Iteration Planning
Apress eBooks · 2006
Iteration planning involves selecting a subset of user stories, defining tasks, and then estimating and assigning tasks. The development team can focus on the resulting iteration plan and deliver features to the customer in a very short period of time. The subset of stories selected for the iteration plan should be the customer’s highest priority user stories, so that the team is delivering the most important business features to the customer. The user stories selected for the iteration plan are broken down into detailed tasks. Developers sign up for and estimate tasks. If there are outstanding tasks that have not been signed up for or there are outstanding task points, the iteration plan must be balanced so that the team is not overcommitting its time. The next chapter will guide you through an iteration. It will show you how to take the iteration plan and apply it to the team’s day-to-day activities.