Agile Program Management

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Agile program management

This capability enables organizations to optimize the delivery of program work using quarterly or program increment (PI) planning and teams of teams. The program plan and connected work is visualized across program and team-level Kanban boards, and teams of teams have visibility into work. Teams break work down into units to illustrate dependencies and risks, then deliver work in timeboxes. Agile program management allows organizational initiatives to be coordinated quickly and effectively, with clarity into the value delivered.

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Program Backlog Management

We can visualize all planned and unplanned agile work on a program Kanban board.
We can break down agile work, adding to the program backlog and estimating size, value, or complexity as appropriate.
We can customize Kanban boards to reflect existing portfolio processes.
We can sequence agile work by size, value, and capability considerations.
We can create aligned autonomy by associating work on team and program boards to the portfolio Kanban board.

Teams of Teams Planning and Management

We can customize Kanban boards to reflect each program’s preferred processes.
We can visualize all planned and unplanned agile work on a program Kanban board.
We can break work down into smaller increments, adding them to the program backlog and estimating size, value, or complexity as appropriate.
We can dynamically prioritize and sequence features in the context of size, value, and team capacity and velocity considerations.
We can easily visualize connections between and across teams to understand dependencies, proactively anticipate issues, and mitigate risks.
We can carry out visual capacity planning at the program level by utilizing work-in-progress limits on the program Kanban board.
We can systematically track how efficiently teams of teams can deliver work within a fixed period of time, such as program increment, and use this data to inform future capacity planning and management.

Program Execution

We can see if planned agile work is tracking with completion goals, the impact of any unplanned agile work, and the likelihood of achieving planned delivery dates.
We can foster continuous improvement with insights and analytics into delivery trends across the team of teams.
We can measure effectiveness, identify and remove bottlenecks, anticipate future issues, and adapt program workflow to optimize performance.
We can customize Kanban boards to reflect a team’s existing process or preferred work methodology, including Scrum, Kanban, Scrumban, and more.
We can tracect agile teams’ tools of choice into a program or teams-of-teams board, creating visibility into workflow, cross-collaboration, and alignment with portfolio priorities.