Agile Estimating and Planning

Key Facts and Insights from the Book

1. The concept of Agile Estimating and Planning is not about exactness, but a range of possible outcomes that help in mapping a probable path to project completion.
2. Estimation in Agile is a continuous process, not a one-time activity.
3. Agile estimation is about establishing relative sizes of stories and features, not about establishing exact sizes.
4. Planning Poker is a consensus-based estimation technique that uses relative sizing to derive estimates.
5. Story points are used in Agile estimation to abstract the estimation process from the actual time taken to complete a task.
6. The book introduces...

   Please log in or register to view the full book summary.