"Product Backlog"

1. Develop a feature-story example that has at least three capabilities, features, and stories.
2. Explain how you would communicate the features from your example to the rest of the team.

FEATURE STORY EXAMPLE:

Your user story should have

Who benefits- Role of the person

Why do you need this?

What benefit you will gain.

One Example: As a customer, I need the capability to track product shipment details, so that I can find out the actual product arrival date

"Release Planning" Please respond to the following:

1. Develop a release plan based on a feature-story example that has at least three capabilities, features, and stories. Note: You may use the same example you developed in Discussion 1 to develop your release plan.
2. Explain what your iteration 0 would accomplish after your feature-story example is released.

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“Multilevel Planning"

1. Read the following articles and be prepared to discuss.

1. “Agile Case Study – Cayen Systems” located at http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/394071/Agile-C…
2. “Going Agile – A Case Study” located at http://www.ss.com.au/articles/Going%20Agile%20-%20…

1. From the case study, suggest at least three strategies (not discussed in the case study) to successfully conduct multilevel planning.
2. Explain each strategy.
3. Determine the pros and cons of multilevel planning.
4. Include an example of each to support your response.
5. Use a min of two (2) sources

"Prioritization Against Time Constraints" Please respond to the following:

1. Imagine you are working on a project and the release date is predetermined by upper management.
2. Determine if you can use Agile release planning, and explain why or why not.
3. Suggest (3) strategies on how you can increase productivity and mitigate risks in the situation described in Part 1 of this discussion
4. Use a min of one (1) source

"Coaching and Team Development" Please respond to the following:

1. Explain the steps you would take, and the techniques you would use, to mold a group of individuals into a team.
2. Justify your response.
3. Choose at least three techniques that you would use to improve a team member’s performance and provide a rationale for your choices.

"The Adapt and Close Phases" Please respond to the following:

1. Take a position on whether or not you would use Agile project management methods to monitor and control the projects.
2. Justify your response.
3. Suggest ways to manage exceptions in an Agile project management framework.
4. Include two examples to support your response.