Comments on: Better estimates with Wideband Delphi http://leansoftwareengineering.com/2008/02/23/better-estimates-with-wideband-delphi/ Essays on the Continuous Delivery of High Quality Information Systems Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:03:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Agile Management by David Anderson http://leansoftwareengineering.com/2008/02/23/better-estimates-with-wideband-delphi/#comment-2028 Agile Management by David Anderson Sun, 02 Mar 2008 05:17:01 +0000 http://leansoftwareengineering.com/2008/02/23/better-estimates-with-wideband-delphi/#comment-2028 <strong>Announcing Modus Cooperandi...</strong> 26 years ago I started my first business working with 3 school friends developing and selling computer... Announcing Modus Cooperandi…

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]]> By: Bernie Thompson http://leansoftwareengineering.com/2008/02/23/better-estimates-with-wideband-delphi/#comment-2010 Bernie Thompson Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:36:11 +0000 http://leansoftwareengineering.com/2008/02/23/better-estimates-with-wideband-delphi/#comment-2010 Great point, Ian. Planning Poker is really a light form of Wideband Delphi. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planning_poker Have been happy every time I've used it. It's great for more quickly running through a longer list of smaller projects, like a Product Backlog in Scrum. Whereas Wideband Delphi (which prompts for more time, dialogue, and simple whiteboard/spreadsheet tool) is better for larger estimates. Great point, Ian. Planning Poker is really a light form of Wideband Delphi.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planning_poker

Have been happy every time I’ve used it.

It’s great for more quickly running through a longer list of smaller projects, like a Product Backlog in Scrum.

Whereas Wideband Delphi (which prompts for more time, dialogue, and simple whiteboard/spreadsheet tool) is better for larger estimates.

]]> By: Ian Cooper http://leansoftwareengineering.com/2008/02/23/better-estimates-with-wideband-delphi/#comment-2009 Ian Cooper Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:57:22 +0000 http://leansoftwareengineering.com/2008/02/23/better-estimates-with-wideband-delphi/#comment-2009 Have you tried Planning Poker. It's a great tool for doing wideband delphi. Cards are just easier than a whiteboard. YMMV. Have you tried Planning Poker. It’s a great tool for doing wideband delphi. Cards are just easier than a whiteboard. YMMV.

]]> By: Bernie Thompson http://leansoftwareengineering.com/2008/02/23/better-estimates-with-wideband-delphi/#comment-2002 Bernie Thompson Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:45:52 +0000 http://leansoftwareengineering.com/2008/02/23/better-estimates-with-wideband-delphi/#comment-2002 Great Links, especially like the {End Bracket} article in MSDN. Thanks James! Great Links, especially like the {End Bracket} article in MSDN. Thanks James!

]]> By: James Waletzky http://leansoftwareengineering.com/2008/02/23/better-estimates-with-wideband-delphi/#comment-1997 James Waletzky Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:09:49 +0000 http://leansoftwareengineering.com/2008/02/23/better-estimates-with-wideband-delphi/#comment-1997 Wideband Delphi is in use at Microsoft by quite a few teams and is a great estimation technique to improve accuracy early in the project cycle. Here are a couple more sources containing more information on Wideband Delphi: - Progressive Development blog posting (http://blogs.msdn.com/progressive_development/archive/2007/09/25/motley-says-individual-gut-feel-estimation-is-the-only-way-to-estimate.aspx) - MSDN article (http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/07/01/EndBracket/) - Wikipedia entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wideband_delphi) Wideband Delphi is in use at Microsoft by quite a few teams and is a great estimation technique to improve accuracy early in the project cycle.

Here are a couple more sources containing more information on Wideband Delphi:
- Progressive Development blog posting (http://blogs.msdn.com/progressive_development/archive/2007/09/25/motley-says-individual-gut-feel-estimation-is-the-only-way-to-estimate.aspx)
- MSDN article (http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/07/01/EndBracket/)
- Wikipedia entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wideband_delphi)

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