Five levels of Agile planning
Planning is an inevitable part of our daily lives, and each scenario requires a level of planning.
Just think of some of your day-to-day activities. How much planning actually goes into some of them?
Product Vision
For more information on the ‘Design the Box’ exercise, see A Day in Life of an AgileUX Practitioner: Vision
Think about this: How would you describe it in about 30 seconds?
The product vision can also lead to release goals, which lead to sprint goals (which we will discuss in a later step this week).
Product Roadmap
The product roadmap identifies all the features and capabilities that will be added to your product over the next one to three years. It also includes approximate dates for the release of those features.
Release Planning
A release plan is more detailed than a product vision but looks only three to six months into the future. The release plan lists all the features to be developed and delivered to customers as part of an upcoming product release.
Sprint Plan
The sprint plan focuses only on the next sprint. At this point, planned features have been broken down into user stories that can be completed as part of the sprint.
Daily Stand-up
On a daily basis, the project team gathers for a stand-up meeting that serves as the primary planning meeting for the day. The team discusses the work that’s going to be done, the coordination that needs to happen among the team members, and any impediments that are blocking them from getting the work done.
In the next step, we will explore two steps that are involved in sprint planning.
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