7. Present a
business case
Estimate
team & other
cost ==> ROI
Put team
together
Team
estimates
Is the
estimate
too big?
Reduce scope
Project
approved
NO
YES
Ditch
project?
Business case
approved &
project prioritised
but when will it start?
Complete guess?
HOW DO WE ESTIMATE COST?
15. BUDGET CREATES A REAL DEADLINE
WHAT CAN WE BUILD FOR $500k?
USE REAL CONSTRAINTS
16. BUILD & LEARN WHAT IS POSSIBLE
WHAT CAN WE BUILD FOR $50k?
ITERATE ON QUALITY
17. Present a
business case
Approved as
viable option
Team
assigned
2-4 week
experiment
Is initiative
still valuable
enough?
NO
Initiative
prioritised
YES
+ Team(s) if
required
Frequent delivery
& feedback loop
PUT THE ITERATE INTO
ITERATIONS!
Stop
18. MULTIPLE OPTIONS, EASY TO SWITCH
DIVERSIFY RISK (e.g. STOCK MARKET)
SMALL BETS & EXPERIMENTS
35. I want to shift focus
away from estimating and onto
delivering value to
stakeholders & customers...
So that I am empowered to
make the right decisions and
@neil_killick
#NoEstimates
AS A SOFTWARE PRACTITIONER
BUILD THE RIGHT THING