QSM Agile Round Table | QSM Software Project Estimation

The QSM Agile Round Table was formed to provide a platform to brainstorm the role of estimation in agile environments, and chart a path toward better understanding for all stakeholders. A mixture of long-standing and newer customers shared their questions, challenges, and experiences to answer the big question, and effectively communicate the relevance and benefits of scope-based estimation. The QSM Agile Round Table series of publications will present specific concepts and practices that connect SLIM and agile, creating common ground for the benefit of all.

Determining Gearing Factors

Determining a Gearing Factor for Story Points

By Andy Berner (August 3, 2017)

Two methods of choosing the appropriate gearing factor for story points in your SLIM estimate.

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Alternative Sizing Units for Agile Estimation

By Andy Berner (July 26, 2017)

This paper outlines the positive and negative aspects of using function points and source lines of code as size measurements in project estimations.

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Sizing Agile Projects Consistently

By Andy Berner (July 19, 2017)

Breaking agile projects down using story points is a great way to measure their size, but consistency across departments and teams is vital for accurate estimations.

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Big Rock Software Size Estimation

By Aaron Jeutter (February 1, 2017)

Using agile techniques to provide a rough software schedule or resource estimate.

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In Agile, What Should We Estimate?

By Andy Berner (December 1, 2016)

This article highlights the some of the challenges that make deciding what and how to estimate in an Agile project such a complex problem for project managers.

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The QSM Agile Round Table

By Laura Zuber (October 26, 2016)

QSM put together a group of experts to examine the role of estimation in agile environments, publishing the findings through a series of articles that cover a variety of topics and agile as a whole.