Task: Steer Release Scope
Ensure that new business requests are addressed in a timely manner.
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      Synopsis

      The Program Manager and Program Release Manager regularly review newly approved business requirements and determine how they should be handled.  This task is where business requirements that affect the current release are analyzed, estimated, planned, and committed in collaboration with other roles on the program. 



      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

      Step Tool guidance

      1 Place non-urgent requests on the Program Roadmap 

      Requests that are determined to non-urgent (low Cost of Delay) are deferred for future release planning in the Program Roadmap.

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      2 Assign urgent requests to the current release 

      Requests that are urgent to consider for the current release (high Cost of Delay) are reviewed by the Program Manager and the Program Release Manager.

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      2.1 Create features for urgent requests

      The Program Manager creates a new Feature.

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      2.2 Associate each new urgent feature to an appropriate Epic 

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      2.3 Assign each new urgent feature to the current release 


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      2.4 Follow-up

      The assignment of a new Feature to the current release results in a notification to the Enterprise Architect, who assigns size requests to the appropriate execution teams.  The Program Release Manager negotiates a new committed release plan with the execution teams.

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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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