The fast-trackedstorypoint oracle
AgileEE 2011Kiev, 23.09.2011
Sven Röpstorff@oedel
Planning Poker
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5
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Planning Poker
User Story
8 5
8
8
why 13?
just 2?
Let’s take 8!
Round 1
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Planning Poker
User Story
8 5
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Round 2
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Planning Poker
User Story
8 8
8
8
Round 3
Booooooring ...
... Database ...
... Architecture ...
let me have a look ...
wait, I’ll just ask ...
But ...
Team Estimation
Game
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Team Estimation
Game
Round 1
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Team Estimation
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Round 1
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Team Estimation
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Round 1
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Team Estimation
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Round 1
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Team Estimation
Game
Round 1
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Team Estimation
Game
Round 1
S 3
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Team Estimation
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Round 1
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Team Estimation
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Round 1
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Team Estimation
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Round 2
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S 1
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Team Estimation
Game
Round 2
How much time do these animals need to move 100m in their natural environment?(no more than 6 categories, please)
Round 1All backlog items are available on a heap
First participant puts the top item on the tableSecond participant puts the second item above/below/next to the first one
From now on an item may be moved instead of placing a new one
Round 2All participants look at the result. Each participant is entitled to move items with a short
explanation
Rules
Debrief Team Estimation Game
•Estimate stories in relation to each other
•At the beginning there are no story points involved
•Find a base first, then go from there
•Discuss afterwards
•Much faster than Planning Poker
Magic Estimation
(based on Affinity Estimation by Lowell Lindstrom)
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M
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XL
XXL
Magic Estimation
Round 1(silencio)
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S
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XL
XXL
Magic Estimation
Round 1(silencio)
XS
S
M
L
XL
XXL
Magic Estimation
Round 2
How much time do these animals need to move 100m in their natural environment?(no more than 6 categories, please)
Rules
Round 1 (Silencio)Each participant gets a few items from the backlog and puts them next to the provided sizes
Round 2All participants look at the result. Each participant is entitled to move items with a short
explanation
Debrief Magic Estimation
•Estimate in parallel, not sequentially
•Find a base first, then go from there
•Discuss afterwards
•Much faster than Planning Poker
‘Whenever there is a hard job to be done I assign it to a lazy man; he is sure to find an easy way of doing it.’
Walter Chrysler
Team Estimation Game http://www.projekt-log.de/en/allgemein/team-estimation-game/
Team Estimation Game with distributed Teamshttp://www.projekt-log.de/en/allgemein/team-estimation-game-mit-
verteilten-teams/
Get in touch
Sven RöpstorffAgile Project Manager & Coach
[email protected]: @oedel
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