Overview

"Individuals and interactions over processes and tools." We handle the tools so that you can focus on what's truly vital: the interactions.

This suite is tailored for those seeking enhanced planning sessions, smoother team collaboration, and superior portfolio efficiency. Our extension seamlessly aligns with leading scaled frameworks, simplifying the incorporation of agile best practices and steering your products as they expand and evolve.

Key Conversations Facilitated by Our Extension:

• Team Planning: "Let's discuss how we're distributing work across the sprints. What are our priorities for the upcoming cycle?"
• Track Dependencies: "Why hasn't a specific area approved or fulfilled its dependencies? What's holding us back?"
• Program Board: "My task can't progress without my dependency. Can we address this issue?"
• Portfolio Kanban: "What's the priority status of my initiative? When does it start and what stage is it at now?"
• User Story Mapping: "Given these user journeys, what are the potential features we should brainstorm? How can we enhance the product for them?"
• Roadmap: "When is our estimated completion date? Is it feasible to launch the marketing campaign by then?"
• Configure Team: "Which teams are interrelated? Can we visualize their work and progress?"

Team Planning

This tool makes your planning sessions better. You get a clear view of work, how it's spread across sprints, what depends on what, and where the risks are. It's great for teams that are part online, part in-person. And the best part? No need for those old physical boards.

1. Sprint Planning Board:

   • Just like on a physical board, each column is a sprint. You can easily move tasks from one sprint to another. Plus, you can see and manage dependencies just by looking or by searching an item's ID.

     

2. Team Dependencies:

   • Track your team's dependencies easily. This tool shows dependencies that need attention and helps teams work together, talk things out, and make deals with other teams.

     

3. Risks:

   • Use this view to see and sort risks, helping you prepare for any issues. This way, you can make better decisions and monitor how risks change over time.

     

Track Dependencies

• View & Stay Updated: See all your dependencies in one place. Especially focus on the "pending" ones. The tool updates in real-time, so if you're organizing (like a Scrum of Scrums), you can spot and help clear any blockers.
• Accept or Reject: Decide on dependencies with just a click. Work together to make the best choices.
• Filter by Area: Check the status of dependencies for specific areas. If you're part of a dependency area, see how much work you have left.

Program Board

A program board is a visual tool that simplifies planning and tracking of User Stories. It boosts collaboration, aligns teams on priorities, and offers a clear snapshot of progress.

Why use Program Boards?

• Helps identify and manage dependencies between projects.
• Ideal for planning session, facilitating communication, and collaboration within the program team.

• Detect sequencing conflicts: If User Stories are in the wrong order, just change it to fit the team's needs and capacity.

• At a glance, see how the program is progressing and spot any User Story delays, such as unfinished stories in Sprint 3. You can identify these by checking the status or if there's a line through the card title.

Portfolio Kanban

Portfolio Kanban is a technique used to manage a portfolio of work. It provides a visual representation of the work in progress and helps teams optimize their workflow.

Key benefits of Portfolio Kanban:

• Provides a holistic view of the portfolio of work
• Helps teams prioritize and manage their work more effectively

User Story Mapping

User story mapping is a powerful tool for understanding and visualize the user's journey and prioritize the most important features.

Key benefits of User Story Mapping:

• Provides a shared understanding of the product vision
• Helps identify gaps and opportunities in the product roadmap
• Supports collaboration and communication within the team

Roadmap

A roadmap is a high-level plan that outlines time of key objectives and milestones of a product or project. It helps teams stay aligned and focused on the most important goals.

Key benefits of Roadmaps:

• Provides a clear and shared understanding of the product or project goals
• Helps identify and prioritize key milestones and initiatives
• Supports communication and alignment with stakeholders and customers

Configure Team of Teams or Agile Release Train

The "Configure Agile Release Train" module is a powerful tool that allows you to customize and configure groups of teams, enabling effective filtering and collaboration within Portfolio and Program boards. It simplifies the management and visualization of your teams' activities and progress.

Configure Sprints

This feature empowers Project Administrators to effortlessly define sprints for multiple projects in one go. These configured sprints serve as crucial building blocks for PI (Program Increment) planning and provide a comprehensive view through the Program Board. All configurations are seamlessly reflected in Azure, leading to time savings and reduced errors.

Made by expert agility practitioners, we really get the common challenges of agile transformations. Throughout our iterative development process, we stick to agile ideas, always improving our tool based on what people say and what they need. If you have ideas or comments, join others who have given feedback and seen it in action. Feel free to contact us at Agile_Scale_Suite@pm.me. Thank you!.