PI Planning Flashcards
Two Inputs for PI Planning:
Vision and Top 10 Features
Outputs of PI Planning
Program Board
Team and Program PI Objectives
True or False: Features are implemented by Stories
True
State of the Business occurs on which day of PI Planning
Day 1 (activity #1)
When does the Product/Solution (vision and prioritized features) get revealed during PI Planning?
Day 1 (activity 2)
When would these activities occur during PI Planning: Planning Context and Lunch Team Breakouts Draft Plan Review Management Review and Problem solving
Day 1
Which day of PI Planning do these activities occur on: Planning adjustments Team Breakouts Final plan review and lunch Program Risks PI Confidence Vote Plan Rework if necessary Planning Retrospective and moving forward
Day 2
Who has content authority to make decisions at the user story level?
Product owner
Who has the responsible to manage the timebox, the dependencies, and the ambiguities?
The Scrum Master
Who is responsible to define user stories, plan them into the Iteration, and work out interdependencies with other teams.
Agile Team
Create alignment with PI ________
Objectives
______ _______are planned and aren’t just extra things to do just in case you have time.
Uncommitted Objectives
If the team has low confidence in meeting a PI objective it should be moved to ______
Uncommitted
If an ________has many unknowns, consider moving it
to uncommitted and put in early spikes
objective
Uncommitted objectives count when calculating _______
load
Establish __________ by looking at the average output of the last Iterations.
Velocity
Scrum Master Role in breakout session #1
1) Ensure the team has a draft ______ to present
plan
Scrum Master Role in breakout session #1
2) Identify as many _____ and dependencies as
possible for the management review
Risks
Scrum Master Role in breakout session #1
3) Secure ______ _______ ______ and program
stakeholders as needed by the team
Subject Matter Experts
Scrum Master Role in breakout session #1
4) Facilitate the ________ with other teams
for dependencies
coordination
Anti-patterns of the PI planning:
1) No plan or partial plan at the end of the
_______
Timebox
Anti-patterns of PI planning:
2) Too much time is spent _______ each Story
analyzing
Anti-patterns of PI planning:
3) Shared ____ ______ and Product Owners
are not available enough
scrum masters
Anti-patterns of PI planning:
______-______ Scrum Masters don’t’ have time to
plan as part of the team
Part-Time
Outputs of the Program Board
Feature delivery
Milestones
Dependencies
Addressing Program Risks - ROAM
Resolved
Owned
Accepted
Mitigated
After _______ are resolved and risks are addressed, a
confidence vote is taken by the team and ART.
Dependencies
True or False: Program PI objectives are the synthesis of each
team’s PI objectives.
True
Scrum Masters role in PI Planning (Best Approaches)
Maintain the ______
time box
Scrum Masters role in PI Planning (Best Approaches)
Make sure the team builds a _____ they can
commit to
plan
Scrum Masters role in PI Planning (Best Approaches)
Ensure that the team is honest in their _______ vote
Confidence
Scrum Masters role in PI Planning (Best Approaches)
Facilitate coordination with other ______but don’t do it for the team
teams
Scrum Masters role in PI Planning (Best Approaches)
Act as a request _____ for a team that has a lot of dependencies
buffer
Scrum Masters role in PI Planning (Best Approaches)
______ the program board
Manage
Scrum Masters role in PI Planning (Best Approaches)
_______ the retrospective
Facilitate
Scrum Masters role in PI Planning (Best Approaches)
_______ the retrospective
Facilitate
Scrum Masters role in PI Planning (Anti-Patterns)
Pressure is put on the team to _________
Overcommit
Scrum Masters role in PI Planning (Anti-Patterns)
Team under commits due to fear of ________
Failure
Scrum Masters role in PI Planning (Anti-Patterns)
_______ _______ ahead of time to make it more efficient loses the essence of PI Planning
Over Planning
Scrum Masters role in PI Planning (Anti-Patterns)
The ______, rather than the alignment,becomes the goal
plan
True or False: Estimation is a whole team exercise.
True
