AGILE

DEVELOPMENT

The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time

Agile Methodology

Agile Methodology

One fundamental challenge faced by all businesses, big or small, traditional or modern, is finding the balance between efficient organization and flexible adaptation.

A lightweight agile project management framework that can be used to manage iterative and incremental projects of all types.

Scrum popularity
has increased due to:

  • Reduced Risk
  • Effective Communication
  • Increased Productivity
  • Induce Changes Effectively
  • Improved Transparency
  • Launch Your Unique Ideas
Agile Framework

The Agile Framework

Scrum Events
  • 1 SPRINT
  • 2 SPRINT PLANNING
  • 3 DAILY SCRUM
  • 4 SPRINT REVIEW
  • 5 SPRINT RETROSPECTIVE
Sprint

SPRINT

Sprint Planning

SPRINT
PLANNING

Daily Scrum

DAILY
SCRUM

Sprint Review

SPRINT
REVIEW

Sprint Retrospective

SPRINT
RETROSPECTIVE

Scrum Event Duration

SCRUM EVENT DURATION

  • SPRINT

    < 30 Days

    A horizon of no more than a month

  • SPRINT PLANNING

    8 Hrs Max

    Eight-hour time-boxed meeting for one month sprints. For shorter sprints, the event is usually shorter.

  • DAILY SCRUM

    ∼15 Mins

    15-Min time-boxed event

  • SPRINT REVIEW

    4 Hrs Max

    Four-hour time-boxed meeting for one-month sprints. For shorter sprints, the event is usually shorter.

  • SPRINT RETROSPECTIVE

    3 Hrs Max

    Three-hour time-boxed meeting for one-month sprints. For shorter sprints, the event is usually shorter.

  • PRODUCT BACKLOG REFINEMENT

    < 10%

    Consumes no more than 10% time of the capacity of the development team.

Process

PROCESS

  • Backlog Grooming

  • Capacity Planning & Sprint Planning

  • Identify Backlogs for Current Sprint

  • Estimates & re-negotiate current Sprint Backlog with Stakeholders / Product Owner

  • Commitment of Sprint Estimates (Development Team)

  • Daily Scrum

  • Sprint Review (Demo)

  • Sprint Retrospective

  • Repeat the above process until all the Backlogs are covered.

Sprint Cycle

SPRINT CYCLE

Individual Sprint

INDIVIDUAL SPRINT

Customer Benefits
Sprint Cost

HOW SPRINT COST IS DERIVED?

(For 2 Weeks Sprint)

Type of
Resources
No. of
Resources
Engagement
Type
No. of Hours
Per Sprint
Cost Per Hour
(in USD)
Sub Total
(in USD)
Scrum Master 1 Part Time 40 30 1200
Product Lead 1 Part Time 40 35 1400
Business Analyst 1 Part Time 40 25 1000
Graphic Designer 1 For 2 Hours 20 20 400
HTML Designer 1 Part Time 40 20 800
Backend Developer 2 Full Time 80 25 4000
Quality Assurance 1 Full Time 80 20 1600
Total 10,400
  • Type of Resources
  • Scrum Master
  • No. of Resources
  • 1
  • Engagement Type
  • Part Time
  • No. of Hours Per Sprint
  • 40
  • Cost Per Hour (in USD)
  • 30
  • Sub Total (in USD)
  • 1200
  • Type of Resources
  • Product Lead
  • No. of Resources
  • 1
  • Engagement Type
  • Part Time
  • No. of Hours Per Sprint
  • 40
  • Cost Per Hour (in USD)
  • 35
  • Sub Total (in USD)
  • 1400
  • Type of Resources
  • Business Analyst
  • No. of Resources
  • 1
  • Engagement Type
  • Part Time
  • No. of Hours Per Sprint
  • 40
  • Cost Per Hour (in USD)
  • 25
  • Sub Total (in USD)
  • 1000
  • Type of Resources
  • Graphic Designer
  • No. of Resources
  • 1
  • Engagement Type
  • For 2 Hours
  • No. of Hours Per Sprint
  • 20
  • Cost Per Hour (in USD)
  • 20
  • Sub Total (in USD)
  • 400
  • Type of Resources
  • HTML Designer
  • No. of Resources
  • 1
  • Engagement Type
  • Part Time
  • No. of Hours Per Sprint
  • 40
  • Cost Per Hour (in USD)
  • 20
  • Sub Total (in USD)
  • 800
  • Type of Resources
  • Backend Developer
  • No. of Resources
  • 2
  • Engagement Type
  • Full Time
  • No. of Hours Per Sprint
  • 80
  • Cost Per Hour (in USD)
  • 25
  • Sub Total (in USD)
  • 4000
  • Type of Resources
  • Quality Assurance
  • No. of Resources
  • 1
  • Engagement Type
  • Full Time
  • No. of Hours Per Sprint
  • 80
  • Cost Per Hour (in USD)
  • 20
  • Sub Total (in USD)
  • 1600
  • Total
  • 10,400