-estimate How to prioritize features using both financial and nonfinancial approaches How to split large features into smaller， more manageable ones How to plan iterations and predict your team's initial rate of progress How to schedule projects that have unusually high uncertainty or schedule-related risk How to estimate projects that will be worked on by multiple teams Agile Estimating and Planning supports any agile， semiagile， or iterative process， including Scrum， XP， Feature-Driven Development， Crystal， Adaptive Software Development， DSDM， Unified Process， and many more。 It will be an indispensable resource for every development manager， team leader， and team member。
Reviews
Barrett
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Essential reading for agilists。
Christian
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This book really shed a light on the entire agile process while focusing on the planning topic。 I was already familiar with agile methods but this book still reminded me of many things that I have either taken for granted or forgotten。 The last chapter was especially helpful because it summarized most of the book in a nice use case。
Snorlax
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Must read for Agile development。
Remo Biagioni
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Sometimes it's good to return to the classics。 I often think I should have a list of books that need to be read every 5 years。 This book would be on that list。 For a fifteen year old book on cutting edge software development， it is remarkably current。 Many of the ideas in the book are so common in development teams that you see many different variations: some good and some to be avoided。 So returning to basics is an excellent reminder of how things should work。 There is much in this book to be a Sometimes it's good to return to the classics。 I often think I should have a list of books that need to be read every 5 years。 This book would be on that list。 For a fifteen year old book on cutting edge software development， it is remarkably current。 Many of the ideas in the book are so common in development teams that you see many different variations: some good and some to be avoided。 So returning to basics is an excellent reminder of how things should work。 There is much in this book to be admired: separating estimating size and duration （story points and hours）， the three planing cycles （release， iteration and day） as well as useful advice on estimating with time and feature buffers。 The final chapter of the book is a fictional case study which is brings all of the ideas together。 Reading the case study is like being a fly on the wall on a high-functioning Agile team。 Though the book contains some useful advice on product management， it would be a mistake to consider that Cohn describes the be all and end all of quite a complex discipline。 Similarly， Cohn touches on management best practices， delegation and empowerment and makes it sound as if there is a simple set of rules to follow。 Both sections do， though， serve as valuable primers。 。。。more
Краси
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This is book is written in a great way， which makes it very easy to read。It is probably one of my favourite books on Agile Methodologies。 I love the case study in the end！
Sebastián
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In this book you will find two descriptions of what is pretty much the "standard" agile estimation and planning process: the first one as a set of topic-focused chapters that you can read or refer your colleagues to as independent topics; the second is as a short story in the line of The Goal or The Phoenix Project， with less detail but more hollistic。Apart form explaining the canon， Mike Cohn is referring to the why behind some of the practices （Parkinson's Law， queuing theory， research on what In this book you will find two descriptions of what is pretty much the "standard" agile estimation and planning process: the first one as a set of topic-focused chapters that you can read or refer your colleagues to as independent topics; the second is as a short story in the line of The Goal or The Phoenix Project， with less detail but more hollistic。Apart form explaining the canon， Mike Cohn is referring to the why behind some of the practices （Parkinson's Law， queuing theory， research on what type of estimation tasks are naturally easier for humans。。。） and adding some touches from less common sources like the feature buffer derived from the MoSCoW model and schedule buffer from Goldratt's Critical Chain。I think it's nice read for developers and team leaders with the only cons being that you might want to change the process at your work and find yourself unable for environement causes。 But that's not Mike's fault！ 。。。more
Denis Romanovsky
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Все ещё неплохая книга по agile планированию。 Есть， конечно， много того， что уже сейчас решается более современными методами， но системный подход все тот же。 В итоге неплохая книга， которой жутко не хватает картинок。 Вообще， почему авторы так жмутся на подробные и понятные иллюстрации своих концепций， я не понимаю。
Alex ♈
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Well written， to the point。
Yaroslav Draga
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Is it an essential book for planning and estimations！ I would recommend reading it for all participants of an agile team！The last part of the book contains an example of a real situation when a team starts with a new project， create and estimate stories， plan releases and iterations。 I enjoyed it the most as it was an exciting story。
Dmytro Pershyn
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This is surprisingly useful book for a PM practitioner。 Gives some good examples about proper ways to manage projects and estimate the work。
Bashayr Alabdullah
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Good content but it's "philosophy shi**" Good content but it's "philosophy shi**" 。。。more
Kalina
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I find this book very helpful with a lot of easy to understand examples。
Paolo Alfonso
