Agile Estimating Explained: Story Points and Planning Poker

What makes a plan agile? In this conference talk, Mike Cohn explains agile estimating, story points, planning poker, and what makes agile planning different from traditional project planning. You’ll learn why agile teams estimate size instead of duration, how story points work, and how planning poker helps teams create better shared understanding before making a plan. You’ll learn: • What agile planning is • Why agile estimating is based on comparison • Why teams estimate size and derive duration • What story points are • How planning poker helps teams estimate • What makes an agile plan different from a traditional plan This presentation was recorded at the Norwegian Developers Conference on June 6, 2012. Timestamps: 00:00 What is agile planning? 02:40 Practice real-world estimating 08:53 Lessons from estimation practice 10:20 Estimation by comparison 10:56 Estimate size. Derive duration 13:26 Estimation units: Traditional vs agile 14:51 What are story points? 20:28 Practice size estimation in points Want to dive deeper into agile estimating and planning? Explore Mountain Goat Software’s live online training: https://learn.mountaingoatsoftware.com