The Agile Planning Game: Rapid Estimating and Scheduling for High-Change Projects

So, you've heard about these new agile management techniques.  You may even have attended a conference session or have read a book on it.  It all sounds so simple... in theory.   But how do you get started? 

The #1 topic people ask about when learning agile is how to estimate and build schedules using these methods.  Our project sponsors need to know how much a project will cost and how long it will take before they can authorize us to begin.  How do we prepare reasonable estimates and a schedule when we haven't done our detailed requirements analysis? 

While there are several solutions to this problem, the most popular is called The Agile Planning Game.  This technique brings together a whole multi-disciplinary team and builds a consensus on a set of estimates. The Agile Planning Game is specifically designed to avoid the problem of "group think" -- where  minority opinions are withheld to avoid criticism or due to a lack of self-confidence. With input from all affected disciplines, the result is a set of estimates that are less likely to miss an important aspect of the work, have full team buy-in, and are more likely to match the actual work effort required. 

Join this 60-minute webinar and learn the technique that has taken the agile world by storm:  The Agile Planning Game.  Learn how to use this technique to prepare estimates and schedules for your agile projects, and improve your chances of project success.   

Agenda:

• Agile Estimating and Planning Overview
• Story/Complexity Points vs. Ideal Days
• Agile Scheduling:  Release Plans, Iteration Plans, and Day Plans
• Using Velocity to Build a Release Plan
• The Agile Planning Game
• Q & A

Cost:

$49 per attendee. All those who register get the following FREE BONUS audiobooks in MP3 format:

• Agile Adoption Made Easy
• Agile Project Management Using Scrum
• Extreme Scrum
• Introduction to Agile Modeling
• Managing in the Face of Ever-Changing Requirements
• Save Time and Money with Agile Documentation Practices

The total value of this FREE BONUS package is nearly $70!

Credit:

And that's not all...

Project Management Professionals (PMPs) will be eligible for 1 PDU for attending this event. Record your PDUs under Category 4.

Date/Time:

July 14, 2009 from 11:00am to 12:00pm EST (GMT-5h)

Logistics:

Registrants will receive a confirmation email once their payment has been processed.  Closer to the date of the teleconference, another email will be sent with details on how to access the webinar (hosted by Webex) and call-in numbers. 

About the Instructor:

Kevin Aguanno, B.A., PMP, IPMA-B, MAPM

With over 20 years of managing complex systems integration and software development projects, Kevin Aguanno is known in the industry for his innovative approaches to solving common project management problems.

As a well-known keynote speaker, trainer, and coach in agile management methods, Aguanno has taught thousands of people how to better manage high-change projects by using techniques from Scrum, Extreme Programming, Feature-Driven Development, and other agile methods. He is a frequent presenter at conferences and private corporate events where he delights audiences with practical advice peppered with fascinating stories from his own experiences in the trenches practicing agile project management.

He has taught for several years at the University of Toronto where he won the coveted SCS Excellence in Teaching Award, and is a regular guest lecturer in software engineering and project management classes at several other universities.

He is a PMI-certified Project Management Professional (PMP), and his competency is certified by IBM as a Certified Executive Project Manager and by the International Project Management Association (IPMA) as a Senior Project Manager (IPMA Level B).

Kevin Aguanno is the author of over one dozen books and audiobooks in addition to a number of articles published in magazines and journals worldwide.