tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18334214.post366896685365763116..comments2023-11-05T06:16:16.563-06:00Comments on Its all about Biz, man: Do we need Iteration Planning meeting?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18334214.post-79936228851328971162008-04-15T01:26:00.000-05:002008-04-15T01:26:00.000-05:00Hi JJ:Thanks for your input. Yes I accept that sho...Hi JJ:<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your input. <BR/>Yes I accept that showcase does not need to be a part of IPM. In fact IPM in new form is nothing but showcasing to customers. It could happen any time. If customer is sitting in team room well and good, we can showcase whenever our story is done. But in reality most of the time it is difficult to get customers' time. So we can setup every week (or 2 weeks) a particular time with our customers to showcase what we have finished.<BR/>I feel celebration is needed in agile projects more than any other project. Agile projects are always running in full throttle, so I feel it is good to have some celebration now and than. <BR/>I see some value doing retrospect in some constant frequency. I am not sure that it needs to be in IPM, it could happen every day for 5 mins as a part of stand ups. <BR/>Probably we should all start calling IPM as "Showtime" , because nothing else is happening during IPM.Siva Jagadeesanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04354214547479487267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18334214.post-779359334894826392008-04-14T22:31:00.000-05:002008-04-14T22:31:00.000-05:00Interesting points Siva. But when I looked at your...Interesting points Siva. But when I looked at your list of IPM items, I wanted to remove the two things you left in.<BR/><BR/>I believe showcases to the business are crucial but I don't think they need to be in the IPM. Schedule a meeting with the business, take the PM, lead BA and maybe the tech lead too but the whole team don't need to sit there and watch someone click a mouse. It's great if they can be but there's probably more valuable things they could be doing in that time.<BR/><BR/>I'm all for celebrations too but not every iteration! That's a lot of cake :) I guess that depends how long your iterations are but I would say celebrate a release because that's when we can realise some business value.<BR/><BR/>Retrospectives, however, do belong in an IPM I believe. Sure have a suggestion board as well but by taking time to have a quick retrospective (15-30mins max) every iteration you make an important point about how you work. Retrospecting tells the team (esp new joiners) that we truly value improving the way work so we and we are constantly looking to improve.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com