Dynamic Planningof Sprints

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“Plans are nothing.

(D. D. Eisenhower)

Planning is everything.”

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Release planning - Why difficult?

Information is Uncertain Inconsistent Incomplete Fuzzy

Decision space Large size High complexity Dynamically changing

Multiple objectives Usability Value Time-to-market Frequency of use Risk

Hard and soft constraints on Time Effort Quality Resources

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Why Optimized Release Planning?

- Understanding- Training- Decision support- Improvement- Time/effort savings from tool support- Optimized usage of resources- Optimized business success

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The diversification principle

A single solution

to a cognitive complex problem is less likely to reflect the actual problem when compared to a

portfolio of qualified solutions being structurally diversified

Consolidation

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Diversified release plans

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The use case PROBLEM:

Context:• Evolutionary product development• Dynamic change in feature requests, effort

estimates and importance of planning criteria• Planning needs continuous update to

accommodate change

How to accommodate continuous change?

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Consolidation

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Accommodation of change

Releaseplanning data

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Update of datafor next

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Optimizedrelease plans

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Import your MS Excel data sheet back into the ReleasePlanner system

and start a new planning cycle!

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Why Optimized Release Planning?

- Understanding- Training- Decision support- Improvement- Time/effort savings from tool support- Optimized usage of resources- Optimized business success

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