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My Top Ten Agile Planning Tips
Mike Kuphal PMP, CSPJ.J. Keller & Associates, Inc.
Twitter: @[email protected]
Welcome! Enjoy the Food – Session Starts at 6 pm
September 22, 2011
Sponsors
Fox Valley Technical College - Facilities
Skyline Technologies, Inc – Food, Web-site
Thank You!
Agenda
• IntroductionsIntroductions• My Top Ten Agile Planning Tips• Additional Planning Tips
Who am I?
• Sr. Software Development Manager of commercial software based SaaS and mobile product team at J.J. Keller & Associates, Inc.
• Been working with Agile techniques as a Project Manager for over 9 years
• Currently leading two 7-9 person Scrum teams in parallel• Certifications:
– Certified Scrum Practitioner (CSP)– Certified Scrum Master (CSM)– Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Still a Developer at heart
Introductions• Name• Typical Role (Dev/Manager/PM/QA)• Agile Experience (months/years)• Scrum, XP, KanBan, Waterfall, ??• Anything in particular you would like
to have addressed tonight?
Agenda
• Introductions• My Top Ten Agile Planning TipsMy Top Ten Agile Planning Tips• Additional Planning Tips
Agile Manifesto
“We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value:
That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.”
www.agilemanifesto.org
Individuals and interactions over … processes and tools.
Working software over … comprehensive documentation.
Customer collaboration over … contract negotiation.
Responding to change over … following a plan.
The Scrum Framework
Potential Deployment
Sprint Review
Product & Team Backlog Formation
Sprint Planning
2 Parts: Selection and Decomp
Daily Scrum
Sprint 2-4 Weeks
Team Retrospective
Image © 2007–2010 ABC Television/ABC Studios
Who are these guys? What could they possibly have to do with Agile planning?
http://www.blackfive.net/photos/uncategorized/2009/01/26/scrum_hires_090115f8164z138a.jpg
How about these guys? What could they possibly have to do with Agile planning?
Agile Planning Tips/Insights• 1. Plan/Estimate as a group
What is a Story point?
What is a Story point?
Image from http://blogs.agilefaqs.com/2010/12/04/story-points-relative-complexity-estimate/
Lets estimate the following User Stories:
1. As a tax professional, I want to be able to electronically submit a 1040ez tax return for my clients so they are compliant with tax law.
2.As a accountant, I want to be able to enter in receipt information so I can track my expenses for tax purposes.
3.As a IRS agent, I want to audit one out of every 10 electronically submitted tax forms so that I can ensure they are following the tax code.
Agile Planning Tips/Insights• 1. Plan/Estimate as a group• 2. Use ‘Ideal Day’ Metric for User Story Estimation
Agile Planning Tips/InsightsBonus Tip: •Best Practice:
– User stories are estimated via a relative unit (Story points/Ideal Days/Gummy Bears/etc) in release planning.
– Tasks are estimated via hours in sprint planning.
How many gumballs are in this jar?
How many gumballs are in this jar?
a)50b)125c)250d)400e)I need coffee!
How many gumballs are in this jar?
a)50b)125c)250d)400e)I need coffee!
http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/topics/planning-poker
Agile Planning Tips/Insights• 1. Plan/Estimate as a group• 2. Use ‘Ideal Day’ Metric for User Story Estimation• 3. Use Planning poker to group estimate
= ?
How would you go about solving this problem?
Of course! Break it down intosmaller units of work that can be evaluated individually.
Agile Planning Tips/Insights• 1. Plan/Estimate as a group• 2. Use ‘Ideal Day’ Metric for User Story Estimation• 3. Use Planning poker to group estimate• 4. Decompose User Stories into tasks that produce
deliverable units of work in ½ to 3 day timeframes
Jigsaw Puzzle problemAssumptions:
• Team of 5 members• 100 piece puzzle• 5 min to complete puzzle
Possible methods to solve:1. Method 1
– Assign each member 20 pieces– Each person works with their own
pieces
2. Method 2– Dump the puzzle in middle of group– Each person picks one tile, places it
and picks another
http://www.brothersoft.com/mobile/17979.html
Jigsaw Puzzle problemAssumptions:
• Team of 5 members (team)• 100 piece puzzle (sprint backlog)• 5 min to complete puzzle (sprint timebox)
Possible methods to solve:1. Method 1 (Individual work queues)
– Assign each member 20 pieces– Each person works with their own
pieces
2. Method 2 (Group work queue)– Dump the puzzle in middle of group– Each person picks one tile, places it
and picks another
http://www.brothersoft.com/mobile/17979.html
Agile Planning Tips/Insights• 1. Plan/Estimate as a group• 2. Use ‘Ideal Day’ Metric for User Story Estimation• 3. Use Planning poker to group estimate• 4. Decompose User Stories into tasks that produce
deliverable units of work in ½ to 3 day timeframes• 5. Practice JIT task picking during the sprint
What same piece of information does each of these try to demonstrate?
Agile Planning Tips/Insights• 6. Track Remaining work not Completed work
How many of you have participated in planning meetings that look similar to this?
http://www.eims.com.au/Images/Planning%20meeting.jpg
How about this?
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3032/2559915475_0c69b22ec3.jpg
The ability to see and interact with the backlog as a group is vital.
Agile Planning Tips/Insights• 6. Track Remaining work not Completed work• 7. Visually plan
Agile Planning Tips/InsightsSome common questions we ran into: •How long should we expect each group planning session to last?•How do we account for bug/defect fixing time?•When should a sprint start? What is the optimal time frame to set for a sprint?
Agile Planning Tips/Insights• 6. Track Remaining work not Completed work• 7. Visually plan• 8. Time box 1-2 hours of project planning per week in
Sprint• 9. Track Bug/Defect Remaining Work hours only when
it will take more than a few hours to address the item• 10. Start your Sprints on Tues/Wed/Thursday
Recap: Agile Planning Tips/Insights• 1. Plan/Estimate as a group• 2. Use ‘Ideal Day’ Metric for User Story Estimation• 3. Use Planning poker to group estimate• 4. Decompose User Stories into tasks that produce
deliverable units of work in ½ to 3 day timeframes• 5. Practice JIT task picking during the sprint
Recap: Agile Planning Tips/Insights• 6. Track Remaining work not Completed work• 7. Visually plan• 8. Time box 1-2 hours of project planning per week in
Sprint• 9. Track Bug/Defect Remaining Work hours only when
it will take more than a few hours to address the item• 10. Start your Sprints on Tues/Wed/Thursday
Additional Planning Tips/InsightsYour turn to express any tips/insights you may have experienced that you feel might be helpful to the group.
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Agile Resources
• Web Sites– www.agilealliance.org– www.scrumalliance.org– www.newagile.org
• Books– “Agile Estimating and Planning” by Mike Cohn– “Agile Project Management with Scrum” by Ken Schwaber– “Agile and Iterative Development: A Manager’s Guide” by
Craig Larman
Questions?
Thanks for coming! Next meeting
– November 16, 2011 5:30 pm (Wednesday) – Fox Valley Technical College: Room B141
Mike Kuphal PMP, CSP
J.J. Keller & Associates, Inc.
Twitter: @mkuphal
