The document discusses planning within Microsoft DevOps, emphasizing the importance of continuous planning and the need for transparency in sprint processes. It outlines the structure and roles of teams, highlighting how team projects can facilitate different security models and team autonomy. Additionally, it describes a common cadence for iterations and the significance of planning sprints ahead for effective execution.

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Teams are responsible for the detail
STAY IN SYNC
• Sprint Highlights
• Sprint Video(s)
• Next Sprint Plan
• Crisp 2-3min
• Keep it real!
• Real ux
experience
• We're continuously planning.
• A plan's not useful.
• Planning is useful.
• It's going through the thought process of planning
where the value was.
Progressive
Deployment
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3
3-week sprint
Sprint Plan
Sprint
Retrospective
Be transparent
Visualize
Sprint
3 weeks
Plan
3 sprints
Season
6 months
Scenario
18 months
Leadership is responsible for driving the big picture
PLANNING
SCRUM GUIDE
• Aim for ONE team project to rule them all!
• Team Project enables:
• Different security models
• Different process templates
• Isolation of teams
Teams enable:
• Small (8-10) autonomous teams
• Feature teams with different backlogs
• Teams with different responsibilities
• Teams that require isolation
TEAMS
PORTFOLIO
FEATURES
VSTS ACCOUNT TEAM PROJECTS
TEAM PROJECT
Users can be in one or more:
• VSTS accounts
• Team Projects
• Teams
… with different access permissions
AREA PATH
WHO, WHERE
Subset
of backlog
SPRINTS
Common iteration / sprint cadence:
• Consistency
• Common heart-beat
• Synchronization across teams
Active sprint Continuously planning 3-sprints ahead
Active sprint
WHEN
WHAT, WHY, HOW