Praise for Agile Estimating and Planning "Traditional, deterministic approaches to planning and estimating just does not cut in the slippery slopes of today's dynamic, project-driven change in Mike Cohn's breakthrough book gives. We are not only philosophy, but also guidance and a set of proven tools that we need to succeed in planning, estimating, and scheduling projects with high uncertainty factor. In Agile Estimating and Planning, Mike Cohn once again fills a hole in the Agile practices, this time by showing us the best approach to Agile estimating and planning. Students of Agile processes will recognize that the book This is really about agility, bridging many practices between Scrum and ExtremeProgramming. " ? Ken Schwaber, Scrum evangelist, Agile Alliance cofounder, and signatory to the Agile Manifesto "In Agile Estimating and Planning, Mike Cohn has, for the first time, brought together most everything that the Agile community has learned about this subject. The. The book really brings together everything we have learned about Agile estimation and planning for past decade Agile software development requires Agile planning techniques This book shows you how to use Agile planning in a succinct, practical, and easy to follow .. " Adam Rogers?, Ultimate Software "Mike is a great follow-up to User Stories Applied by continuing to provide Agile teams with practical approaches and techniques to increase agility. In this book, Mike provides proven and tested method-time to be successful with various levels of planning and estimation required by Agile Books this. first detail discipline Agile estimation and planning, in ways that rival my 1980 civil engineering texts on CPM Planning and Estimation. "With Agile estimation and planning, you focus effort where it really mattered, and continues to do so as circumstances change . "Peterson, President, Enterprise Agile Group, LLC "This is yet another generic book on Agile software development. Agile Estimating and Planning fills a gap left by most other books and gives you important, practical, down-to earth techniques needed to succeed in the Agile development projects." This book provides very practical knowledge for estimation, planning, prioritizing, and tracking. Niels Malotaux?, Project Coach "Effective planning is important, but often misunderstood, part of a successful Agile project. With Agile Estimating and Planning, Mike Cohn has given us the definitive guide to the various Agile estimation and planning practices. With a clear and practical style, Mike not only explains how successful start planning an Agile project, but also provides many tips and suggestions to improve the planning process Agile every team. Robert shouted?, President and CEO, VersionOne, LLC "It's as if Mike took the distilled knowledge regarding planning and estimation of large Agile developer (which he is) and laid out all he knew in a way that is easily understood. Unless you're already an expert Agile planner and estimator, this book is for you." )? Alan Shalloway, CEO of Senior Net Consultant, Objectives, and coauthor of Design Patterns Explained, Second Edition (Addison-Wesley, 2005 "Although I had plenty of XP experience before trying to Mike Cohn's Agile planning practices, the effectiveness of practical techniques and proven in this book blew me away! )? Lisa Crispin, coauthor of Testing Extreme Programming (Addison-Wesley, 2003 "Mike Cohn did a very good job showing how agile approaches can overcome the problem of risk and uncertainty in order to provide more meaningful estimates and plans for software projects." Todd Little, Senior Development Manager?, Landmark Graphics "Mike Cohn explains the approach to Agile planning, and shows how thinking 'critical chain' can be used to effectively buffer both schedule and features. )? Bill Wake, author of Refactoring Workbook (Addison-Wesley, 2003 "Mike brings this book to life with real-world examples that help reveal how and why the Agile approach works for planning development projects of software I could. Seeing this book becomes an invaluable aid to Agile project managers, as it provides lots of tips practical issues such as how to set iteration length and Kecepatan boot-strap, and communicate progress. " Rachel Davies?, Independent Consultant "There is a need for books, solid pragmatic in the long term vision of an Agile Project for project managers. This is not a theory? Book contains project-tested practices that have been used on Agile projects.