Estimating for Agile Foundation course
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Estimating for Agile online course

Learn Agile estimation techniques at your own pace and gain a Knowledge Train certificate with online exam and free resit included.

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Overview

Estimating for Agile is a practical online course that helps you estimate work more accurately on Agile projects. Learn proven techniques you can apply immediately with your team.

What you will gain

  • Understand the core principles of agile estimating
  • Recognise and handle uncertainty, assumptions and risk
  • Choose and apply suitable Agile estimation styles
  • Estimate across the Agile lifecycle, from roadmap to sprint
  • Present clear, defensible estimates to stakeholders

Who this course is for

  • Anyone who creates or reviews estimates on Agile work
  • Product owners, Scrum Masters and Agile team members
  • Project, programme and portfolio management roles
  • Business analysts and delivery managers in Agile teams
  • Stakeholders who rely on estimates to make decisions

Benefits

Estimate with confidence

Learn simple, repeatable Agile techniques you can use on real projects.

Flexible online learning

Study self-paced in short modules whenever it fits your schedule.

Exam and free resit

Take the online exam when you’re ready, with a built-in free resit.

Delivery

Estimating for Agile is delivered as a self-paced online course. You get 12 months’ access so you can learn in short, focused sessions whenever it suits you.

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Course

This course takes you from the fundamentals of Agile estimating through to presenting credible estimates and dealing with uncertainty. You’ll build a toolkit of techniques you can use across different Agile teams and contexts.

Grasp Agile basics

Refresh your understanding of Agile principles and why estimation matters.

Work with uncertainty

Learn how to deal with assumptions, risk and changing information.

Use different styles

Explore a range of Agile estimating styles and when to use each one.

Apply core principles

Follow practical principles that keep estimates realistic and transparent.

Estimate end-to-end

See how estimating works across the Agile lifecycle, from high level to sprint.

Present estimates clearly

Practise presenting estimates and responding to common challenges.
Estimating for Agile Foundation course

Curriculum

The curriculum follows the full Estimating for Agile Foundation syllabus, moving from core principles through to advanced practices and practical tips.

  • Introduction
  • Fundamentals and why agile is different
  • Uncertainty, assumptions, and risk
  • The purpose drives the estimating style
  • Agile estimating practices
  • Who, what, where, how – estimating across a lifecycle
  • Presenting and using an estimate
  • Top tips

Full curriculum details

Introduction

  • Estimating background.
  • Rationale for estimations.

Fundamentals and why agile is different

  • Why estimate?
  • Basic principles.
  • What is different when estimating for agile?
  • Working to different horizons.
  • Components of agile estimating and planning.
  • Common pitfalls.

Uncertainty, assumptions, and risk

  • ‘Expect change and uncertainty’ principle.
  • Dealing with uncertainty.
  • Value of assumptions.
  • Risk-based estimating.
  • Estimating as part of a bidding process.

The purpose drives the estimating style

  • ‘Know the purpose’ principle.
  • Choosing the appropriate agile estimating style.
  • Benefits and disadvantages of each estimating style.

Agile estimating practices

  • ‘Validate the estimate’ principle.
  • Combining estimating practices.
  • Velocity, and options for calculating a starting velocity.
  • Estimating using story points and planning poker.
  • Importance of the Fibonacci sequence.
  • Affinity estimating.
  • T-shirt sizing.
  • Three-point estimating.

Who, what, where, how – estimating across a lifecycle

  • ‘Take ownership’ principle.
  • Collaborative estimating.
  • Estimating across an Agile lifecycle.
  • Estimating style.
  • Who is involved?

Presenting and using an estimate

  • Presenting an estimate.
  • Addressing common estimating issues.
  • Burn-down and burn-up charts.
  • Common reasons why an estimate will be challenged.
  • Estimation metrics.

Top tips

  • Estimating best practices.
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Exam | Estimating for agile Foundation course

Exam & certification

What to expect from the Estimating for Agile Foundation exam and how we help you pass.

  • Format: Multiple choice (objective test)
  • Questions: 60
  • Pass mark: 70% (42/60)
  • Duration: 60 minutes
  • Materials: Closed book
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Results: Immediate
  • Exam access: Online

Your path to success

Learn
Follow short, focused lessons and real-world estimation examples.
Practice
Reinforce learning with interactive exercises and mini-quizzes.
Pass
Take the online exam and earn your digital certificate, free resit included.

Reviews & success stories

Our teams struggled for years with wildly inconsistent estimates. This course finally gave me a structured way to approach agile estimation without turning it into a heavyweight process. The modules on planning poker, relative sizing, and using historical velocity were packed with concrete examples. I especially liked the guidance on how to talk about uncertainty with stakeholders, so estimates become a shared conversation rather than a blame game. The Knowledge Train exam at the end was challenging but fair, and the free resit meant I felt safe attempting it quickly after studying.

Hannah C., Delegate

The course explains concepts like story points and T-shirt sizing in plain language. I now feel confident facilitating estimation sessions with mixed teams of developers, analysts, and testers.

Gregor P., Scrum Master

The pacing was spot on. I could dip in and out between sprints, and each lesson was focused enough that I could immediately try the ideas with my team.

Natalie F., Delegate

Having a short online exam and certificate from Knowledge Train was a nice bonus. It gave me something concrete to show my manager after applying the techniques on our next release plan.

Patrick L., Senior Developer

I liked how the scenarios mirrored real life: legacy systems, dependencies across teams, and last-minute scope changes. It made the techniques feel realistic rather than idealised.

Shivani M., Technical Project Manager

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