Agile and Business Analysis, 2nd Edition

14 PLANNING AND MANAGING ITERATIONS

This chapter covers the following topics:

• the iteration;

• iterations and goals;

• planning the iteration;

• managing and monitoring the iteration;

• reviewing the iteration;

• the role and contribution of business analysis in agile iterations.

INTRODUCTION

This chapter explores the work conducted to plan, manage and review an iteration. Iterations are a core agile activity providing a time-bound delivery cadence that evolves over time to develop a version of the solution or product in an incremental way.

A degree of planning and analysis is required before work can begin on an iteration. The extent of the planning activity depends on the size, scale and complexity of the problem to be solved. Iteration ...