Agile Planning

Robert Dempsey

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Product Planning

Plan for Business Value

Prioritize themes

Prioritize desirability

Prioritize purpose

Prioritize Themes

Value

Cost

Knowledge

Risk

Prioritize Themes: Value

Financial Value

Estimate financial impact over time

This is difficult

Prioritize Themes: Cost

Changes over time

Time = $$

ROI

Prioritize Themes: Knowledge

Product knowledge

Project knowledge

Dealing with uncertainty

Prioritize Themes: Uncertainty LAUFER (1996) LOW LOW HIGH HIGH WHAT HOW WATERFALL LOW LOW HIGH HIGH WHAT HOW AGILE

Prioritize Themes: Risk

Schedule risk

Cost risk

Functionality risk

Technical risk vs. Business risk

Prioritize Themes: Risk HIGH RISK LOW VALUE HIGH RISK HIGH VALUE LOW RISK HIGH VALUE LOW RISK LOW VALUE

Prioritize Themes: Risk AVOID DO FIRST DO SECOND DO LAST

Prioritize Desirability

Kano Model of Customer Satisfaction

Threshold - must-haves

Linear - The more the better

Exciters and delighters

Prioritize Desirability: Kano LOW HIGH HIGH ABSENT FULLY IMPLEMENTED FEATURE PRESENCE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION EXCITERS DELIGHTERS MUST-HAVES MORE THE BETTER

Prioritize Desirability: Kano

I like it that way.

I expect it to be that way.

I am neutral.

I can live with it that way.

I dislike it that way.

Prioritize Desirability: Kano

If you can ..., how do you feel?

If you cannot ..., how do you feel?

Prioritize Desirability: Kano M MUST HAVE L LINEAR E EXCITER R REVERSE Q QUESTIONABLE I INDIFFERENT COHN, 116 Negative Question Like Expect Neutral Live with Dislike Positive Question Like Q E E E L Expect R I I I M Neutral R I I I M Live with R I I I M Dislike R R R R Q

Prioritize Desirability: Kano COHN, 117 Theme E L M I R Q CATEGORY FEATURE 1 18.4 43.8 22.8 12.8 1.7 0.5 LINEAR FEATURE 2 8.3 30.9 54.3 4.2 1.4 0.9 MUST-HAVE FEATURE 3 39.1 14.8 36.6 8.2 0.2 1.1 EXCITER MUST-HAVE

Prioritize Purpose

Prioritize Purpose PARTNERING DIFFERENTIATING PARITY WHO CARES? MARKET DIFFERENTIATING MISSION CRITICAL LOW LOW HIGH HIGH

Release Planning

Release Planning Determine conditions of satisfaction COHN, 135 Estimate the user stories Select a sprint length Estimate velocity Prioritize user stories ANY ORDER Select stories and a release date

Release Planning: V = 14 Story A - 5 Story B - 8 Story C - 3 Story D - 5 Story E - 1 Story F - 5 Story G - 1 Story H - 13 SPRINT 1 SPRINT 2

Sprint Planning

Sprint Planning Adjust priorities COHN, 159 CANNOT COMMIT CAN COMMIT CAN COMMIT BUT FULL Select a story to add Expand into tasks Estimate tasks ANY ORDER Identify a sprint goal Ask for team commitment Remove a user story Sprint planning is done

Sprint Planning