Release Planning 
Using 
Feature Point Estimation 
~ Savita Pahuja
Product Releases 
Product 
Version 3.0 
Product 
version 2.0 
MVP 
Minimum 
Viable 
Product 
Version 1.0 
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 
Product Enhancement
Release Planning
Release Plan - Estimation Techniques & Challenges 
Story points 
Velocity 
Dog Points T-Shirt Sizing
Product Increment 
Plan a Release based upon: 
1) Most Important features to be 
delivered 
2) Capacity of the delivery teams 
Who all are involved? 
- Product Owners, Tech Leads, Senior 
Architects, Senior QA etc. 
Based On: 
1) By Scope 
2) By Date
Feature Point Estimation 
Higher Fibonacci Series Numbers: 
20, 40, 60, 100, 160 ...
Techniques 
60 
40
Scope Progress
Scope Progress
Release Velocity 
10% 
Number of Feature Points completed in a release.
Let‘s Create a Release Plan 
Product Release
Release Planning Using Feature Point Estimation

Release Planning Using Feature Point Estimation