Have you
ever come across a situation, where even in Agile-Scrum, project you want to
understand,
- What got accomplished, and what is yet to be accomplished (the size)?
- What would it take to complete it, everything else remaining constant (Effort / Schedule)?
- Can there be some tentative estimation about work, if we include some approximation to elaboration, technical debt and defects?
I get that in Agile-Scrum, it is the capacity
and velocity that drives the work, schedule and cost; however, if we leave
aside what Agile Literature details say or do not say about it, I believe internally
even all of us will be interested in knowing these questions. As these are not
governance, or management questions, rather these are “Self-Awareness” questions,
to keep ourselves honest about our true progress.
To help myself, I created a simple
tool to answer these questions, and few more. I call it as “Self-Awareness
about Estimate to Complete”. If you are interested in it, please feel free to
download the Excel and PDF files. The PDF details the working of this tool. The
best part is it does not require any registration, and it does not transmit any
of your data. Your data remains with you.
What is in it for me? Well, all I want
is your feedback on accuracy of the tool. That is, if it were accurate enough
for you? If you feel like, then share the deviation (not the data, only the %
deviation number) between estimated and actual number; though even this is not
binding.
Please feel free to reach out to me, should
you come across any hurdle in using this tool. Enjoy.
Link to the tool - Excel Tool
Link to Guide - How to use it guide
Link to the tool - Excel Tool
Link to Guide - How to use it guide
