Don’t do Release Planning
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Do Release Refactoring
Release Planning� The technique
� What people think when they hear ”Release � What people think when they hear ”Release
Planing”?
� What is really release planing?
� How it get done?
Every release starts with ...
Face it.Estimates are almost always Wrong!
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Velocityto know the future, you need to know the past When will we
get there?
Our steps Our steps so far
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We are We are here
so far
Velocity-based release planning
Backlog
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Velocity-based release planning
Done!Jan
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Velocity-based release planning
Done!Jan
Done!Feb
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Velocity-based release planning
Done!Jan
Done!Feb
Done!Mar
Q2 forecastAll ofthese
Some of these
None of these
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Fact: Features have different sizes
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What people think when they hear ”Release Planing”?
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Once per release
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Once per release
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Once per release
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Don’t think release planning
Release Planning� On going effort
� Base for changes� Base for changes
� Spesific for the team and project
� PO + Team
Pre Planing� Big Picture
� Split stories� Split stories
� Missing stories
� Prioritization