Collection of resources on Agile Estimating and Planning

Estimation is essentially guessing and if you can avoid it don't do estimation. Often it is just waste and can lead to dysfunction, particularly when the organisation gives so much focus to it. But how do you avoid it? Well, navigate your way through the #NoEstimates material and see what makes sense for you.   

#NoEstimates Movement

Ways to plan that don't involve estimates

1. #NoEstimatesBook and NoEstimates by Vasco Duarte
2. #NoEstimates, An Introduction and #NoEstimates by Allen Holub
3. #NOESTIMATES PART 1 — DOING SCRUM WITHOUT ESTIMATES and #NOESTIMATES - AN ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF RISK MANAGEMENT by Neil Killick
4. The NoEstimates Movement by Ron Jeffries 
5. "No Estimates" is not the (only) Answer or: Moving towards Predictability by Inger Dickson

Monte Carlo Simulation

1. YOU DON'T NEED STORY POINTS by Neil Killick
2. Agile Project Forecasting – The Monte Carlo Method by Adrian Fittolani
3. Web-Based Monte Carlo Simulation for Agile Estimation

Agile Estimation and Planning

There are a bunch of presentations by Mike Cohn and his book that will help you get started:

1. Agile Estimating
2. Advanced Topics in Agile Planning
3. The book Agile Estimating and Planning