Task: Steer Release Plan

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      Synopsis

      In this task the Program Release Manager identifies, analyzes, and prioritizes work to the program based on a risk assessment and makes the appropriate changes to the Release Plan.



      Manage Scope Perform Architectural Analysis Steer Release Plan Steer Release Scope Enterprise Architect Program Release Manager Team Lead Business Request Change Approval - Approved Change Approval - Requested Feature - Analysis Needed Feature - Size Request Work Record Release Plan - Committed Program Manager


      Steps

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      1 Notify Program Release Manager of potential risks  

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      1.1 Mitigate Risk 

      The Program Release Manager reviews the Value Dependency Graph and the Business Release Roadmap to identify committed work and trouble spots in the Release Plan.

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      1.2 Take Action

      The Program Release Manager requests an analysis of the sizing of the work, the capacity of the teams, and current committed work. 

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      2 Make Changes to Release Plan 

      The Program Release Manager makes changes to the Release Plan.  The impacted teams will receive Change Approval records. 

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      4 Follow-up

      The impacted teams must approve the changes to the Release Plan and then commit to the approved Release Plan.


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      Tutorial 

      See the Scenario: Interdependent Teams Respond to Urgent Business Need for detailed step-by-step guidance. Also see this demo.  

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