Scrum Pattern: Release Plan

 

  
ContextAn estimated Product Backlog is available.
ProblemThe customers wants to know when the next release is available and what features it will contain.

Although the Product Backlog gives an overview of what will be implemented next, not all work is already broken down into chunks of work which can be realized in a Sprint. Furthermore, estimates for future work beyong the actual and the next Sprints are not precise.

Forcestoo little/too much planning
too little/too much commitment on constraints
SolutionCreate a release plan and commit on a release date range

Take your Product Backlog and assign the most important items to Sprints. Decide when a Sprint result will be released to the customer and communicate the important features and a planned release date including the information, that the release date may be a bit earlier or later due to the priorization process of Scrum.

Resulting ContextThe customer has an expectation regarding the next release and its features.

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