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A #NoEstimates tool: The slicing meeting, replacing estimation meetings while creating shared understanding

Nudging our definitions of stories towards less social complexity and/or less technical complexity.

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Vasco Duarte
Feb 10, 2017 • 4 min read
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Product Ownership
Product Specifications
Backlog Refinement
Estimation
Vertical Story Slicing

Summary

A brief description of why project stakeholders should forgo the traditional method of estimating stories while the project is young as it leads to making commitments that later prove costly and a suggestion of the best way to about this for the project to thrive. We learn that when a project is young do not make estimates of the work but rather slice the work by understanding its complexity. Read the article to find out about how to simplify meetings, order stories to asses risks, and more.

Takeaways

  • During the early stages of a project, estimating work to be done may prompt you to make commitments that will later prove too costly.
  • When a project is young do not make estimates of the work but rather slice the work by understanding its complexity.

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