Timebox Planning with SAFe Support - presented@IBM's InterConnect 2016 Las Vegas

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Why You'll Love the New RationalTeam Concert Widget with SAFeSupport for Timebox-Based Planning

DOP-3145 – Markus GiacomuzziScrumMaster / SAFe Program Consultant (SPC)


in the beginningthere were

lots of Stories …


… we used tape and wool cord strings …


however,I think that …


… teams deserve a moresophisticated tool tovisualize dependencies

Why You'll Love the New Rational TeamConcert Widget with SAFe Support forTimebox-Based Planning

DOP-3145 – Markus Giacomuzzi – ScrumMaster / SAFe Program Consultant (SPC)


… showing the team’s resource needstransparently

You‘ll love this new Timebox Planning Widgetbecause you will learn how it supports you in …

… visualizing dependencies betweenStories and Features

… planning and tracking the SAFeProgram Increment (PI)


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Introduction

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to… „Timebox Planning“ view


Timebox PlanningWidget

Basic Features


Timebox Planning Widget on the Dashboard



clone a Story (copies all fields and the parent-link)

Release Backlog View

- a big Story shall be split upinto two smaller ones- a Story will be continued inthe next Sprint

[storypoints]


drag & drop

Team Backlog View

Drag & Drop is very useful inthe Planning Meeting

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powerful SEARCH


why do I need the Timebox Planning View?

Sprint 1 Sprint 2 Sprint 3 Sprint 4 Sprint 5

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Velocity

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30 [Story Points] / 10 [Story Points/Sprint]= 3 Sprints

Number of Story Points in Backlog / Velocity = Number of Sprints

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rolling lookahead planning (by Mike Cohn)

Quote:

multiple teams benefit fromincorporating a rolling lookahead planinto their release planning process.A rolling lookahead plan simplylooks forward a small number ofiterations (typically only two or three)and allows teams to coordinate workby sharing information about whateach will be working on in the nearfuture.


Agile Teams inSystems Engineering


an example for Systems Engineeringthe topology of a Fire Safety System


Agile Teams contribute to a System Feature

SystemFeature

SystemTest

Java Configuration Tool incl. JUnit Test

C++ Firmware incl. Unit Test

Java Application SWincl. JUnit Test

Hardware +Mechanics


The Project defines Increments …Agile Teams run in concurrent Sprints

time

Feature A

Project Increments

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1 2 3 54 1

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Feature C Feature DFeature B



Advanced Features


double-click a Storyà show siblingshighlights all Stories from the same Feature


- highlights all Stories fromthe same System Feature- used for Scrum-of-Scrumplanning- color corresponds with theScrum Team

Feature[story points]


crosshatching marks Storieswhich don‘t meet deadline of the Increment

[storypoints]


a Story is crosshatched if itdoes not meet the deadlinegiven by the System Feature(end of Sprint is compared toend of Increment)


crosshatching marks Featureif >= 1 Story doesn‘t meet deadline of the Increment

[storypoints]


System Feature iscrosshatched if one or moreStories do not meet thedeadline given by the SystemFeature (end of Sprint iscompared with end ofIncrement)


SAFe


3.0SAFe ?


3.0

the Timebox Planning Widgetsupports this area


concurrent or sequential delivery of StoriesApply the Widget for the Roadmap


Scaled Agile FrameworkApply the Widget for the Roadmap

Roadmap(Features & Arch)


Roadmap example from SAFe

Features


ART Green PROGRAM RoadmapTimebox Planning Widget

Program Increments PI1 … 3

Backlog and the next 3 PIs


ART Green PROGRAM Roadmaptypical use case – drag & drop Features to PIs


Scaled Agile FrameworkApply the Widget for planning the Program Increment (PI)

PI Release View PROGRAM(Features & Arch)


ART Green Program Increment (PI)Timebox Planning Widget

Program Increments PI1

red dashed boxà no children

planning mismatchà cross-hatching

Complexity in StoryPoints shown if childrenavailable(adding up)


ART Green Program Increment (PI)typical use case – create child Story for Feature


Scaled Agile FrameworkApply the Widget for TEAM PI Planning (visualizing all Teams)

PI Release View allTEAMs (Stories)


ART Green TEAM PI Planning (visualizing all Teams)Timebox Planning Widget

Backlog and Sprints ofProgram Increment PI1horizontally

Story Points vertically

Color for Teams

Cross-hatching formisplanned Stories

Highlighting for Siblings


ART Green TEAM PI Planning (visualizing all Teams)typical use case – double click to highlight Siblings



Color for Teams


Highlighting for Siblings


ART Green TEAM PI Planning (visualizing all Teams)RTC Plan View („depends on“ – „blocks“ link types)

If show siblings is not sufficientuse link types „depends on“ and„blocks“ in order to showdependencies


Scaled Agile FrameworkApply the Widget for TEAM PI Planning (visualizing one Team)

PI Release View oneTEAM (Stories)


ART Green TEAM PI Planning (visualizing one Team)Timebox Planning Widget



Color for Team


Team‘s Velocity forResource Management

Velocity



what‘s next ?


Timebox Planning Widget for RTC is freeand ready for download

https://hub.jazz.net/project/schneidg/Timebox/overview


Timebox Planning Widget Demos on

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcvclkdfdmOS6AuR62bZ_PA


Timebox Planning Widgetwith SAFe-Support is …

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questions ?


Markus GiacomuzziSAFe Program Consultant (SPC) / ScrumMasterand Team Leader

Siemens Schweiz AGBuilding Technologies DivisionInternational HeadquartersControl Products & Systems

Gubelstrasse 226300 Zug, Switzerland

E-mail:[email protected]

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Timebox Planning with SAFe Support - presented@IBM's InterConnect 2016 Las Vegas