RTE PI Planning 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is the purpose of the 'draft plan review' during PI Planning?
- To finalize the release train's quarterly budget
- To give teams an opportunity to share initial plans and surface risks and dependencies (Correct answer)
- To approve all user stories for the next sprint
- To assign capacity to individual engineers
Correct answer: To give teams an opportunity to share initial plans and surface risks and dependencies
The draft plan review lets each team share initial plans so cross-team risks and dependencies can be surfaced and addressed before finalizing.
Question 2: What is a Stretch Objective in PI Planning?
- An objective that is committed regardless of capacity
- An objective with uncommitted business value that the team will attempt if capacity allows (Correct answer)
- A low-priority backlog item deferred to next PI
- A risk that has been accepted by the ART
Correct answer: An objective with uncommitted business value that the team will attempt if capacity allows
Stretch Objectives are uncommitted PI objectives that teams will pursue if capacity allows, providing a buffer in planning.
Question 3: How does the RTE handle significant risks identified during PI Planning?
- Escalates all risks to the portfolio
- Uses the ROAM technique to categorize and address each risk (Correct answer)
- Removes risks from the program board entirely
- Defers risk discussion to the next PI
Correct answer: Uses the ROAM technique to categorize and address each risk
The RTE uses ROAM (Resolved, Owned, Accepted, Mitigated) to categorize and address risks identified during PI Planning.
Question 4: What is the 'confidence vote' at the end of PI Planning?
- A vote by executives approving the portfolio budget
- A team-level vote where each member rates their confidence in the plan using fist-of-five (Correct answer)
- A product owner vote on feature prioritization
- A management review of resource allocation
Correct answer: A team-level vote where each member rates their confidence in the plan using fist-of-five
The confidence vote uses fist-of-five voting to gauge the ART's collective confidence in the plan and commitments before closing PI Planning.
Question 5: What should the RTE do if a team's confidence vote is consistently low?
- Override the vote and proceed with the plan
- Investigate root causes and facilitate re-planning to address concerns (Correct answer)
- Assign more developers to the team
- Reduce the scope of the team's objectives unilaterally
Correct answer: Investigate root causes and facilitate re-planning to address concerns
A consistently low confidence vote signals unresolved impediments or overcommitment, so the RTE should facilitate re-planning and root cause analysis.
Question 6: What is the role of Business Owners during PI Planning?
- Writing user stories for teams
- Assigning business value to Team PI Objectives and participating in reviews (Correct answer)
- Managing team capacity and velocity
- Approving all architecture decisions
Correct answer: Assigning business value to Team PI Objectives and participating in reviews
Business Owners collaborate with teams during PI Planning, assign business value to Team PI Objectives, and participate in plan reviews.
RTE PI Planning 2
What is the purpose of the 'draft plan review' during PI Planning?