Increment Planner

As part of the Increment Planning effort, the team estimates and prioritizes the backlog items, and then breaks them down into a series of smaller sprints or iterations of work.

In general, there are two types of increment planning activities:

Tactical increment planning is done at the backlog level by scheduling individual backlog items, defects, or test sets for inclusion in a release.
Strategic increment planning is done at the feature level by scheduling entire portfolio items, (which automatically includes all lower level backlog items). To drive good strategic plans, teams can use factors such as business value, risk, team velocity, and cost (Swag at the portfolio item level or Estimate at the backlog item level) to help create an optimal release schedule.

Ideally, increment schedules should be kept short in duration in order to facilitate as many functional releases as possible within a given period. The goal of the increment plan is to communicate which features are intended to be delivered by the release deadline.

Increment planning typically takes place prior to or at the beginning of a release. Throughout the release, the same group can gather to review progress and course-correct based on product owner feedback, team velocity, and any new information discovered.

Accessing the Increment Planner

To access the Digital.ai Agility release planning features, click the hamburger menu > Increment followed by one of the following options under the Planning section: