ANI | Agile Kolkata | PI Planning in Action | Anand Pandey | 19th Oct 2019
- 1. There is no magic in SAFe . . . except maybe for PI Planning. © Scaled Agile, Inc. Bringing agility in your value delivery…
- 2. Bringing agility in your value delivery… The Agile Manifesto states, “The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is a face-to-face conversation.”
- 3. Bringing agility in your value delivery… SAFe takes this to the next level with PI planning, A routine, face-to-face event, with a standard agenda that includes a presentation of business context and vision followed by team planning breakouts—where the teams create their Iteration plans and objectives for the upcoming PI. © Scaled Agile, Inc.
- 5. Bringing agility in your value delivery… Benefits Faster decision- making Cross-team collaboration Build social network Org. Alignment Capacity- Demand match ‘Just the right amount’ of guidance
- 6. Bringing agility in your value delivery… PI Preparation Content FacilityOrganization
- 7. Bringing agility in your value delivery… Working Agreements Start times, end times, and breaks Mobile phones Laptops and connectivity For distributed events: Have a microphone when speaking State your name when speaking Minimize side conversations Teams • Be sure to pay close attention to this morning’s briefings. Not all Team PI Objectives will originate from Features. • Be sure to identify and resolve dependencies by proactively working with other teams Scrum Masters • Your responsibility is to manage the timeboxes, dependencies, and ambiguities
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- 9. Bringing agility in your value delivery… Agenda Who Duration Business objective and context Executive Sponsor 2 min Product vision and prioritized feature Product Manager 5 min Architectural vision and dev practices Solution Architect 2 min Team Breakout – 1 Team 10 min Draft Plan, Risk and Impediment Review Team and Management Management Review and problem solving Management Planning adjustment communication Management Team Breakout – 2 Team Final Plan, Program Risk and Impediment Review Team and Management 5 min ROAMing of Program Risks Team and Management 5 min Team Confidence Voting Team and Management 2 min Planning Retrospective Team and Management 2 min
- 10. Program Calendar Program events Date PI 1 Planning Scrum of Scrums PO Sync System Demo Inspect & Adapt PI 2 Planning Milestones/events Date Holidays Date Bringing agility in your value delivery…
- 11. Business Context Executive, Business Sponsor Includes - Customer problem being solved - Business Objective 2 min Bringing agility in your value delivery…
- 12. Product/ Solution Vision Product Manager Includes - Product or Service Capability - Prioritized Features 5 min Bringing agility in your value delivery…
- 13. Architectural Guidelines System Architect Includes - Product or Service Capability - Prioritized Features 2 min Bringing agility in your value delivery…
- 14. Team Breakout - 1 Feature Teams Includes - Creating draft plan - Identifying impediments and risks 10 min Scrum of Scrum in between Bringing agility in your value delivery…
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- 16. Draft Plan Review Feature Teams, Management Includes Feature Teams presenting - draft plan - impediments and risks Bringing agility in your value delivery…
- 17. Management Review Management Includes - Product or Service Capability - Prioritized Features Bringing agility in your value delivery…
- 18. Planning Adjustment Feature Teams, Management Includes Management presenting - draft plan - impediments and risks Bringing agility in your value delivery…
- 19. Team Breakout - 2 Feature Teams, Business Owner Includes - Creating final plan - Refining impediments and risks - Assigning Business Value Scrum of Scrum in between Bringing agility in your value delivery…
- 20. Final Plan Review Feature Teams, Management Includes Feature Teams presenting - final plan - program impediments and risks 5 min Bringing agility in your value delivery…
- 21. Program Risk Review Feature Teams, Management Includes - ROAMing the risks 5 min Bringing agility in your value delivery…
- 22. PI Confidence Vote Feature Teams, Management Includes - Fist of Five confidence voting for the PI planned 2 min Bringing agility in your value delivery…
- 23. PI Planning Retrospective Feature Teams, Management Includes - Retrospective of overall PI Planning process 2 min Bringing agility in your value delivery…
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