Great Expectations: Staying On Time & On Budget With Agile Software Development & User Stories

We’ve all experienced it – we think we know what the client wants, but it turns out their expectations were quite different. By the time this comes to light, hours have been burned and both the budget and timeline are blown to bits. But this can be avoided! In this session, we’ll show you how you can both estimate a project accurately and meet your client’s expectations.

You’ll learn how identifying client “needs” from “wants” with User Stories can significantly improve accuracy of estimates and deliver the highest business value to the client. As well, using Agile software development can help by showing working software sooner – software clients can evaluate to determine if we’re indeed building the right thing. Leveraging User Stories against the backdrop of Agile Software Development, we can plan for the successful incremental release of software that delivers value on each release, on time and on budget.