#NoEstimates – Javazone 2014
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The document discusses the #NoEstimates approach to software development project management. It involves breaking work down into easy tasks, completing those tasks, creating new tasks as needed, tracking progress, and predicting completion time based on task evolution rather than initial estimates. While it avoids upfront estimating, it still requires estimating task sizes. Customers may still require some cost projections. Resources for learning more about #NoEstimates are provided.
#NoEstimates – Javazone 2014
- 4. #NoEstimates Definition by Woody Zuill: #NoEstimates is a hashtag for the topic of exploring alternatives to estimates for making decisions in software development. That is, ways to make decisions with “No Estimates”. http://zuill.us/WoodyZuill/2013/05/17/the-noestimates-hashtag/ 4
- 5. #NoEstimates — My Way… 5
- 6. #NoEstimates — My Way… 1. Break the work down into easy tasks* * Tasks, work items, stories, use cases, etc… 6
- 7. #NoEstimates — My Way… 1. Break the work down into easy tasks 2. Start working on them, and get them DONE 7
- 8. #NoEstimates — My Way… 1. Break the work down into easy tasks 2. Start working on them, and get them DONE 3. Create new tasks when you need them 8
- 9. #NoEstimates — My Way… 1. Break the work down into easy tasks 2. Start working on them, and get them DONE 3. Create new tasks when you need them 4. Track your progress 9
- 10. #NoEstimates — My Way… 1. Break the work down into easy tasks 2. Start working on them, and get them DONE 3. Create new tasks when you need them 4. Track your progress 5. Track the evolution of the total number of tasks 10
- 11. #NoEstimates — My Way… 1. Break the work down into easy tasks 2. Start working on them, and get them DONE 3. Create new tasks when you need them 4. Track your progress 5. Track the evolution of the total number of tasks 6. Predict time of completion and track prediction 11
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- 13. 13 Disclaimer: These data are fake!
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- 26. Why does it work? 26
- 27. Why does it work? Automatic calculation ⇔ Subjective opinion about the future 27
- 28. Why does it work? Automatic calculation Models and tracks the world as it is ⇔ Wishful thinking 28
- 29. Why does it work? Automatic calculation Models and tracks the world as it is Takes into account (some) unknowns ⇔ Final backlog assumption 29
- 30. There's a catch… 30 https://www.flickr.com/photos/gracec/2489976526
- 31. There's a catch… There's an “Estimate” in “#NoEstimates”! 31 https://www.flickr.com/photos/gracec/2489976526
- 32. There's a catch… There's an “Estimate” in “#NoEstimates”! 32 https://www.flickr.com/photos/gracec/2489976526
- 33. There's a catch… There's an “Estimate” in “#NoEstimates”! 1. Break the work down into “easy tasks” 33 https://www.flickr.com/photos/gracec/2489976526
- 34. “#SomeEstimates” Customers want cost projections 34 https://www.flickr.com/photos/mylesdgrant/3508435933
- 35. “#SomeEstimates” Customers want cost projections …internal customers too 35 https://www.flickr.com/photos/mylesdgrant/3508435933
- 36. #NoEstimates Resources Google Twitter: #NoEstimates Vasco Duarte's blog http://SoftwareDevelopmentToday.blogspot.com Woody Zuill's blog http://zuill.us/WoodyZuill/ Neil Killick's blog http://neilkillick.com/category/noestimates/ Henri Karhatsu's blog http://blog.karhatsu.com/ http://www.slideshare.net/filipvanlaenen/ 36 noestimates-javazone-2014