PI Planning
The PI Planning event in the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) goes for 2 or 3 days. The PI Planning agenda consists of various activities that aim to cover a vast scope of the Program Increment. The first event that takes place and sets the tone of the entire PI Planning
PI Planning
Kendis provides many great capabilities to make your remote PI Planning experience super easy and engaging. Once you finish your Quarterly/PI Planning, the next step is to find ways to make your PI Tracking as automated as possible. In your own Agile tools, Jira or Azure DevOps tracking is
PI Planning
Kendis is not just a PI Planning tool. We are a complete solution for PI Planning, Tracking, and overall Execution. Below are some tips on the best ways to use Kendis’ Tracking tools. Tip #1 Switch your Board Status from planning mode to tracking mode This freezes the previous state
PI Planning
As one of Kendis’ biggest customers, Nordea leads over 150 release trains and has 4,600+ Kendis users. According to Roy Boven, the Senior Process Specialist at Nordea, that number is “still growing, which is nice to see”. Roy and his colleague Adam Guja, a Scrum Master and Agile Coach
PI Planning
There have been many discussions about how to conduct Program Increment (PI) or Big Room planning. Initially, it was done in the format of being physically present and would last for 2-3 days in one location. With the arrival of the coronavirus, the concept of Remote PI Planning emerged, where
PI Planning
Kendis has released a new update focused on Analytics. Before we explain the update in detail, consider this scenario: You’ve your Program Board neatly mapped out: Sprints drawn, Features pulled in, Stories sized, Story Points estimated, Teams assigned. Seems like a good place to be in, right? But despite
PI Planning
In the latest Forrester report about the state of Agile, “unplanned work” is cited as the biggest barrier in fully implementing an Agile approach: To come across such 'asteroids' of unplanned work is not uncommon in Agile transformation. This is a fairly frequent tracking stage hiccup. At the
PI Planning
Confidence Vote is an activity done in the Program Increment (PI) Planning session that aims to assess how confident the teams are in delivering progress during the PI. It is done after the objectives of the Program Increment, that need to be achieved during the PI, are addressed along with
PI Planning
There is nothing better than having everyone in the same room for PI planning. But it’s not easy, it’s expensive and not everyone can participate. Kendis offers a solution, which enables teams to plan together from different locations. It will help you manage digital program boards with dependencies,
PI Planning
In the Scaled Agile Framework, staying strongly committed to a plan is never advised. The reason is very simple; the requirements of the customer can change. For any professional that is a part of the Scaled Agile Framework, possessing a Lean-Agile Mindset is fundamental. It is in fact one of
PI Planning
For the Scaled Agile Framework, PI Planning holds utmost importance and value. It heavily relies on the presence of people to be located in one place, under one roof to discuss and plan what needs to be done in the Program Increment. Unfortunately, the Coronavirus pandemic disturbed life all over
PI Planning
Program Increment (PI) Planning session is a time boxed event where Teams of an Agile Release Train that are united by a shared vision, meet and plan new features, discuss dependencies and risks. It is truly a cornerstone event for SAFe; without it SAFe cannot be implemented. In this article