Pre-Release IterationInside Iteration 3

Inside Iteration 2Inside Iteration 1

Create

Backlog

Identify Personas

and Context

High-level Estimates

Create

Roadmap

using Sto

ryM

aps

Itera

tion

Plan

ning

Release PlanningInitiation

Project

Charterin

g

Whole Team or available team members

Value Management (Product Owner) Team

Run

Acce

ptan

ce Te

sts

Testers

Itera

tion

Revi

ew

and

Retro

spec

tive

Dai

ly S

tand

-up

Mee

ting

& Up

datin

g Bu

rn-u

ps

Coding with technical excellence

Story

Estim

ation

using Plan

ning Poker

Gather N

ext Ite

ratio

n

Story

Deta

ils

Iteration 0

and Spikes

Technical Development Team

Reprioritizing backlogSelecting stories for next iteration

Preparing screen-designs and wireframesSlicing stories

Identifying all acceptance tests for storiesGathering all details for stories

Prepare

Storie

s for N

ext Ite

ratio

n

Availa

ble for Q

uestions

& Story

Sign-o�

Run

/ Aut

omat

e

Exp

lora

tory

Test

s

Prep

are T

est C

ases

Establish Business Case

with High-level Estimates

Feasibility

ROIIRR

NPV

Slicing Stories

Build a Release Plan

Project

Visioning

Close Out

After a release we go to release planning for another

Key

Project Close-Out Activities

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