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Definitely the book that I was looking for when faced with the task of how to be _agile_ in a traditional corporate setting where estimations are treated as commitments and written in contracts between businesses。 As the title suggests， this book discusses the practical and concrete steps on how to be agile when asked for estimations and how to plan around them - and more importantly， the rationale behind them。 From defining an a unit of measure like a story point， which IMO is a complex concept Definitely the book that I was looking for when faced with the task of how to be _agile_ in a traditional corporate setting where estimations are treated as commitments and written in contracts between businesses。 As the title suggests， this book discusses the practical and concrete steps on how to be agile when asked for estimations and how to plan around them - and more importantly， the rationale behind them。 From defining an a unit of measure like a story point， which IMO is a complex concept that has been simplified too much， to abstract concepts such as ideal days and separating estimations for sizes and time。 Though of course not all practices and ideas mentioned in this book will be applicable to every organisation， this is a good place to start to get ideas on how to improve the agility of any team _（reading blogs and agile pamphlets just won't cut it_）。 Rated four stars because any book or practice that wants to form the agile mind set into a framework or set of processes should always circle back to the original manifesto and principles of agile。 Overall I enjoyed reading this book。 I started reading this with the need to learn estimating and planning in an organisation that wants to be agile but won't and finished it with wanting to learn everything the book has to offer even if I already left my original organisation。 。。。more
Ihor
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Автор розглядає під мікроскопом всі еджайл процеси， роздумує над ідеальними днями， пунктами， годинами та іншими болями цифрового робочого життя。 Дуже кумедне завершення книги， де він наводить приклад гіпотетичної компанії， що мала попередній досвід каскадної організації праці й перейшла на еджайл。 Описує як в них все класно， все вдається， все всім подобається， замовники щасливі， працівники теж， така собі еджайл утопія。 Якщо не враховувати цієї кумедної прикінцевої реклами методу， то книга дуже к Автор розглядає під мікроскопом всі еджайл процеси， роздумує над ідеальними днями， пунктами， годинами та іншими болями цифрового робочого життя。 Дуже кумедне завершення книги， де він наводить приклад гіпотетичної компанії， що мала попередній досвід каскадної організації праці й перейшла на еджайл。 Описує як в них все класно， все вдається， все всім подобається， замовники щасливі， працівники теж， така собі еджайл утопія。 Якщо не враховувати цієї кумедної прикінцевої реклами методу， то книга дуже класна й корисна。 。。。more
Henrik Dohlmann
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Never hurts to hone your skills in this topic。
Olha Prots
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Оцінювання та планування розкладене по поличках， легке для розуміння і відтворення， та з наочними прикладами。 Корисно всім， хто працює по agile
Xavier Navarro
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Great book。 Estimating techniques in the Agile framework can be a bit hard to understand at first。 This book provides a very clear explanation of the what's and why's of it。 Great book。 Estimating techniques in the Agile framework can be a bit hard to understand at first。 This book provides a very clear explanation of the what's and why's of it。 。。。more
Tibor Konig
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Aki meg akar ismerkedni az agilis becsléssel és tervezéssel， az ezt a könyvet olvassa el először。 Remek tartalom， jó felépítés， minden fejezet rövid és könnyen olvasható， elegendő példa a témakörök megértéséhez。 Persze aztán tovább kell lépni （pl。 a User Stories Applied-ra）， és közben átültetni a gyakorlatba a tanultakat。 Alapmű。
Dmitry Leshchenko
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Worth to read！
Aashu Aggarwal
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A very good one to embark on Agile journey
Mike Crittenden
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This book answered lots of things I've wondered about for years。 The writing is a little dense at times but there's so much great info。 DEFINITELY read the case study at the end。 It made it all come together for me。 This book answered lots of things I've wondered about for years。 The writing is a little dense at times but there's so much great info。 DEFINITELY read the case study at the end。 It made it all come together for me。 。。。more
Dayton Outar
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Pretty good content for beginners。 Transitions thought from traditional project management to agile。
RichM
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Good reference。
Kory
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Was a decent book， most information I already knew from my job though。
Warun
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Fundamental of Agile estimating。 Good that it have some patterns defined about how many possible way to estimate and plan。Bridge the traditional world about what metrics usually use to estimate and the Agile world。Think about revisit this book for the case study part at the end of the book。
Rafael Ghossi
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Um bom guia tanto pra quem ainda não tá acostumado com o conceito ágil de desenvolvimento， como pra quem tá habituado mas sofre por não entender por que uma coisa acaba sendo feita do jeito X e não Y。 Tem bastante explicação dos motivos de cada cerimônia e dos processos relacionado ao planejamento do projeto。 O final tem uma narrativa fictícia de uma release sendo feita que ilustra bem a maioria dos conceitos apresentados no livro。 Achei que fechou bem， reforçando e relembrando ao leitos os pont Um bom guia tanto pra quem ainda não tá acostumado com o conceito ágil de desenvolvimento， como pra quem tá habituado mas sofre por não entender por que uma coisa acaba sendo feita do jeito X e não Y。 Tem bastante explicação dos motivos de cada cerimônia e dos processos relacionado ao planejamento do projeto。 O final tem uma narrativa fictícia de uma release sendo feita que ilustra bem a maioria dos conceitos apresentados no livro。 Achei que fechou bem， reforçando e relembrando ao leitos os pontos discutidos de uma maneira mais prática。 。。。more
Udaykiran Joshi
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Mike is my Agile Guru！ I have learnt a lot from his books and online articles and immensely benefitted from his work！This book is another gem in his list and ಈ thoroughly enjoyed。 Thanks Mike for spreading the wisdom。 ！
Chris
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This book was very well done。 The last chapter of a case study brought it all together。
Sara Nour
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 This book focus on testing planning methods and cases that can be faced in Agile testing。 You would learn how to make a good plan within a sort of time and get to know about some of the basic tools that can be used in Agile Development。
Dmitrijs Prigodics
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