1. Rainbow Sprint Plan Smidig 2012 Johannes Brodwall, Chief scientist Exilesoft

2. Make sprint planning fun, fast and effective

3. Part I:

4. The dead sprint

5. “How is this story related to the vision?”

6. Each user story is an island

7. “We need more details”

8. No, you need the bigger picture

9. “Oh, no! It’s not perfect!”

10. There is not plan to revisit features

11. Customer gets stressed

12. Developer gold plates

13. “What did we just see?”

14. Demo doesn’t tell a story

15. Part II:

16. Sprint goal = Demo

17. What “done” looks like

18. The right level of quality

19. Work towards the goal

20. Part III:

21. Rainbow plan

22. Describe the complete release

23. Usage flow 1.Something happens in the real world 2.The event is communicated to the system 3.The system does something 4.Someone does something with the system 5.… 6.… 7.… 8.… 9.… 10.Some goal is achieved

26. Usage flow: frugalflights.com 1.A customer wants cheap vacations 2.The customer signs up for daily or weekly notifications of special flight offers 3.Periodically the System checks which customers should get notifications 4.The System checks for offers that matches the customer’s travel preference by looking up flights with the travel provider system 5.The System notifies customer of any matching offers via SMS Variation: The System notifies customer of any matching offers via email 6.The customer accepts the offer via SMS 1.Variation: The customer accepts the offer on the system website 7.The System books the tickets on behalf of the customer 8.The system confirms the booking by sending an SMS to the customer 9.The customer can at any point see their active offers and accepted offers on the system website 10.The customer enjoys a cheap vacation!

27. What would you do in Sprint 1?

28. Usage flow: frugalflights.com 1.A customer wants cheap vacations 2.The customer signs up for daily or weekly notifications of special flight offers 3.Periodically the System checks which customers should get notifications 4.The System checks for offers that matches the customer’s travel preference by looking up flights with the travel provider system 5.The System notifies customer of any matching offers via SMS Variation: The System notifies customer of any matching offers via email 6.The customer accepts the offer via SMS 1.Variation: The customer accepts the offer on the system website 7.The System books the tickets on behalf of the customer 8.The system confirms the booking by sending an SMS to the customer 9.The customer can at any point see their active offers and accepted offers on the system website 10.The customer enjoys a cheap vacation!

29. Sprint 1: Walking skeleton 1.A customer wants cheap vacations 2.The customer signs up for daily or weekly notifications of special flight offers 3.Periodically the System checks which customers should get notifications 4.The System checks for offers that matches the customer’s travel preference by looking up flights with the travel provider system 5.The System notifies customer of any matching offers via SMS Variation: The System notifies customer of any matching offers via email 6.The customer accepts the offer via SMS 1.Variation: The customer accepts the offer on the system website 7.The System books the tickets on behalf of the customer 8.The system confirms the booking by sending an SMS to the customer 9.The customer can at any point see their active offers and accepted offers on the system website 10.The customer enjoys a cheap vacation!

30. Sprint 2: SMS support 1.A customer wants cheap vacations 2.The customer signs up for daily or weekly notifications of special flight offers 3.Periodically the System checks which customers should get notifications 4.The System checks for offers that matches the customer’s travel preference by looking up flights with the travel provider system 5.The System notifies customer of any matching offers via SMS Variation: The System notifies customer of any matching offers via email 6.The customer accepts the offer via SMS 1.Variation: The customer accepts the offer on the system website 7.The System books the tickets on behalf of the customer 8.The system confirms the booking by sending an SMS to the customer 9.The customer can at any point see their active offers and accepted offers on the system website 10.The customer enjoys a cheap vacation!

31. Sprint 3: Complete workflow 1.A customer wants cheap vacations 2.The customer signs up for daily or weekly notifications of special flight offers 3.Periodically the System checks which customers should get notifications 4.The System checks for offers that matches the customer’s travel preference by looking up flights with the travel provider system 5.The System notifies customer of any matching offers via SMS Variation: The System notifies customer of any matching offers via email 6.The customer accepts the offer via SMS 1.Variation: The customer accepts the offer on the system website 7.The System books the tickets on behalf of the customer 8.The system confirms the booking by sending an SMS to the customer 9.The customer can at any point see their active offers and accepted offers on the system website 10.The customer enjoys a cheap vacation!

32. Sprint 4: Complete SMS 1.A customer wants cheap vacations 2.The customer signs up for daily or weekly notifications of special flight offers 3.Periodically the System checks which customers should get notifications 4.The System checks for offers that matches the customer’s travel preference by looking up flights with the travel provider system 5.The System notifies customer of any matching offers via SMS Variation: The System notifies customer of any matching offers via email 6.The customer accepts the offer via SMS 1.Variation: The customer accepts the offer on the system website 7.The System books the tickets on behalf of the customer 8.The system confirms the booking by sending an SMS to the customer 9.The customer can at any point see their active offers and accepted offers on the system website 10.The customer enjoys a cheap vacation!

33. Sprint 5: Web pages 1.A customer wants cheap vacations 2.The customer signs up for daily or weekly notifications of special flight offers 3.Periodically the System checks which customers should get notifications 4.The System checks for offers that matches the customer’s travel preference by looking up flights with the travel provider system 5.The System notifies customer of any matching offers via SMS Variation: The System notifies customer of any matching offers via email 6.The customer accepts the offer via SMS 1.Variation: The customer accepts the offer on the system website 7.The System books the tickets on behalf of the customer 8.The system confirms the booking by sending an SMS to the customer 9.The customer can at any point see their active offers and accepted offers on the system website 10.The customer enjoys a cheap vacation!

34. Sprint 7: Integration 1.A customer wants cheap vacations 2.The customer signs up for daily or weekly notifications of special flight offers 3.Periodically the System checks which customers should get notifications 4.The System checks for offers that matches the customer’s travel preference by looking up flights with the travel provider system 5.The System notifies customer of any matching offers via SMS Variation: The System notifies customer of any matching offers via email 6.The customer accepts the offer via SMS 1.Variation: The customer accepts the offer on the system website 7.The System books the tickets on behalf of the customer 8.The system confirms the booking by sending an SMS to the customer 9.The customer can at any point see their active offers and accepted offers on the system website 10.The customer enjoys a cheap vacation!

35. Sprint 8: Spit-and-polish 1.A customer wants cheap vacations 2.The customer signs up for daily or weekly notifications of special flight offers 3.Periodically the System checks which customers should get notifications 4.The System checks for offers that matches the customer’s travel preference by looking up flights with the travel provider system 5.The System notifies customer of any matching offers via SMS Variation: The System notifies customer of any matching offers via email 6.The customer accepts the offer via SMS 1.Variation: The customer accepts the offer on the system website 7.The System books the tickets on behalf of the customer 8.The system confirms the booking by sending an SMS to the customer 9.The customer can at any point see their active offers and accepted offers on the system website 10.The customer enjoys a cheap vacation!

36. Criteria for choosing the next features Can be used Can get user feedback Can get technical feedback

37. Conclusion:

38. Good sprints comes from good demos

39. Good demos comes from understanding usage and iterating

40. Thank you jbr@exilesoft.com http://johannesbrodwall.com http://exilesoft.com http://twitter.com/jhannes