agile alm virtual study group session 2 - backlog management

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Agile ALM Virtual Study Group Series Part 2: Backlog management and release planning

Jean-Louis (JL) Marechaux, Worldwide Technical Enablement Lead (CLM segment)IBM Software, RationalOctober 1, 2013


Accelerating Product and Service Innovation | Rational

Agile ALM Workshop2

Virtual Study Group Series: Agenda

Part 1: Overview of the Agile ALM technical Assets (Sept 24, 2013)– Study group agenda, intro to Scrum, overview of Agile ALM technical assets

– Homework / Self-study

Presentation material, demos, and recording: http://bit.ly/Aalm_S1

Part 2: Getting started with backlog management and release planning (Oct 1, 2013)– Rational Team Concert project for Agile ALM / product backlog and release planning


Part 3: Sprint activities for Agile ALM Teams (Oct 8, 2013)– Sprint planning, sprint management, review, and retrospective


Details and registration links at http://bit.ly/AalmStGrp

http://bit.ly/Aalm_S1

http://bit.ly/AalmStGrp



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Agile ALM Virtual Study Group Part 2: Backlog management and release planning (October 1, 2013)

Worldwide Technical Enablement | IBM Rational Software

Jean-Louis Marechaux (aka JL)Worldwide Technical Enablement and CoP leader

(Collaborative Lifecycle Management segment)

Study Group on DevOps & Agile Community: http://bit.ly/AalmStGrpEmail: [email protected]: @JLmarechaux

http://bit.ly/AalmStGrp



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Session 2: Agenda

Previously, on “Agile ALM Virtual Study Group”– Brief recapitulation of what was covered during the first part of the series: http://bit.ly/Aalm_S1

Backlog Management and Release Planning

Homework / Self-study



IBM Rational solution for Agile ALM with Scrum Backlog management and release planning

An IBM Learning Asset



Agile ALM Workshop6

Objectives

1. Review the key elements in an Agile ALM project

• Review assets to support Agile ALM projects

• Understand mandatory and optional project configuration

2. Explore how the IBM® Rational Solution for Agile Application Lifecycle Management (Agile ALM) supports:

• Product Backlog management

• Release planning

3. Acquire skills on using IBM® Rational Team Concert for Agile ALM projects

• Hands-on exercises / demos



Agile ALM Workshop7

Agenda

Create and configure an Agile ALM Project

Product backlog management

Release planning

Summary



Agile ALM Workshop8

ProductBacklog

SprintBacklog

Daily ScrumMeeting

Potentially ShippableProduct Increment

Sprint Goal

ReleaseBacklog

Rational Team Concert

Scrum

Product Vision

ReleasePlanning

SprintPlanning

SprintReview

SprintRetrospective

Agile ALM Process Overview The IBM Rational Solution for Agile ALM with Scrum



Agile ALM Workshop9

Rational solution for Agile ALM with Scrum (Free)

Agile ALM Process Template– RTC product extension

Agile ALM with Scrum Practices– In-context guidance

Agile enablement assets– Scenario

– Tutorial

– Agile Learning Circle

(Learning roadmap)

https://jazz.net/downloads/agile-alm-scrum/latest

Agile ALM project



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Configuration of an Agile ALM project

Create Project Area based on the Scrum – Agile ALM process template

Create a Team Area. • Required to leverage the custom Agile ALM team dashboard

• Associate the new team to a work item category

Add Members to the Team Area

Assign Agile ALM Roles to team members

Review Timelines and dates

Optional configuration:

Create Work Item Categories (a default category is defined for your project)

Create Project Area releases

Customize predefined queries

Review and customize the Agile ALM Team Dashboard




Agenda



Release planning

Summary




Product Backlog and Agile ALM activities

Share and explain product vision

Create product backlog– Single source of requirements for any changes to be made to the product

– Living artifact (never complete)

Refine product backlog (grooming) – Ongoing activity (<10% of team capacity)– New epics / stories (features, technical debt, enhancements…)

– Details for epics / stories (decomposition, details, estimates)

– New order (ranking)

The Product Backlog is ready for the upcoming Release




Exercise: Manage the product backlog

“As the Product Owner, I am responsible for maximizing the value of the product.”

“As a Stakeholder, I want to have an easy access to the product backlog.”

“As a Scrum Master, I must ensure that the product backlog is available for inspection and adaptation”.

“As members of the Development Team, we are responsible of all the estimates.”

Share product vision

Review Agile ALM guidance

Add vision to the product backlog Import backlog items

Detail and estimate stories

Add new backlog items

Set business value

Populate product backlog Refine product backlog

Rank backlog items

Review in-context guidance

(ongoing)




Agenda



Release planning

Summary




Release Backlog and Agile ALM activities

Define release goal– Objectives that the release should achieve

Create release backlog– Select items from the ordered Product Backlog (achieve the release goal)

– Rule of thumb: choose items from the top first (higher ranking)

Refine release backlog (grooming) – Ongoing activity (<10% of team capacity)– New epics / stories (features, enhancements…)

– Details for epics / stories (decomposition, details, estimates)

– New order (ranking)

The Release Backlog is ready for the upcoming Sprint




Exercise: Manage the release backlog

“As the Product Owner, I must identify the features needed for the release.”

“As an Agile ALM team, we can define release milestones and deliverables.”

“As members of the Development Team, we are responsible of all the estimates.”

“As a Scrum Master, I can help the team calculate its velocity”.

Plan the release

Review Agile ALM guidance

Define release goal and planning Update backlog ranking

Add details to backlog items

Refine release backlog

Refine backlog based on team velocity

(ongoing)

Select items from the product backlog




Agenda



Release planning

Summary




Summary

The Rational Solution for Agile Application Lifecycle Management (Agile ALM) supports agile teams for product backlog management and release planning:

• “Scrum – Agile ALM” process template (RTC extension)

• In-context process guidance

• Technical enablement material for Agile ALM teams

Rational Team Concert provides a collaborative environment for agile ALM teams: • Transparency

• Inspection

• Adaptation




Session 2: Agenda

Previously, on “Agile ALM Virtual Study Group”– Brief recapitulation of what was covered during the first part of the series? http://bit.ly/Aalm_S1

Backlog Management and Release Planning

Homework / Self-study





Homework / Self-Study Activities to complete before the next session (October 8, 2013)

Complete the survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/76L7YXB (5 min)

Hands-on exercises from Agile ALM tutorials (https://jazz.net/downloads/agile-alm-scrum/latest) (90 min)- Backlog management and release planning with RTC

Review published material from session 2- Link to material will be posted on our DevOps/Agile community: http://bit.ly/Aalm_S2

Post comment/questions on the blog entry: Agile ALM Series Part 2

Part 2

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/76L7YXB

https://jazz.net/downloads/agile-alm-scrum/latest






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