A common misconception is that Agile teams don’t plan. Reese is here to tell you, that’s bull$h!t. Agile teams plan all the time, but they focus on doing so at the right time and the right fidelity. How long did it take you to plan your last six-month project before the team started working? Weeks? Months?! What if we said in 45 minutes Reese could teach you how to plan that six-month project in 10% of the time it would have taken you to plan the old way? During this learning-packed workshop, attendees learned how to plan the Agile way. Using a real project, attendees built a backlog, estimate that backlog, prioritize it, order based on ROI, capacity plan, and track to completion. The goal is to not deliver a plan. The goal is to deliver value. So join Reese in learning how to plan at the right time, in less time, so your teams can get to the delivering value part that really matters.

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PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIALAGILE VELOCITY ACCELERATE AGILITY
REESE SCHMIT
Agile Coach/Trainer

4. -Dwight D.
Eisenhower
“…I have
always found
that plans are
useless, but
planning is
indispensable.”
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THE POINT IS NOT TO
DELIVER A PLAN
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PLANNING ONION
Agile Teams plan product construction in layers

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1. One item per sticky written with sharpie
• 1 major project
• 1 minor update
• Something in the middle
CREATING YOUR BACKLOG
Let’s get your house ready to sell!

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ESTIMATION
How do we achieve accuracy when we suck at estimating?!

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ESTIMATION
What’s our scale?

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ESTIMATING YOUR BACKLOG
We’re going to size items as a team
1. Create a sizing sheet
2. Size as a team
3. Compare items in each
column
4. Record the size in the
bottom right corner

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PRIORITIZING YOUR BACKLOG
We’re going to use the MoSCoW method
1. Create a prioritization sheet
2. Prioritize as a team
3. Compare items in each row
4. Record the size in the
bottom left corner

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Using Size and Priority to Order by ROI
ORDERING YOUR BACKLOG
1. Take all of your
“Must”s and order
lowest to highest
2. Then “Should”s, then
“Could”s, and finally
“Won’t”s
3. If there are ties,
choose which comes
first

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DETERMINING CAPACITY
Do we commit to our capacity?
• Team Historical Velocity = 10 Points/
Sprint
• Sprints are 2 weeks each
• Release is scheduled for 6 Sprints/12
weeks
• Backlog has bene reduced to 60 points

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DETERMINING CAPACITY
Do we commit to our FULL capacity?

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DETERMINE YOUR CAPACITY
Using Velocity, Totals and Churn #s we can calculate a capacity
1.Total up your backlog
2.Divide by 6 to get your
Weekend Velocity
3.Determine what you are 90%
confidant you can complete
4.Then what you are 10%
confidant you can complete
5.Create stickies and place
them at those spots next to
your backlog

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DETERMINE YOUR UPDATED CAPACITY
Using Velocity, Totals and Churn #s we can calculate a capacity
1.Determine your new 90%
and 10% confidence #s.
2.Move stickies to the
new spots on the
backlog.
3.Determine what is OUT.

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DETERMINING CAPACITY
Easily create visibility into the impacts of change

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TRACKING YOUR PROGRESS
Use a Product Burnup to visualize how you are tracking towards completion

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AND JUST LIKE THAT, WE HAVE A PLAN!
Six steps in under 45 minutes. BOOM!

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THE PATH TO AGILITY™
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Change
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Empower Teams - Transfer
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Product Learning over
Delivery
Readiness for the
Transformation
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Practices
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Cadence of Delivery
Release Continuously Customer Centered
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Shorten Quality Feedback
Loop
Reduce Cycle Time
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Development
Create Visibility
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