Brief 1 pager showing how the key agile artifacts relate to each other and a simple spring heartbeat

1. Key Components of Agile : 1 Pager
a) Product Backlog b) Sprint Backlog
To Do In Play Demo Done
c) Sprint Burndown
Only pull across
stories which are
complete & granular
d) Release Forecast
- Measure & record
progress daily
- ACT ON slippage
Sprint
Planning
Showcase
Sprint Review,
Retrospective
Held at the start of a
sprint
– all to attend & commit
Showcase: Demo what’s been
achieved, celebrate success
- All to attend
Retrospective: All contribute, learn lessons,
ACT on them, vary the format of the sessions to
keep it interesting, refer back & track progress.
Daily
Standup
Daily
Standup
All underpinned by:
- Using the Agile principles
-Team delivery, everyone is
responsible for delivery with no
silos in the team.
-Key team behaviours of:
Daily
Standup
- Joint ownership
- Open & Honest work
- Allowing mistakes
- Learning
COLLECTIVE SUCCESS
Daily
Standup
Grooming
Prioritisation
Session/s
Do prioritisation & grooming
on the backlog regularly
– trusted advisers & PO
Epic a
Epic b
What you’re looking for:
- Closeness to ideal
burndown
- No missed stories at the
end
- Regular uptick in
completed stories
Use history from Sprint
Burndowns to populate
Release Forecast
- Identify & estimate
the work needed,
(can use: Real Time,
T-shirt, Relative Size
estimating.)
- Use the PO to
prioritise it.
Use empirical
evidence to give a
best and worst case
to delivery
Groom the backlog &
have 2 sprints of
stories ready
Sprint Planning:
- Define the sprint goal
- Work out team capacity
- Get PO to prioritise work
- Define & confirm
acceptance criteria
Daily Standups:
- All the team inputs
- Keep it brief
- Stick to definition of
DONE
- Do highest priority 1st
- Limit number of cards In
Play at the same time
Definition
Of DONE
Use Forecast to
review product
backlog
e) Sprint Heartbeat
/ Timeline
Sprint X Sprint Y Sprint Z