The alchemy of turning ideas into tangible achievements
Stop guessing. Clarity in planning. Confidence in delivery.
Beginner
1 day
online or at your office
What is this training actually about?
Agile Planning & Estimating is about making reliable delivery decisions amid uncertainty. Many teams either overcommit and miss deadlines or undercommit and lose opportunities. Estimates feel arbitrary, release plans shift unexpectedly, and stakeholders lose confidence in forecasts.
It’s very important to addresses that gap. Teams need to learn how to:
The goal is not to predict the future perfectly. The goal is to make informed commitments, reduce delivery risk, and increase trust in planning decisions.
In short: Better planning. Clearer forecasts. More predictable outcomes.
when this training is needed
Plans exist - but forecasts don’t hold.
Numbers are given. Confidence is missing.
Optimism replaces capacity awareness.
Expectations are set - then repeatedly adjusted.
Scope changes are handled - but not strategically evaluated.
Complex projects move forward without clear forecasting logic.
Work is assigned - but resource allocation lacks transparency.
Discussions increase. Predictability doesn’t.
What improvements can the team expect
Commitments are based on data and capacity - not optimism.
Teams understand trade-offs and make conscious planning decisions.
Clearer forecasts reduce surprises and improve expectation management.
Complex projects are managed with structured release planning and visibility.
Teams use practical estimation techniques with shared logic and consistency.
Sprints and releases are planned with a realistic workload and defined goals.
Workload matches available time and skills.
Teams commit with confidence - and deliver accordingly.
Velocity and historical data support future forecasts.
Download the complete learning outcomes and agenda to evaluate whether this training fits your team’s needs.
• The Agile approach to planning
• Why planning in Agile is different from traditional planning
• Levels of Agile planning: Release, Sprint, and Daily planning
• The relationship between planning, estimation, and delivery
• Planning in uncertain and dynamic environments
• What does estimation mean in Agile
• Why estimation is challenging
• The difference between estimation and commitment
• When teams should estimate and re-estimate
• Estimation as a tool for better forecasting
• What Story Points are and why they are used
• Differences between Story Points and ideal days
• Relative vs absolute estimation
• Understanding relative sizing in Agile teams
• Practical approaches to estimating work
• Using estimation techniques to improve accuracy
• Collaborative estimation within teams
• Applying estimation techniques in different planning levels
• Purpose and structure of Sprint Planning
• Preparing backlog items for sprint planning
• Two approaches to sprint planning
• Aligning team capacity with sprint goals
• Understanding team velocity
• Using historical data for forecasting
• Predicting delivery timelines
• Working with new teams without historical data
• The purpose of release planning
• Planning releases based on team velocity
• Predicting delivery scope and timelines
• Different release planning strategies
Online or onsite – depending on team needs
1 day
For teams already working with Scrum or Agile - developers, Scrum Masters, product owners, and team leads who want to move from guessing to making real, data-informed delivery decisions.
The course is designed for beginners and teams with basic Agile exposure. You don’t need any more knowledge – but familiarity with sprint-based work will help you get the most out of it.
Entirely hands-on. Sessions are designed as interactive workshops, not lectures. Your team will work through real planning scenarios, not just listen to theory.
After completing the training, your team will be able to create meaningful estimates, plan sprints and releases realistically, forecast delivery based on actual data and velocity, and align scope with capacity and business priorities.
Yes, that’s exactly what this training addresses. Whether estimates feel arbitrary, politically driven, or simply inconsistent across the team – the course gives everyone a shared logic and practical techniques to make estimates more reliable.
Directly. One of the core outcomes is building stronger stakeholder trust through clearer, data-backed forecasts – so expectations are set once and adjusted far less often.
Yes. Like all our courses, this training can be tailored to your team’s real challenges, tools, and workflow – so the examples and exercises reflect your actual environment, not generic case studies.
