Estimating Business Applications

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Welcome to Estimating Business Applications (2:43)

How much and how long? (4:07)
Why are estimates notoriously inaccurate? (4:09)
Estimating time doesn't work (4:32)
Estimating t-shirts doesn't work either (1:07)
Estimates, forecasts and commitments (2:33) Preview
Estimating quiz

Trailing running (2:28)
Factors affecting size (3:34)
Estimation scales (3:27)
Story points quiz

Slicing stories (3:42)
Setting a standard story (2:07)
Affinity estimation (2:27)
Planning poker (2:33)
How long will it take? (3:44)
Estimating requirements quiz

Estimating projects (6:19)
Project estimation workshop (8:00)
Estimating initial velocity (5:00)
How much does it cost? (4:56)
Visualising your estimates (7:26)
Estimates in sales proposals (5:20)
Fixed-scope, fixed-price, fixed-date estimates (6:18)
Estimating projects quiz

Answers to your frequently asked estimating questions (coming soon)
How can we explain story points to stakeholders?
What are the advantages of story points?
Aren't story points equivalent to time?
When should we estimate backlog items?
How often should we update our estimated velocity?
How should we report velocity to our stakeholders?
When should we split epics or features into stories?
Should we estimate bugs?
Should we estimate non-functional requirements?
Should we estimate sub-tasks?
How do we get quicker at estimating
When should we re-estimate stories?
Why does the whole team need to be involved in estimating?
How does estimating work with multiple teams?
How do we prevent estimate inflation?
Can we compare teams’ velocities?
Can we track the velocity of individual developers?
How do we reach consensus when our estimates are different?
How do we create perfect estimates?

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