Agile Release Planning

The main purpose of release planning is to commit to a plan with a view to delivering an increment of the product value.

Release planning is a collaborative effort which involves the following roles:

Firstly, Scrum Master – Enables the meeting
Secondly, Product owner – Represents a general view of the product backlog
Thirdly, Delivery team or agile team – Issue insights into technical feasibility and dependencies stakeholders

Like every other thing, release planning requires certain things:

A ranked product backlog managed by the product owner
Moreover, input from the team about overall capabilities, known velocity, and technical impacts
In addition, high-level vision, market, and business objectives
Above all, an acknowledgment of whether there is a requirement of new product backlog items

Release Planning Checklist

Where is your product owner? – Make sure that the person responsible for making priority decisions about big features is available. For example an analyst, product manager, or executive.
Do you have a ranked backlog? – Five to fifteen high-level features the product owner aspires to include in this release. Further, write each one of them on an index card.
How will you size your items? – Establish a common baseline for sizing. In other words, consider bringing a broad group of individuals representing various teams together. Further, make sure they have size a dozen or more product backlog items.
Who is coming? – Everyone who has an impact by the release requires to be in this meeting to help develop the plan, identify dependencies and commit to the release.
Plan for logistics – Create an agenda in advance. Moreover, consider the room size. Review the agenda beforehand with scrum masters or team leads.
What about multiple teams? – It’s better to consider plane tickets if planning is only four times per year. On the other hand, assign a scribe for each distributed team to enter planning information from the whiteboard into your Agile project management tool.
Do I need help? – This is an expensive and potentially large meeting. Therefore, it is advised to have an experienced facilitator to help you with such large group meetings before.

Posted motive and agenda
In addition, organizing tools: Working agreements, parking lot, communication and logistics plan, etc.
High touch: Flip chart and markers
High tech: Projector, a computer to access needed data and tools, and a way to share the computer