With agile projects, finding the balance of planning can be a difficult balance. Plan too much, and when things change (and they will) your time was wasted. However, if you plan too little, you may end up going off in the wrong direction. In this session, Jon will teach you what the right amount of planning is to get you started, but how to avoid doing so much that you are wasting your time.

1. The Right Amount Of Planning

2. Who Is This Guy?
• Practice Director / Paige Technologies
• @jonathanfmills
• Jonathanfmills.com

7. Plan just enough to get you
going in the right direction….
With a clear
understanding of
where you are going.

8. Who
What
When
Where
Why

9. Why are we here?
When is it due?
What are we doing?
Who is involved?
Where is it going?

10. Why are we here?
When is it due?
What are we doing?
Who is involved?
Where is it going?

11. Who is using the system?
What are they doing now…..

13. Why are we here?
When is it due?
What are we doing?
Who is involved?
Where is it going?

14. Due Date?
What Happens the Next Day?

16. Immediately!

17. As Soon As Possible

18. Enjoy the ride….

19. Know the why
and the when,
before we worry about
the what….

20. Why are we here?
When is it due?
What are we doing?
Who is involved?
Where is it going?

21. Elevator Pitch

22. For [Customer]
Who needs to [Need]
The [Product Name]
Is a [Category]
That will [Key Benefit]
Unlike [Primary Alternative]
The new system will [Differentiator]

23. Design
a Box

24. What are the major bullet points?

25. What’s your MVP?

26. Build a stack of work…..
Everything Else
MVP

27. Why are we here?
When is it due?
What are we doing?
Who is involved?
Where is it going?

28. Who Is Your
A Team?

29. Meet Your
Neighbors

30. Who Is In Charge?

32. Why are we here?
When is it due?
What are we doing?
Who is involved?
Where is it going?

33. Questions?

34. Who Is This Guy?
• Director R&D / Paige Technologies
• @jonathanfmills
• Jonathanfmills.com