Planning & Estimation for Hybrid Agile Teams

Planning Across the Agile Boundary

Agile development teams in hybrid environments (agile + sequential; software + hardware) are being called on to create more plans and do more estimation than in a pure agile development environment. Learn how teams can plan and estimate for people outside of the team to appropriately set expectations and manage commitments. Also, learn how to translate what the agile team is doing into language that works across the hybrid organization.

Software Planning and Estimation Learning Program

Great hybrid agile teams master these skills

You’ll learn them all in Planning Across the Agile Boundary and why they’re important. In this Learning Program, you can also learn how planning and estimation in agile development work efforts generate team understanding.

Create a product vision

To create a common destination point for the team, the core of any development effort.

Plan releases

To give people outside of the agile team a good sense of when functionality will be made available and the current priorities.

Use story mapping

To help the entire team (and stakeholders, if desired) to work together to figure out what to build and a rough order.

Use agile project data for forecasting

To forecast given outcomes to describe the agile team’s progress and help facilitate choices about scope and priority.

Topics at a glance

Before your program starts

Find your planning & estimation strengths/weaknesses
Identify target learning areas
Meet with your mentor and review

Existing agile planning and estimating practices

Define a product vision
Using acceptance criteria as a quality dial
How to define project goals

Setting up milestones

Release planning overview
Minimum viable products (MVP) and minimal marketable features (MMF)
Release plan considerations
Using Kano prioritization
Using information radiators
Working with the hybrid environment’s project management

Facilitating team forecasts

Creating a forecast based on the team’s work
Using proxy estimation techniques
Presenting your estimates

User story mapping

User story map overview
Define value paths
Map PBIs to sprints
Track a release

Why are our Learning Programs so effective?

We interviewed more than 400 software leaders around the world and what did they request?

Customized, minimally disruptive virtual sessions that focus on real-world results through a balanced mix of coursework, self-study, and expert mentoring.

Always customized

Built to address the specific areas where your team needs to improve.

Immediate application

Focused on real-world skills you can apply directly to your work.

Personal mentoring

Active mentoring helps you apply your new skills to your actual challenges.

Easy virtual access

More active learning with easier logistics—no sitting in a classroom all day!

Incremental learning

Sessions are short and spread out so that they don’t eat your schedule and break your flow.

Free bonus content

Your Learning Program comes with full access to our library of online courses.

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