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Understanding theUnderstanding the

FIVEFIVELevels ofLevels of

AgileAgilePlanningPlanning


‣ Andy Painter, Davisbase Consulting‣ 20+ years in software development.

‣ 7+ years training, leading, and coaching Agile teams.

‣ Trained and coached over 500 teams ranging from start-ups to Fortune 50 corporations.

Introduction and Agenda

‣ Agenda‣ Traditional Planning Approaches

‣ The Lean Approach to Planning

‣ The 5 Levels of Agile Planning

‣ Close and Questions


Why Do We Plan Our Projects?

‣ To reduce the risk of:‣ Building our product wrong‣ Building the wrong product‣ Spending more money than agreed to‣ Delivering a product that doesn’t meet needs

We plan in order to avoid a

FAILED PROJECT


How Do We Traditionally Plan?

‣ We plan everything up-front‣ We plan in great detail

because...‣ We have limited information‣ We do not know who will need this

detail‣ It may be a long time before we use

this detail‣ We want to reduce the risk of waste

or rework once development commences

WhatWe

ReallyWant with

Our DetailedPlan....


What do we really have?

A Planis simply a

staticsnapshot

of the bestinformationavailable

at that time

A Planis simply a

staticsnapshot

of the bestinformationavailable

at that timeAge | Decay | Degrade


Why a Plan May Not Be Enough

‣ Highly dependent driven project plans don’t allow for change easily

‣ The environment into which wedeliver is changing

‣ The customer’s understanding oftheir needs evolves

‣ The team’s understanding of howbest to develop the solution will grow

‣ Our inability to perfectly predict all variablesin a complex environment leads to new planning needs

NoNoPerfectPerfect

PathPath


Continuous, Just In TimeRequirements ElaborationLEAN

PRINCIPLE

Parts Warehouse

X 1,000,000’sShock Absorber

NEW Shock Absorber

X Just what weneed right now

Manufacturing

!!Need newShock

Absorber??

Best Available Parts | No Risk of WasteJust In Time Inventory Meant:


Just In Time?How Does This Relate to

Software?LEAN

PRINCIPLE

‣ Like Toyota found with their manufacturing, elaborating on requirements JIT means:‣ The team plans with the latest information

available‣ Early detailed planning efforts are not at risk for

becoming waste


Allowance for Change

‣ Opens the opportunity to deliver a better product than what could be initially planned for

‣ Values new information that becomes available to the team or customer

‣ Respects the complexity of software and acknowledges that we can’t know everything up front

‣ Allowance for change requires not just a single plan up-front, but CONTINUOUS PLANNING


1

3

2

4

5

Vision PlanningYearly by the product owner

Roadmap PlanningBi-yearly by the product owner

Quarterly by the product owner and team

Iteration PlanningBi-weekly by the team

Daily PlanningDaily by the team and individuals

Release Planning

The 5 Levels of Agile Planning


Levels of Planning:Elevations above the Details

Project / Product DetailsDaily PlanningDaily Planning

Iteration PlanningIteration Planning

Release PlanningRelease Planning

Roadmap PlanningRoadmap Planning

Vision PlanningVision Planning40,000

30,000

20,000

10,000

Ground


Product Vision Planning

‣ Not a requirements specification‣ Concise, easy to digest‣ Easy to communicate, easy to re-communicate‣ Driven by the product owner to answer...

First Level of Planning

WHATWHAT WHYWHYthe product is it is important&

30,000

20,000

10,000

Ground

VISION


Product Roadmap Planning

‣ Takes the high-level vision and decomposes it into themes

‣ Sets themes against rough timeline‣ Illustrates priority across product areas‣ Used as a strategic tool by the product owner‣ Helps drive product backlog prioritization

Second Level of Planning

JanJan FebFeb MarMar AprApr MayMay JunJun

Security

User AdminPayments

Fulfillment

Product Admin

40,000

20,000

10,000

Ground

ROADMAP


Release Planning

‣ Seeks to determine what will be included in the product and when it can be delivered

‣ Takes into consideration:Stories (product backlog), priorities, story points, velocityCustomer/Product Owner input

Third Level of Planning

Iteration 1Story A - 3 pts

Story B - 2 pts

Story D - 5 pts

Iteration 2Story C - 5 pts

Story E - 2 pts

Story F - 3 pts

Iteration 3Story G - 8 pts

Story H - 3 pts

Release 1

40,000

30,000

10,000

Ground

RELEASE


Iteration Planning

‣ Development team identifies all tasksneeded to deliver the iteration’s user stories

‣ Each task is estimated in hours‣ Team ensures that they have

the capacity to completethe identified work

‣ Team Commitment

Fourth Level of Planning

Iteration 1Story A - 3 pts

Story B - 2 pts

Story D - 5 pts

Story ATask 1 - 1 hrTask 2 - 8 hrsTask 3 - 2 hrs

Story BTask 1 - 8 hrsTask 2 - 4 hrsTask 3 - 2 hrsTask 4 - 4 hrs

Story DTask 1 - 1 hr

Task 2 - 16 hrsTask 3 - 12 hrsTask 4 - 4 hrs

40,000

30,000

20,000

Ground

ITERATION


Daily Planning

‣ NOT a simple status report‣ Inspect and Adapt mechanism

for the team‣ What did I complete

yesterday?‣ What will I commit to

completing today?‣ What obstacles or

impediments exist?‣ In short, team attempts to determine if they are on

track to meet the commitments they made for the iteration

Fifth Level of Planning

40,000

30,000

20,000

DAILY

30,000


Release 1Release 1 Release 2Release 2 Release 3Release 3 Release 4Release 4

InventoryDatabase

PaymentSystems

Security

FulfillmentSystems

Product Tracking Customer Loyalty

Advertising

Product RoadmapProduct Vision

The Five Levels of PlanningHow They All Work Together

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4


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Your Call To Action


“Simplicitydoes not precede

complexity,it follows it.”

- Alan Perlis

“Whether your next project isa SUCCESS or a failure

is not a matter of chance,it is a matter of choice.”

- A wise Agile coach and trainer


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