Top End Devs Logo Top End Devs Logo
Dashboard Podcasts Screencasts Courses Coaching Calendar
Sign In
Dashboard Podcasts Screencasts Courses Coaching Calendar
Sign In

Episode 31: TMTC 30 – Agile Estimating

Teach Me To Code

Subscribe

  • RSS

Follow

Episode 31: TMTC 30 – Agile Estimating

Published : Aug 04, 2010
Duration : 25 Minutes

Show Notes


Estimating your workload can be tricky, but most management, marketing, and sales departments want to know when new features or bug fixes will be out so they can project where what they'll be able to sell in the future.

You can estimate on the following scales:

  • T-shirt sizes
  • Fibonacci Numbers
  • Algorithmic/Exponential scale
  • Linear scale

You can estimate in several units of measurement as well:

  • Points (Complexity)
  • Hours
  • Days
  • T-shirt sizes

Overall, estimation can help you inform timelines, identify problems in features or your development cycle, and open discussion on tough features.

Download this Episode

  • Title: Teach Me To Code

    Type:PODCAST

    Description:

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 31: TMTC 30 – Agile Estimating

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 47: TMTC 46 – Evan Light

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 74: 073 TMTC Grant Ingersoll – Lucene & Solr

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 69: Nginx with Igor Sysoev and Andrey Alexeev

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 78: 077 TMTC Karl Wright – ManifoldCF

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 21: TMTC 20 – Miles Forrest – Part 1

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 79: 078 TMTC Chris Mattmann – OODT/NASA

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 36: TMTC 35 – Joe Ferris from Thoughtbot

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 13: RC 13 – Interview with Chad Fowler – Part 1

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 10: RC 10 – Understanding and Growing Business

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 24: TMTC 23 – Bryan Liles

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 33: TMTC 32 – Mike Moore & Ruby Web Conf

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 34: TMTC 33 – Corey Haines

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 39: TMTC 38 – BDD and TDD: Integration and Unit Tests

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 4: RC 4 – Interview with Ben Johnson (binarylogic)

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 50: TMTC 49 – Hiring Developers

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 37: TMTC 36 – Legacy Code

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 63: Gregory Brown Interview – Teach Me To Code Podcast

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 7: RC 7 – Practice Makes Perfect – Coding Exercises

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 56: 55 TMTC – Finding Freelance Clients

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 5: RC 5 – Interview with James Edward Gray II

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 59: 058 TMTC Tyler Bye (ABC Network iPad App)

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 55: 54 TMTC When to Stop Testing and Get Stuff Done

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 40: TMTC 39 – Ben Curtis

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 42: TMTC 41 – Andy Hunt

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 43: TMTC 42 – Readable Code

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 46: TMTC 45 – Michael Hartl – Rails Tutorial

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 48: TMTC 47 – What is an Expert?

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 49: TMTC 48 – David Heinemeier Hansson

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 15: RC 15 – Pair Programming

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 22: TMTC 21 – Miles Forrest – Part 2

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 27: TMTC 26 – My Journey

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 28: TMTC 27 – Geoffrey Grosenbach

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 2: RC 2 – Interview with Gregg Pollack

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 3: RC 3 – Finding a mentor

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 68: Interview with Josh Berkus – Part 2

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 35: TMTC 34 – Writing Code is the Easy Part

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 44: TMTC 43 – Dave Hoover

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 71: Acceptance Testing with Evan Light and Jorge Dias

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 73: 072 TMTC Charles Max Wood on Freelancing Interview

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 62: Ryan Smith Interview – Teach Me To Code Podcast

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 9: RC 9 – Work Fulfillment

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 65: Pivotal Labs’ Javascript Setup

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 70: Rocky Mountain Ruby Conferences with Marty Haught and Charley Baker

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 32: TMTC 31 – Time Management

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 20: TMTC 19 – Kevin Rutherford Interview

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 45: TMTC 44 – Finding Balance

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 18: RC 17 – Interview with Dave Thomas from the Pragmatic Programmers – Part 1

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 12: RC 12 – Test Driven Design and Behavior Driven Development

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 53: 52 TMTC The DHH RSpec (and other) Debates

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 8: RC 8 – Interview with Pratik Naik

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 29: TMTC 28 – Agile Retrospectives

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 16: RC 15a – Pair Programming – Take Two

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 26: TMTC 25 – Eric Malamisura from AgileDash

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 54: 53 TMTC Learn Something New

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 61: Gary Bernhardt Interview – Teach Me To Code Podcast

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 19: TMTC 18 – Dave Thomas Interview – Part 2

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 80: 079 TMTC Peter Ledbrook – VMWare, Groovy, Grails

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 60: Know Your Text Editor – Teach Me to Code Podcast

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 72: State of the Podcast – What’s up with Teach Me To Code

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 51: TMTC 50 – Chad Fowler and The Passionate Programmer

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 6: RC 6 – Conferences

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 11: RC 11 – Testing Your Application

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 38: TMTC 37 – Peter Cooper

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 14: RC 14 – Chad Fowler Interview – Part 2

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 76: 075 TMTC Jim Jagielski – Apache Software Foundation

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 77: 076 TMTC Pranta Das and Bhaskar Sunkara (AppDynamics)

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 75: 074 TMTC Jonathan Ellis – Cassandra

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 57: 056 TMTC – Tom Preston-Werner (Github Co-founder)

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 66: Investing in Your Knowledge Portfolio

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 58: 057 TMTC Jamis Buck Interview

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 25: TMTC 24 – Continuous Integration

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 23: TMTC 22 – Agile Roots & Andrew Shafer

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 52: 51 TMTC Being Nice (MINASWAN)

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 1: RC 1 – What Makes a Great Developer?

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 64: Freelancing Advice – Teach Me To Code Podcast

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 17: RC 16 – The DRY Principle (Don’t Repeat Yourself)

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 67: TMTC 66 Josh Berkus (PostgreSQL Core Team)

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 41: TMTC 40 – RubyConf 2010

  • Teach Me To Code Episode 30: TMTC 29 – Ron Stephens from python411

Footer

Top End Devs

Facebook Instagram Twitter GitHub YouTube

Content & Events

  • Authors, Hosts, & Guests
  • Commerce
  • Insights

Support

  • Pricing
  • Documentation
  • Guides
  • API Status

Company

  • About
  • Blog
  • Jobs
  • Press
  • Partners

Legal

  • Claim
  • Privacy
  • Terms

© 2023 Intentional Excellence Productions, LLC. All rights reserved.