Forecasting for Agile Teams

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William Davis

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00. Course Overview

00. Course Overview.mp4

01:49

01. Why Do We Forecast Agile Development Efforts -

00. Course Introduction.mp4

04:18

01. Ashley Chooses Which Product to Build.mp4

08:15

02. Why Do You Forecast - .mp4

02:39

03. What Questions Does Forecasting Answer - .mp4

04:21

04. Module Summary.mp4

02:00

02. Estimate Your Product Backlog

00. Planning Poker and Relative Estimation.mp4

03:52

01. Velocity Is an Average Result.mp4

04:36

02. Introducing Planning Polka.mp4

04:22

03. Playing Planning Polka.mp4

04:11

04. Using Heuristics.mp4

04:16

05. Estimating Story Cards.mp4

02:44

06. Module Summary.mp4

01:44

03. Using Statistical PERTs Agile Forecast Tab

00. Complete 100% of the Work 80% of the Time.mp4

02:51

01. Downloading Statistical PERT.mp4

04:24

02. Demo - Introducing the Agile Forecast Tab (SPERT Normal Edition).mp4

07:25

03. Demo - Forecasting with Higher Probabilities.mp4

03:17

04. Demo - Examining the Normal Distribution.mp4

03:11

05. Demo - Forecasting for Established Teams.mp4

02:04

06. Demo - Release Forecasting.mp4

01:13

07. Demo - Forecasting with Hard Delivery Dates.mp4

02:23

08. Demo - Introducing the Agile Forecast Tab (SPERT Beta Edition).mp4

03:13

09. Module Summary.mp4

01:03

04. Creating More Refined Forecasts

00. Forecasting for Established Teams.mp4

02:50

01. Demo - Calculate a Standard Deviation from Historical Data.mp4

04:33

02. Demo - Forecast a Single Iteration.mp4

01:56

03. Demo - Setup for a Multiple Iterations Forecast.mp4

01:53

04. Demo - Forecast Multiple Iterations.mp4

04:25

05. Demo - Calculate a Finish Date Manually.mp4

01:11

06. Demo - Forecast Using Most Recent Team History.mp4

03:54

07. Demo - Forecast for a Teams Varied Capacity.mp4

01:46

08. Module Summary.mp4

01:03

05. Improving Your Forecasts

00. Assessing Quality Using the Binomial Distribution.mp4

08:18

01. Forecasting for Sprint Planning.mp4

02:46

02. Forecasting Quality Assessment Guidelines.mp4

04:03

03. Demo - Assess Forecasting Quality using Excel.mp4

10:25

04. Ways to Improve Your Forecasts.mp4

04:33

05. Module Summary.mp4

01:34

06. Communicating Your Forecasts to Stakeholders

00. Three Benefits of Forecasting.mp4

02:53

01. Four Forecasting Attributes.mp4

03:13

02. Creating a Bell-curve Visual Forecast.mp4

03:20

03. Creating an Emoji Forecast.mp4

03:57

04. Seven Steps to the Forecasting Story.mp4

06:25

05. Reforecast Frequently.mp4

02:11

06. Demo - Create a Bell-curve Visual Forecast.mp4

07:51

07. Module Summary.mp4

02:19

Description

Learn how to create an agile sprint or release forecast using the built-in statistical functions of Microsoft Excel. Assess and improve the quality of your forecasts, and learn how to share your forecasts with stakeholders.

What You'll Learn?

In this course, Forecasting for Agile Teams, you will create and share forecasts for your agile software development effort. First, you will learn why forecasting is important. Next, you will discover how to forecast using Microsoft Excel and a freely-licensed spreadsheet file called Statistical PERT. Finally, you will explore how to improve your forecasts and effectively share them with stakeholders. When you're finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge of agile forecasting so you can forecast future agile-developed products.

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William W. Davis works in the IT industry promoting personal and organizational agility and sharing innovative tools/techniques with fellow agilists, project managers, developers, functional managers, and organizational leaders. William has 30 years experience working in IT as a software developer and technical project manager for numerous IT projects. More recently, though, William is a Scrum Master and an organizational agilist -- creating/delivering customized agile/Scrum training, offering agile coaching, and mentoring others on their agile journey.

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Pluralsight, LLC is an American privately held online education company that offers a variety of video training courses for software developers, IT administrators, and creative professionals through its website. Founded in 2004 by Aaron Skonnard, Keith Brown, Fritz Onion, and Bill Williams, the company has its headquarters in Farmington, Utah. As of July 2018, it uses more than 1,400 subject-matter experts as authors, and offers more than 7,000 courses in its catalog. Since first moving its courses online in 2007, the company has expanded, developing a full enterprise platform, and adding skills assessment modules.