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Iterative Task Management Process Using Group Estimations Based On Time-Boxing

Iterative Task Management Process Using Group Estimations Based On Time-Boxing September 24 th , 2009 Gihan B Madawala gihanm@shaw.ca Argus Technologies Ltd CREO Products Inc Chancery Software Ltd Meridian Project Systems Ltd Modular Mining Systems Canada Ltd. PURPOSE.

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Iterative Task Management Process Using Group Estimations Based On Time-Boxing

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  1. Iterative Task Management Process Using Group Estimations Based On Time-Boxing September 24th, 2009Gihan B Madawala gihanm@shaw.ca Argus Technologies Ltd CREO Products Inc Chancery Software Ltd Meridian Project Systems Ltd Modular Mining Systems Canada Ltd

  2. PURPOSE Continuous improvement Work smarter Improve productivity Clear goals/objectives Accountability Better Communication Timely delivery Have fun!

  3. EFFECTIVE MOSTLY WHEN TEAM PROFILE • Large # of Test engineers • Many contractors • Automation/Performance engineers • Inshore/Offshore outsourcing companies • Many Geographical locations

  4. PROCESSES USED • Rational Unified Process • Iteration based within RUP • SCRUMS – Every other day • Weekly meetings • Requirement based testing • Automation of all BVTs • Retrospectives • Iterative Task Management Process

  5. PROBLEMS WITH TRADITONAL TEST ESTIMATIONS • Most of the time they are Open-ended • Project Manager does not have the bandwidth or enough details to do test estimations in project level • Mostly testing tasks are piggy backed to Dev tasks and has too much dependency • Sometime ad-hoc • Inaccuracy

  6. OBJECTIVES OF TIME-BOXING METHOD • Tend to have more accuracy in estimations • Group estimation method • Tied down to iterations (sprints – usually 4 weeks) • Availability of testing resources are determined before the start of sprint • PM can have a better certainty of iteration end and release date

  7. OBJECTIVES OF T-B METHOD Contd.. • Estimations of a task can go up or down • Testing tasks are managed in a SharePoint repository • Can nail down and address project roadblocks early • Can access whether the team has enough expertise to carry out all the tasks (If not seek resources early) • Active participation of the whole test team

  8. WHAT IS MEASURED • Work (cost) – In points or hours • Duration – sprint for 4 weeks etc • Resources (who, how many, availability) • Priority • Status • Dependency

  9. TIME-BOX

  10. TIME-BOX • Release\Iteration

  11. TIME-BOX

  12. RESOURCE AVAILABLE ( T-B) Points available for Sprint 2 (20 working days) #  Test Engineer   Availability   Points     1 Charlie (QA)   95%   38   2  Max (LX)  90%   36   3  Irene (QA)   50%   20   4  Alisa (LX)   50%   20   5  Anne (MD)   100%   40 6  Gihan (MD)   40%   12 7  Latten (QA) 20% 8 TOTAL 174

  13. ESTIMATION ACCURACY Points available for Sprint 2 174 Points completed for Sprint 2 162 Total sprint estimation accuracy of +- 15%

  14. TERMINOLOGY USED Use terminology of bringing food to the ‘Table’ Freezer-> Fridge-> Cooker-> Table Freezer - Future Items that may take time before consumption Fridge - waiting to go into cooker Cooker - Cooking in progress Table - Ready to consume

  15. TASK BREAKDOWN

  16. TASK GROUP BREAKDOWNS -

  17. WINDOWS OFFICE LIVE

  18. CONCLUSIONS • Testing projects can/should run as a real project (If more than 2 members in the team) • There are other proven methods of test task estimations • Time-boxing testing tasks provide better certainty than open ended tasks • More involvement of team members and have fun while testing…

  19. Questions?

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