It can be hard to look ahead at what's coming in the next
iteration when you're so busy in the current iteration. It sounds
easy, just go look at the story cards at the top of the
product backlog and have a
conversation about them with the
product owner . But it isn't
easy. You might grab a peek every now and again when you
come up for air , but you might
not get the time to follow-up with the
product owner .
A few times we've experienced frustrating planning games because
people weren't sufficiently prepared. So now, after our
iteration reivew , which
completes at 4:45pm on a
Tuesday , our
product owner sets the context of
the coming iteration by stating the iteration goal and introducing
the user stories that will be discussed the following day in the
planning game. We only spend about 15 to 20 minutes doing this, but
it provides sufficient information for the team to sleep on and
come up with questions for the next day.
Sunday, 1 October 2006
Looking ahead after the iteration review
Posted by Simon Baker - Permalink
