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Estimating an Agile Project
David Cleary, CHARISMATEK Software Metrics, 9 February 2010
In today's software development environment where more
and more projects are implemented using an Agile approach, the need for
effective methods for estimating likely project duration, effort and cost
that are properly aligned with the Agile approach has become paramount.
This webinar introduces the Story Point project sizing
and estimation technique. It shows how to size an Agile project's collection
of user stories using story points and then how to extend that size to
determine early life-cycle estimates of likely project duration, effort and
cost. It also shows how story points can aid in the effective allocation of
users stories to particular project iterations.
This webinar is particularly relevant for software
developers using an Agile development approach who require a systematic and
straight-forward method that brings both confidence and predictability to
their project schedule and budget estimates whilst retaining the benefits of
flexibility and ongoing customer involvement offered by Agile.
Visit
the QESP website and register to attend this webinar.
David Cleary is a senior consultant with CHARISMATEK
Software Metrics in Melbourne, Australia and a well known expert in the
software metrics & measurement field over a lengthy period. During his
twenty years in the IT industry, he has worked in the areas of software
project development & management, software tool research & development,
tertiary education and software metrics & measurement.
At CHARISMATEK David provides consultancy and training
services in Function Point Analysis, software project estimation and
benchmarking. He has major interests in the application of measurement to
new and evolving software processes and technologies and in the effective
use of software tools for project estimation. He is also actively involved
in the ongoing research and development into CHARISMATEK's Function Point
WORKBENCH™ software tool.
David is a past president of the Australian Software
Metrics Association (ASMA) and is currently vice-president (metrics &
measurement) of Quantitative Enterprise Software Performance (QESP). He is a
regular contributor to the International Software Benchmarking Standards
Group's (ISBSG) publications including, most recently, as the technical
editor for the text "Practical Project Estimation (3rd Edition)".
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