Agile

A Journey Through the Agile Lifecycle
Posted by Sally Elatta on June 7, 2011 ·
My last PMI webinar was on the ‘Journey Through an Agile/Scrum Project Lifecycle’ and I wanted to summarize some ofthe key points discussed. If you haven’t attended then feel free to watch the recorded version (requires PMI membership).
To understand the Agile Lifecycle, we’ll analyze the diagram below and walkthrough the key activities of each step.
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|Step |Goal |Common Activities |
|ReleasePlanning |Perform ‘Just Enough’ planning for the |Create the backlog of functional and non-functional |
| |project so that we havea clear Backlog of |features and stories |
| |requirements and a ‘rough’ plan of |Perform Roadmap and Release levelprioritization |
| |iterations needed to accomplish our goal. |Identify feature dependency/sequencing |
|| |Size each story |
| | |Definethe team’s ‘Done’ |
| | |Estimate initial velocity |
|| |Identify additional iterations/sprints |
| ||Develop initial Release Plan |
| | |Develop initial Cost Estimates...