Execution

ESCALATE and resolve impediments that prevent meeting the commitments.

Actively managing the flow of value through the system while managing the risk and optimizing the effectiveness improves fitness and performance at all levels of the organization.

Is our system performing as expected? Are impediments being escalated and resolved effectively?

Epic In Progress

Purpose

Manage Flow
Guide Delivery
Minimize Risks

Inputs

Release Burn Up
Feature Kanban Board
Risk Management Dashboard
Delivery Team Assessments

Activities

Review Epic Health & Portfolio Dashboard
Monitor & communicate Release Health to Stakeholders
Manage flow to optimize time to value
Continue, Change, or Stop Decisions

Definition of Done

Features within Epic are complete and accepted

RACI

R – Product Category Team, Product Line Team
A – Product Category Team
C – Product Management
I – Delivery Team

Epic Validation

Purpose

Validate solution
Customer / Vendor UAT

Input

Contextual research on solution
Feedback loops around solutions
Desired outcome actualization
Adoption measures

Activities

Determine if capabilities provide the expected solution
Product Discovery and Product Validation
Conduct User acceptance testing
Work with vendors or customers for final solution validation

Definition of Done

Product Discovery and Product Validation – Revalidated with customers
Epic Brief updated as complete
Operation Signoff – Program/Epic
UAT Approval
Release Review
Epic Definition of Done validated
Executed Signoff – Epic

RACI

R – Product Category Team
A – Product Category Team
C – Product Manager, Product Line Team
I – Delivery Team

Feature – In Progress

Purpose

Assess and guide the progress of value delivery of the feature

Inputs

Product Roadmap
Feature Definition
Feature Schedule
Product Dashboard and Metrics

Activities

Review Epic Health & Portfolio Dashboard
Monitor & communicate Release Health to Stakeholders
Evaluate the decision to Continue, Change, or Stop
Review Product Dashboard
Review Risk Dashboard
Review Team Metrics and Assessment

Definition of Done

Product Dashboard reviewed
Epic Dashboard reviewed
Portfolio Dashboard reviewed
Risk Dashboard reviewed

RACI

R – Product Line Team, Delivery Team
A – Product Line Team
C – Delivery Team
I – Product Category Team

Feature Validation

Purpose

Feature meets Acceptance Criteria
Feature is ready for production

Input

Feature Definition
Feature Acceptance Criteria

Activities

Validate capabilities against Feature Acceptance Criteria
Deployment to QA environments
Complete all required testing to deploy in production
Socialization of capabilities
Final defect remediation
NFR validation
Update documentation (Support manual, Operation/Service Level Agreement)

Definition of Done

Feature approved
Required documentation updated
Traceability Matrix completed
System test approved
Integration test approved
Regression tests approved
NFR testing approved
Feature Definition of Done validated

RACI

R – Product Line Team, Delivery Team
A – Product Line Team
C – Delivery Team
I – Product Category Team

Story – In Progress

Purpose

Work is done to complete the story/feature

Inputs

Tasks Defined
Task Hours Estimate
Sprint Planning

Activities

Create story tasks
Develop story functionality
Unit test functionality
Code/Peer Review
Check-in code
Repair defects

Definition of Done

Monitor Progress on Scrum Board
Standup
Story Development
Story Unit Testing
Story System Testing

RACI

R – Delivery Team, Product Line Team
A – Delivery Team
C – Delivery Team
I – Product Line Team

Story Done

Purpose

Story/feature has been completed

Input

Monitor Progress on Scrum Board
Standup
Story Development
Story Unit Testing
Story System Testing

Activities

Story meets the definition of done
Business Analyst approves story as meeting acceptance criteria
Bugs found for the story have been remediated

Definition of Done

Story Done
Story Definition of Done validated
Story Demo

RACI

R – Delivery Team, Product Line Team
A – Delivery Team
C – Delivery Team
I – Product Line Team