Virtual/Remote PI Planning Best Practices and FAQ Table of Contents

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Due to recent challenges of most companies having to move to virtual and remote PI planning events, the Jira Align Solutions Architects wanted to start to capture some best practices and FAQ Table of Contents. 

Our goal is to share experiences, ideas and suggestions and to foster feedback and ideas from others in this community.  There are some organizations that have been doing remote and virtual PI planning for some time and many that have recently gotten thrown into planning their first virtual PI planning event.  Come back often as we continue to capture and share ideas!

PI Planning Context (Business, Product/Solution Vision, Architectural Vision)

• Setting the Context for Virtual PI Planning

Team Planning Breakouts

• Feature - Team association in Jira Align

• Facilitating a PI Planning Team Breakout Virtually in Jira Align

• Using Jira Align’s “Backlog Kanban – Sprint View” to Visualize SAFe’s Day 1 PI Planning event

• Consolidated Backlogs in Jira Align
• Jira Align for Release Train Engineers

• Building a Program Board during PI Planning

• Have a dependency on a team outside of Jira Align? There's a toggle for that!

• Creating Team Risks in Jira Align

• Virtual Scrum of Scrums (SOS) during remote PI Planning

• Tips for Facilitating a Virtual Management Review and Problem Solving Meeting During PI Planning

• Four best practices for a successful virtual PI planning event

Plan Reviews

• Presenting PI Planning Draft and Final Plan Reviews Virtually

Tracking and Closing Out PI Planning Activities 

• Program Board in Jira Align lighting up Red & Orange? Here are some tips.
• Closing Out the Quarter: Part 1 - Buffet of options in Jira Align
• Closing Out the Quarter: Part 2 - Buffet of options in Jira Align

Webinar

• Best Practices for Virtual Big Room Planning Webinar

[Mandy Ross]

awesome and timely content, @Tom O_Connor !!

[Shana]

@Tom O_Connor and team, thanks for these practical resources for those who find themselves abruptly organizing all-remote planning.

We'd love to hear from others: how have you been adapting to less travel or fully remote working when it comes to PI planning?

[Tom O'Connor]

Check out the great new Atlassian website article from Chris Spanner on the four best practices for a successful PI Planning Event.