Product release planning : methods, tools and applications

 Content: Foundations Overview and Introduction What is Release Planning and Why Do We Care?  Misconceptions about Release Planning How the Book is Structured Some Assumptions to Share Who Should Read This Book?  Expected Benefits  Decisions and How to Make Them  Introduction Three Product Release Decision Scenarios  Classification of Decisions Decision-making versus Decision Support The Decision-Making Process Evolutionary Problem Solving An Integrated Approach to Decision-Making  Features and Their Prioritization Introduction Features Feature Elicitation Criteria for Feature Prioritization Selection of Stakeholders Prioritization by Comparison: The Analytic Hierarchy Process AHP Prioritization by Scoring Prioritization Method Multi-Score Voice-Of-The-Stakeholder Analysis  METHODS Planning for Product Releases: An Overview Introduction The Planning Onion Release Planning in a Nutshell Rigorous Release Planning Methods Release Planning in Practice: The Status Quo  Modeling for Product Release Planning Introduction Decision Variables and Horizon of Planning Dependencies Between Features Pre-Assignments Effort Constraints Cost Constraints Resource Constraints Risk Constraints Planning Objectives Generation of Qualified Alternative Solutions  How all the Modeling Components Come Together   EVOLVE II: A Systematic Method for Planning Product Releases  Introduction Evolutionary Problem Solving for Product Release Planning EVOLVE II: Description of the Process Comparison with Other Methods Applicability  Re-Planning of Product Releases Introduction Problem Formulation Re-planning Method H2W* H2W* Process Description Illustrative Case Study  Staffing for Product Releases Introduction Background and Related Work Staffing for Maximum Total Release Value Staffing for Minimum Project Duration Staffing for Maximum Competence Match Industrial Case Study  Advanced Topics Introduction  Effort Estimation for Release Planning Decision Support by Explanation of Results Release Planning in Consideration of Design Constraints The Impact of Uncertainty in Operational Release Planning  TOOLS Tool Support Introduction Support For Prioritization: The Tool VeryBestChoicelight Product Release Planning: The ReleasePlannerTM Tool Staffing: The Tool RASORP  APPLICATIONS Case Study: Product Roadmapping Introduction Preparation for Planning Prioritization of Features by Stakeholders  Planning without Tool Support Generation of Optimized Release Plan Alternatives Re-running the Process  Case Study: Staffing for Product Releases Introduction Baseline The Impact of Improved Productivity The Impact of Predicted and Unpredicted Absence of Developers The Impact of Unpredicted Change of Effort Estimates Impact of Adding a New Feature During Release Development  Decision Support for Hiring Discussion  Case Study: Adaptable Project Management  Introduction  An Adaptable Project Management Approach Case Study Discussion of Results  Application Scenarios Introduction Roadmapping for Multiple Products Release Planning with Consideration of Quality Demands Agile Project Management Following Scrum Planning for Competitiveness of Products Project Portfolio Planning  How To Get It Started Introduction Step 1: Characterize and Understand Step 2: Define the Problem and Its Stakeholders Step 3: Define the Process Step 4: Execute the Process Step 5: Analyze the Process and Its Performance Step 6: Package Experience and Results Cost-Benefit Analysis Final Remarks REFERENCES INDEX