Basic Explanation of the Different Parts of Agile Planning

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Agile Planning has many distinct phases and when you’re first learning it’s hard to keep track. This table is an attempt to simplify some of that. Note that release planning is split into two parts to make them distinct in practice. They’re normally just part of the same meeting, run on successive days.

For the sake of simplicity, I’m ignoring anything beyond release planning (e.g. strategic, roadmap, …), but you should definitely have some.

Layers of Agile Planning - by Certified Scrum Trainer Mark Levison
Layers of Agile Planning - by Certified Scrum Trainer Mark Levison

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Mark Levison

Mark Levison

Mark Levison has been helping Scrum teams and organizations with Agile, Scrum and Kanban style approaches since 2001. From certified scrum master training to custom Agile courses, he has helped well over 8,000 individuals, earning him respect and top rated reviews as one of the pioneers within the industry, as well as a raft of certifications from the ScrumAlliance. Mark has been a speaker at various Agile Conferences for more than 20 years, and is a published Scrum author with eBooks as well as articles on InfoQ.com, ScrumAlliance.org and AgileAlliance.org.

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