If your Agile teams are struggling to meet Sprint Goals, one place to start looking for improvement is the Sprint Planning Meeting. Many teams do not conduct effective Sprint Planning Meetings, leading to issues including failure to meet the Sprint Goal, uneven velocity, and Sprint Backlogs of inappropriate size for the team.

Many teams are surprised to learn what goes into an effective Sprint Planning Meeting. By the end, they should have not only the Sprint Goal and Sprint Backlog, but an effective Definition of Done. In addition, tools to help teams plan their capacity during a Sprint can yield great insight into how the teams are really operating and help them make adjustments to meet Sprint Goals.

We will discuss how project managers are impacted by the implementation of the DevOps methodology. Specifically, we will discuss the history and rise of continuous integration and continuous delivery in SDLC and how it impacts the teams that project managers work with.

Attendees will learn about Agile tools that can be used for both a collocated team and distributed team. It will cover backlog management, team tools, roadmaps, retro, and interaction tools.

A Case Study: After implementing DA, the results were faster time to market, greater efficiency in the business teams, and improved customer satisfaction scores at Franklin Templeton.