Can we Plan in Agile?

1. AGILE
LONG TERM PLANNING
PREDICTABILITY
Concept
Development
Testing
Analysis
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Senior Eng. Manager
Intel
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2. LONG TERM PLANNING – WHY?
Everything is changing all the
time anyway…
Well…Isn’t it?
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5. Q3 ECR Burndown
5
Tracking well to commitments.
SW Org
~300 eng.
FW-DRV-VAL
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6. ICG SW ECR Key Scrum Metrics
• Capacity of 400 XS ECRs pretty steady
• Good ECR Timeliness @ this velocity
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We ARE at Capacity for Q4.
Capacity = 400
SW Org
~300 eng.
FW-DRV-VAL
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7. DRV Team
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On track for Alpha / Beta
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Total Actual cumulative Ideal cumulative avg Cumulative
𝛼 β3-months average = 64SP

8. So How?
Complete
Features &
engineering
T-shirt size /
Story points
Prioritized
Top-down
communication
Bottom up
commit
Routinely
updated
Per Sprint
• Indicators  learn and improve (not micro management)
• Retrospective at Org/Project level
• Calture – openness, transparency
Continuous improvement
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10. Bottom Up Commit
Pre-plan Plan Review
Retrospe
ctive
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Done-
Done
Validation
Continuous
Integration