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Agile Metrics and Estimations

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS LEVEL

Tools and Techniques: High

• Relative Sizing
• Story Points
• Wideband Delphi
• Planning Poker
• Affinity Diagram
• Ideal Time
• Velocity
• Cycle Time
• EVM
• Escaped Defects

Level 1: High

• Time
• Budget
• Cost Estimation

Level 3: Low

• Variance and Trend Analysis

Introduction

Agile project evolves progressively and so does the estimate of an Agile project. During release planning, the epics are being estimated. Of course, the epics are the high level user stories and so they are estimated at a high level, with relative complexity measurement that uses the qualitative technique. Quantitative technique may not be possible at the high level.

But as we go deeper into the planning during iteration ...