1. Dynamic Planning of Sprints Please click to continue

2. “Plans are nothing. (D. D. Eisenhower) Planning is everything.” 2 © 2013 Expert Decisions Inc. All rights reserved. Please click to continue

3. © 2013 Expert Decisions Inc. All rights reserved. Release planning - Why difficult? 3 Information is  Uncertain  Inconsistent  Incomplete  Fuzzy Decision space  Large size  High complexity  Dynamically changing Multiple objectives  Usability  Value  Time-to-market  Frequency of use  Risk Hard and soft constraints on  Time  Effort  Quality  Resources Please click to continue

4. Why Optimized Release Planning? - Understanding - Training - Decision support - Improvement - Time/effort savings from tool support - Optimized usage of resources - Optimized business success 4 © 2013 Expert Decisions Inc. All rights reserved. Please click to continue

5. The diversification principle A single solution to a cognitive complex problem is less likely to reflect the actual problem when compared to a portfolio of qualified solutions being structurally diversified Consolidation Please click to continue © 2013 Expert Decisions Inc. All rights reserved. 5

6. Diversified release plans 6 Please click to continue

7. The use case PROBLEM: Context: Evolutionary product development Dynamic change in feature requests, effort estimates and importance of planning criteria Planning needs continuous update to accommodate change © 2013 Expert Decisions Inc. All rights reserved. 7 How to accommodate continuous change? Please click to continue

8. Consolidation © 2013 Expert Decisions Inc. All rights reserved. 8 Accommodation of change Release planning data View Release planning view Update of data for next planning cycle view Optimized release plans view Import your MS Excel data sheet back into the ReleasePlanner system and start a new planning cycle! Please click to continue

9. Why Optimized Release Planning? - Understanding - Training - Decision support - Improvement - Time/effort savings from tool support - Optimized usage of resources - Optimized business success 9 © 2013 Expert Decisions Inc. All rights reserved. Please click to continue