06 pi planning breakouts

[@ruthradford897]

the whole series on PI planning is really great -- thanks for making this clear and comprehensible, and sharing some of your own experiences.

[@TheRetrospective]

Thanks Steve, good stuff! 🙏🏼

[@andishehzandi4027]

Thanks , Simple and made it easy to understand

[@SteveAdolph]

Andisheh, thank you for your feedback...I am happy people are finding these videos helpful.

[@rachelvitaloficial]

During PI planning, should breakout sessions be done on a team-by-team basis? In parallel meetings? Who will we need to invite for Breakout sessions? Thank you, Steve. Good explanation.

[@SteveAdolph]

Hi Rachel, in a perfect unicorn and rainbow world, all the teams who are on the Agile Release Train plan together. In addition, any subject matter experts and decision-makers should also be in the room. In short who do we need to be in the room to arrive at and agree to a credible plan? Also, during any kind of planning, the old agile mantra of "those who do the work, plan the work" still applies.

[@rachelvitaloficial]

@@SteveAdolph Thank you!

[@BBB-96]

Hi Steve, how do we manage dependencies across ARTs?

[@SteveAdolph]

The large solution model includes "pre" and "post" planning PI planning ceremonies that can help you manage dependencies between ARTs. The dependencies between ARTs are managed using a "solution board" which is more or less the program board's bigger sibling. www.scaledagileframework.com/pre-and-post-pi-planning/ Just one caution I would offer, if the solution you are building requires the output of multiple ARTs, then yes it is likely there will be dependencies between the ARTs. But really ask yourself, do these ARTs really have to work together, or can they be re-organized to reduce both the number of dependencies and the strength of the dependencies? I have seen far too many situations where ARTs were coincidentally coupled and a re-organization of the ARTs would have dramatically reduced and even eliminated the dependencies. Of course, and for good reason, people are often reluctant to re-organize, even for good reason.

[@BBB-96]

@@SteveAdolph Very good point the ARTs are not dependent on each other. They run as independent trains. Will you in anytime soon share your thoughts on how to present program roadmap and progress? I am hoping to get one for each ART but want it to be a simplified format that stakeholders can easily grasp the message

[@SteveAdolph]

@@BBB-96 That is certainly a good topic for a future video, challenge is of course I have a day job (which often runs into a full day job :-)

[@BBB-96]

@@SteveAdolph hahaha I totally understand. Truly appreciate everything you do.

[@SteveAdolph]

@A G-Paris While I have worked with a few "young" RTEs, with a little support they had the personality and people skills to perform exemplary in these roles

[@FecayDuncan]

Going to management if someone get stuck ... hehe yeah right

[@SteveAdolph]

Fecay, as Alistair Cockburn once remarked, "people trump process". There is no methodology that can resolve political and social problems. A methodology can make the symptoms visible, provide guidance for good courses of action, but like the proverbial horse that you lead to water, you cannot make them drink

[@FecayDuncan]

@@SteveAdolph SAFe, Est and Landmark Forum gives me the same shivers on my back. All cults ...