The document outlines the steps in an agile release planning process including initial planning meetings with customers, establishing a technical lead team, creating a product backlog and epics, conducting architecture spikes and prototypes, developing a minimal viable product and initial release plan, getting customer feedback through demos, establishing sprint commitments and updated release plans, conducting incremental deliveries and demos of working software, and retrospectives to update artifacts and plans. Key aspects of the process include ideation, development planning, building the product, and shipping the product to customers.

1. Product Management
Customer Documentation
Customer Training
Legal / Contracts Approved
Business Intelligence
Release Notes
Technical
Artifacts Updated
Error Handling
Knowledge-base updated
Code Reviewed
Localization
Testing
Unit Test Automation
Functional Test Automation
Load & Security Test Pass
Technical Operations
System Monitoring
System Reporting / Metrics
Support Documentation
Agile Release Planning
CUSTOMER IDEA DEVELOPMENT PLANNING BUILD PRODUCT SHIP PRODUCT
HIGH LEVEL PLANNING BUILD PLANNING BUILD IT
INTAKE SPRINT 0 SPRINT N
RELEASE
FORMING STORMING NORMING PERFORMING
Meet with the customer
Technical Lead Team
1. PM lead
2. Dev lead
3. Design lead
4. Q.A. lead
5. Dev Ops lead
6. P.O. lead
Assembla project space created
Product backlog*
Epics (T-Shirt Size)*
Artifacts prepared
Minimal release – DOD*
Project/Resource prep
Team setup
Finance/Budget
Architecture spikes*
Component diagram
Initial release plan*
Overview demo
P.O.C.?
Release Overview (Estimate release date)
Get your feedback
Product Demo* (Piece of product/Whole product)
Product commitment (% of requests)
P.M. P.O.
Support role
1. P.O.
2. S.M.
3. Design
4. Q.A.
5. Dev
Agreements, design/wireframes accounted for.
1. P.O.
2. S.M.
3. Design
4. Q.A.
5. Dev
Agreements, design complete
DEFINITIONS:
DOD* definition of done
Spike
Epic
Release plan
Process Set Up
Infrastructure Set Up
Updated Release Plan*
Artifacts updates
Demo
Spikes
Sizing
Prototype (POC)
Release Plan (Artifact)
Grooming
Backlog Prioritization
Sprint Commitment*
Updated Release Plan*
Incremental Delivery*
Demo Working Software*
Retrospective*
Artifacts updated
Spikes
Result: Defined Widget Estimated Time to build widget Completed Widget Ship Widget
Customer
Software

2. Product Backlog*
Architecture Spikes*
Epics (T-Shirt Size)*
Minimal Release – DOD*
Project/Resource Prep
Finance/Budget
Initial Release Plan*
*Definitions
DOD - definition of done.
Agile Release Planning
Ideation
Result: Defined Widget Estimated Time to build widget Completed Widget Ship Widget
Development Planning Build Product Ship Product
Teams Customer Product Mgt. Design UI/UX Architecture/Dev Tech Ops. Finance Legal
Roadmap product
Vision board
validate product strategy
Backlog Prioritization
Sprint Commitment*
Updated Release Plan*
Incremental Delivery*
Demo Working Software*
Retrospective*
Team Set Up
Process Set Up
Infrastructure Set Up
Prototype*
Updated Release Plan*

3. Agile Release Planning
CUSTOMER IDEA DEVELOPMENT PLANNING BUILD PRODUCT SHIP PRODUCT
HIGH LEVEL PLANNING BUILD PLANNING BUILD IT
INTAKE SPRINT 0 SPRINT N RELEASE
FORMING STORMING NORMING PERFORMING
Meet with the customer
Technical Lead Team
1. PM lead
2. Dev lead
3. Design lead
4. Q.A. lead
5. Dev Ops lead
6. P.O. lead
Assembla project space created
Product backlog*
Epics (T-Shirt Size)*
Artifacts prepared
Minimal release – DOD*
Project/Resource prep
Team setup
Finance/Budget
Architecture spikes*
Component diagram
Initial release plan*
Overview demo
P.O.C.?
Release Overview (Estimate release date)
Get your feedback
Product Demo* (Piece of product/Whole product)
Product commitment (% of requests)
P.M. P.O.
Support role
1. P.O.
2. S.M.
3. Design
4. Q.A.
5. Dev
Agreements, design/wireframes accounted for.
1. P.O.
2. S.M.
3. Design
4. Q.A.
5. Dev
Agreements, design complete
Product Management
Customer Documentation
Customer Training
Legal / Contracts Approved
Business Intelligence
Release Notes
Technical
Artifacts Updated
Error Handling
Knowledge-base updated
Code Reviewed
Localization
Testing
Unit Test Automation
Functional Test Automation
Load & Security Test Pass
Technical Operations
System Monitoring
System Reporting / Metrics
Support Documentation
DEFINITIONS:
DOD* definition of done
Spike
Epic
Release plan
Process Set Up
Infrastructure Set Up
Updated Release Plan*
Artifacts updates
Demo
Spikes
Sizing
Prototype (POC)
Release Plan (Artifact)
Grooming
Backlog Prioritization
Sprint Commitment*
Updated Release Plan*
Incremental Delivery*
Demo Working Software*
Retrospective*
Artifacts updated
Spikes
Result: Defined Widget
Estimated Time to build widget
Completed Widget Ship Widget