Epic planning

  • Outline: A moment to present and clarify the new Epic.

  • Goal: Ensure the whole team understands what needs to be done.

  • Duration: 60 minutes.

  • Frequency: Before starting a new Epic.

How-to

  1. Open the Epic Design Document

  2. Read the Summary to make the goal clear to everyone

  3. Go over each User Story. For each:

    1. Allow for a Q&A and take relevant notes.

    2. Estimate using the Day, Days, Week scale.

  4. Find dependencies or critical paths.

  5. Sort priorities according to value. After: 1. Create a Milestone on Github for the new Epic 2. Add all the User Stories as issues. Tag them as user story and associate them to the corresponding Milestone

Hint: plan ahead and have this meeting at least 1 week before the ongoing Epic is due

Check the Epic Design Document template on Catalpa's Drive

PreviousEpic selectionNextProduct Q&A, deployment and implementation

Last updated