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3.2 Create and review draft PI plans

Notes:

What is PI Planning?

Program Increment (PI) Planning is a cadence-based, face-to-face event that serves as
the heartbeat of the Agile Release Train (ART), aligning all the teams on the ART to a
shared mission and Vision.

The Agile Manifesto states, “The most efficient and effective method of conveying
information to and within a development team is a face-to-face conversation.”

SAFe takes this to the next level with PI planning, a routine, face-to-face event, with a
standard agenda that includes a presentation of business context and vision followed
by team planning breakouts—where the teams create their Iteration plans and
objectives for the upcoming PI.

In the next few hours you will be immersed in a PI Planning simulation. With your
teams, you will estimate your starting velocity and you will plan a short Program
Increment with two iterations. You will get to observe a Scrum of Scrums event and you
will present a summary of your team’s draft PI Objectives.

Later, your trainer will demonstrate how business value is assigned to the objectives, how
program risks are managed, and you will recognize the value of the confidence vote. Get
excited!

There is no magic in SAFe . . . except maybe for PI Planning. - Authors

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