Strict Predictability of Cost and Schedule
Explore how to apply Agile techniques such as story point assignment, velocity tracking, small stories, and backlog refinement to achieve strict predictability in project cost and schedule. Understand how to use empirical data, manage variability, and monitor progress to forecast delivery timelines accurately and maintain control over software releases.
We'll cover the following...
- Predictability support: Story point assignment
- Predictability support: Velocity computation
- Predictability support: Small stories
- Predictability support: Up-front population, refinement, and estimation of the product backlog
- Predictability support: Short iterations
- Predictability support: Release burndown
- Predictability support: Accounting for variability in velocity
If you need predictability about cost and schedule with an exact, fixed feature set, predictability comes into play after the exact feature set has been defined—which is usually 10–30% of the way into a release cycle.
These key Agile practices support strict predictability:
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Story point assignment
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Velocity computation
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Small stories
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Up-front population, estimation, and refinement of the product backlog
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Short iterations ...