Business Value Estimation

Business value estimates enable a more rational ordering of the product backlog, which results in teams delivering more value. Participants will gain an understanding of the essence of business value; it's more complex than just revenue. They will also learn a surprisingly simple technique to estimate business value. This is a hands-on learn-by-doing session.

The Agile Portfolio Game

The Agile Portfolio Game engages you in a full corporate portfolio management scenario. Your mission: Apply agile principles to maximize the value created across multiple scrum teams and product lines. You will see how limiting organizational work in progress speeds value delivery. You will also see how building to learn enables you to build to earn. It’s business agility at the portfolio level, and it’s fun!

After completing this workshop, participants will be able to:

- Discuss the importance of limiting WIP at the portfolio level.

- Describe the value of building to learn as well as building to earn

- Facilitate exercises with stakeholders to define and quantify business value in their context

Event Agenda -

Agile Portfolio Game:

Introduction

Teams play the game

Teams present their results and share key learnings

Break

Business Value Estimation:

Introduction

Teams are formed

Demonstration of the technique

Teams practice the technique

Debrief

Teams practice the technique again with additional complexity

Debrief and capture key learnings

Name of Speaker:

Chris Sims

Speaker Bio:

Chris Sims is a certified scrum trainer, agile coach, and recovering C++ developer who helps organizations improve their productivity and happiness. Chris is the founder and product owner of Agile Learning Labs and the co-author of two best-selling scrum books: The Elements of Scrum and Scrum: a Breathtakingly Brief and Agile Introduction. More of their writing can be found on the Agile Learning Labs blog. Before starting Agile Learning Labs in 2007, Chris made a living in roles such as: scrum master, product owner, engineering manager, project manager, software engineer, musician, and auto mechanic.