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7 Winning Strategies of Effective Release
        Planning – A PO Story!

             Neha Kanotra
            2012 September
Release Planning




A good plan is one that supports reliable decision making. It is better to be roughly right
                                 than precisely wrong


                                     www.agiletour.com                                        courtesy: photo-search
The Strategies


• Understand Vision   • Prepare and                 • Inspect, Adapt and
• Groom the Backlog     Participate                   Refine
• Prioritization      • Bring Pig Picture to
                        the Room
                      • Walk the Wall
                        together

Pre                   During                        Post


                                www.agiletour.com                      courtesy: photo-search
1. Understand the Vision

Identify Product Success Criteria
Identify architectural vision
Create and Propagate Vision Statement




                                A shared vision


                                    www.agiletour.com     courtesy: photo-search
2. Groom the Backlog

Feature Driven Backlog
User Stories – the 3Cs : Clear, Concise and Crisp
I.N.V.E.S.T in User stories




                                Who? What? Why?


                                 www.agiletour.com         courtesy: photo-search
2. Groom the Backlog..Contd

Good Acceptance Criteria
   State an intent and not a solution
   Independent of implementation
Definition of Done
  Code complete
  Unit Tests written
  Integration Tested
  Performance Tested


                                 Are we done yet?


                                  www.agiletour.com   courtesy: photo-search
3. Prioritization

Use techniques such as MoSCoW
Identify business critical features
Attach business value to each feature




                             Deliver Business Value


                                   www.agiletour.com              courtesy: photo-search
4. Prepare and Participate

Have right members on board
Have the right tool-kit in place
Time-box your meeting




                    Participation is the key to successful agile projects



                                        www.agiletour.com                   courtesy: photo-search
5. Bring Big Picture to the Room
Why are we here? What are we trying to achieve?




                   Bridge the Gap


                    www.agiletour.com             courtesy: photo-search
6. Walk the Wall together

Size and Slice your stories
Have a representative from Business
Base-line your scope through sizing




                                                    How big is it really???y?


                              Empower your team



                                www.agiletour.com                       courtesy: photo-search
7. Inspect, Adapt and Refine

Refine as knowledge increases
Let your release plan reflect reality
Communicate changes to all
stakeholders




                            Change is the only constant, relish it.



                                       www.agiletour.com              courtesy: photo-search
Re-Cap


• Understand Vision   • Prepare and                • Inspect, Adapt and
• Groom the Backlog     Participate                  Refine
• Prioritization      • Bring Pig Picture to
                        the Room
                      • Walk the Wall
                        together

Pre                   During                       Post


                               www.agiletour.com                     courtesy: photo-search
A perfect recipe




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Questions?




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Thank You




Hope it helps!

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AT2012_Pune_Neha_Kanotra

  • 1. 7 Winning Strategies of Effective Release Planning – A PO Story! Neha Kanotra 2012 September
  • 2. Release Planning A good plan is one that supports reliable decision making. It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong www.agiletour.com courtesy: photo-search
  • 3. The Strategies • Understand Vision • Prepare and • Inspect, Adapt and • Groom the Backlog Participate Refine • Prioritization • Bring Pig Picture to the Room • Walk the Wall together Pre During Post www.agiletour.com courtesy: photo-search
  • 4. 1. Understand the Vision Identify Product Success Criteria Identify architectural vision Create and Propagate Vision Statement A shared vision www.agiletour.com courtesy: photo-search
  • 5. 2. Groom the Backlog Feature Driven Backlog User Stories – the 3Cs : Clear, Concise and Crisp I.N.V.E.S.T in User stories Who? What? Why? www.agiletour.com courtesy: photo-search
  • 6. 2. Groom the Backlog..Contd Good Acceptance Criteria State an intent and not a solution Independent of implementation Definition of Done Code complete Unit Tests written Integration Tested Performance Tested Are we done yet? www.agiletour.com courtesy: photo-search
  • 7. 3. Prioritization Use techniques such as MoSCoW Identify business critical features Attach business value to each feature Deliver Business Value www.agiletour.com courtesy: photo-search
  • 8. 4. Prepare and Participate Have right members on board Have the right tool-kit in place Time-box your meeting Participation is the key to successful agile projects www.agiletour.com courtesy: photo-search
  • 9. 5. Bring Big Picture to the Room Why are we here? What are we trying to achieve? Bridge the Gap www.agiletour.com courtesy: photo-search
  • 10. 6. Walk the Wall together Size and Slice your stories Have a representative from Business Base-line your scope through sizing How big is it really???y? Empower your team www.agiletour.com courtesy: photo-search
  • 11. 7. Inspect, Adapt and Refine Refine as knowledge increases Let your release plan reflect reality Communicate changes to all stakeholders Change is the only constant, relish it. www.agiletour.com courtesy: photo-search
  • 12. Re-Cap • Understand Vision • Prepare and • Inspect, Adapt and • Groom the Backlog Participate Refine • Prioritization • Bring Pig Picture to the Room • Walk the Wall together Pre During Post www.agiletour.com courtesy: photo-search
  • 13. A perfect recipe www.agiletour.com courtesy: photo-search
  • 14. Questions? www.agiletour.com courtesy: photo-search