Agile Program Planning - Lean
Definition
Agile Program Planning provides a structure to carry out quarterly planning, providing teams with a way to visualize, plan, and coordinate organizational initiatives quickly, effectively, and with clear insight into the value delivered.
Business Outcomes - Lean
Portfolio Backlog Management
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We can visualize all planned and unplanned epics on a portfolio kanban board.
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We can customize kanban boards to reflect the existing portfolio processes.
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We can add epics to the portfolio backlog and estimate size and complexity as appropriate.
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We can analyze and sequence epics in the context of size, value, and team capacity/velocity considerations.
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We can create aligned autonomy by associating work on team and program boards to the portfolio kanban board.
Portfolio Capacity Planning
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We can carry out high-level, visual capacity planning at the portfolio level by utilizing work-in-progress limits on the portfolio kanban board
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We have a systematic way of tracking how efficiently teams can deliver work within a fixed period of time (e.g., a Program Increment) and can use this data to inform future capacity planning and management.
Program Backlog Management
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We can visualize all planned and unplanned features on a program kanban board.
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We can customize kanban boards to reflect the existing program processes.
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We can break down epics into features, adding them to the program backlog and estimating size/value/complexity as appropriate.
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We can dynamically prioritize and sequence features in the context of size, value and team capacity/velocity considerations.
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We can easily and effectively carry out both in-person or virtual quarterly planning. We can use the visualization of the kanban boards to balance priorities, sequence work, and communicate realistic delivery timelines.
Program Capacity Planning
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We can carry out visual capacity planning at the program level by utilizing work-in-progress limits on the program kanban board.
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We have a systematic way of tracking how efficiently teams can deliver work within a fixed period of time (e.g., a Program Increment) and can use this data to inform future capacity planning and management.
Program OKRs
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We can create program objectives, aligned with portfolio-level objectives, and associate the relevant key results for tracking.
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We can measure the progress of program OKRs by capturing associated metrics for the key result score and rolling up the objective.
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We can track the activity history for the key result progress changes for auditability.
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We can align work activities with program OKRs by connecting key results to LeanKit cards.
Process Flow
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Best Practices
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