In this topic we will cover advanced planning techniques, compare them to traditional ones. Also, we will talk about estimation by storypoints and what impact this makes on human mind.

1. Planning and estimating
in agile way
Vidas Vasiliauskas, Project manager

2. Agenda
1. Problems
2. Why agile?
3. Essentials of planning
4. Planning on demand
5. Estimating in story points
6. Practical samples with Eylean board
7. Discussion

3. Why agile?
Plan
Design
ManufactureTest
Deliver

4. Traditional planning approach in agile
• Plan for sprints/iterations
• Frozen plan
• Repetitive cycle
• For and against

5. Software project iteration plan
Main features
Fixes
Expedite
tasks/support

6. Planning on demand
Task a
Task b
Task c
Task e
Task f
Task d
Task g
Backlog Buffer 2 Doing 2 Done
Task h
Task i

7. Planning on demand
Task a
Task b
Task c
Task e
Task f
Task g
Backlog Buffer 2 Doing 2 Done
Task h
Task i
Trigger

8. Estimating
Hours for project precision
Story points for the team

9. How story points work on
our minds?
Relaxed
Less commitment
Fit for individuals
Forget about x π

10. Hours Story points
Precision required High Low
Integration period Low Medium
Stress to Employees Medium Low
Requires additional measure Yes No
Can per personalized No Yes
Approximations Yes No
Best for Hourly billed,
critical projects
Everything
else
Benefit Precision Freedom

11. Use cases of very different two
Company No. 1
Area – Accounting
Planning method: quarterly, monthly plans with repetitive
tasks
Estimation: hours, compared to exact tracked hours
Benefits: increased efficiency in client/employee match

12. Use cases of very different two
Company No. 2
Area – Software manufacture
Planning method: on demand planning
Estimation: story points for features
Benefits: loose process with highly changing environment
and support inside development cycle

13. Contacts and links
www.eylean.com – free personal version of tool
vidas@eylean.com – send questions over here
kamile@eylean.com – contact for team version and sales
Slides on SlideShare.net – search for Vidas Vasiliauskas 

14. Thank you for watching
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