Good, experienced Agile software development teams know how to estimate well. But what happens if you’ve got a new team that’s never worked together before? Or what if you need reliable organizational metrics across a portfolio of Agile projects? How about if you need a structured, defendable way to estimate the budget for the whole project before development even starts? This discussion will feature an approach to estimating Agile projects that enables repeatability and consistency without sacrificing the flexibility and focus of more typical Agile estimation techniques. After all, what are stories if not functionality described from the user perspective?
Presenter
Ian Brown
Director of Operations and Systems Analysis for Galorath
Mr. Ian Brown currently serves as the Director of Operations and Systems Analysis for Galorath. He has over 20 years experience in software cost estimation and performance measurement. A Certified Function Point Specialist, Ian served on the Board of Directors of the International Function Point Users Group (IFPUG) from 2004-2007. Ian has a bachelors degree from Cornell University and a masters in public policy from Harvard University. He has been a featured speaker on the topic at numerous international conferences. Ian authored “Controlling Software Acquisition Costs with Function Points and Estimation Tools,” published in Crosstalk Magazine.