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Agile Does NOT Mean ZERO Planning...

May 6, 2024

The podcast delves into the importance of planning in Agile, distinguishing between plans and planning. It highlights adaptive planning at different levels for effective project management. The significance of Agile planning and collaboration in iterative development is explored, focusing on release planning and maintaining flexibility within a structured plan for efficient work completion.

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Plans set expectations and provide a clear vision, while planning is a continuous activity responding to feedback.

Agile waterfall hybrid model combines methodologies for efficient project delivery and multi-layered product planning ensures flexibility in execution.

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The Importance of Balancing Planning and Plans in Agile Development

While discussing the balance between planning and plans in agile development, the podcast episode highlights the distinction between a plan and planning itself. Emphasizing that plans set expectations and a destination, planning is seen as a continuous activity responding to feedback. Agile teams are encouraged to focus on planning over creating a rigid detailed plan. The podcast underlines the significance of adapting to changes while maintaining a blueprint as a guide towards success.

Introduction

4min

Evolution of Agile Project Management and Product Planning Levels

2min

The Significance of Agile Planning and Collaboration in Iterative Development

2min

Agile Does NOT Mean ZERO Planning...

Before diving into how I managed planning for this project, it’s important to understand what a plan is and the role of agile planning.

A PLAN is a detailed proposal for doing or achieving something. It’s like a beacon, offering stakeholders a clear vision and placing realistic expectations. It can project a rough timeline for marketing activities, too. The book Agile Estimating and Planning, by Mike Cohn introduces plans as guidance to investment decisions, helping us know who needs to be available to work on a project during a given time and if a project is on track to deliver the functionalities that the user(s) may need and expect. In short, plans usually take the form of documents or figures. They are a big picture of how a project is supposed to unfold.

PLANNING, however, is a quest for value. It is an activity done continuously responding to the feedback from users. Planning helps the team adjust their original plan towards the final destination. To serve different purposes, product teams structure and frame different levels of planning. In a fast-paced world, Agile teams achieve this by planning at three horizons — the release, the iteration, and the current day.

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