Effective Software Project Management

The Planning Phase of an Extreme SDPM Strategy for the INSPIRE Model

Figure 33-3 is the Planning Phase of the Extreme SDPM strategy for the INSPIRE model.

Figure 33-3. Planning Phase of an Extreme SDPM strategy for the INSPIRE model

Note that planning is an iterative activity in the Extreme SDPM strategy for the INSPIRE model. Planning takes place at the beginning of the SPeculate Phase. The input to the Planning Phase is the current solution produced in the previous cycle and any new learning or discoveries from the last iteration. Three deliverables are produced in the Planning Phase:

• The functionality to be developed in the next cycle

• New probative initiatives for the next cycle

• Validation of the next cycle length

They are described in the subsections that follow.

Next Cycle Functionality

The prioritized list of functionality is updated with the discoveries and learning from the just completed cycle. A probative initiative may have uncovered another piece of the solution in the form of new functionality or new features for existing functionality. Functionality planned for the just completed cycle may not have actually been completed and has to be returned to the prioritized list for consideration in the next cycle. In either case this new information must be integrated into the prioritized list of functionality. The project team identifies the functionality that it can complete ...