Task: Manage scope

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      Synopsis

      In this task the Team Leads assess artifacts such as Features in order to communicate relevant estimates to other teams. 

      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 Notify team leads of size request 

      When there are features in state "exploring" that have not been sized, the Team Leads are notified of the size request from the Enterprise architect.

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      2 Recognize dependencies 

      The Team Leads review the impacted teams to begin recognizing dependencies.

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      3 Collaborate

      The Team Leads collaborate to understand the work involved. 

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      3.1 Create work records

      The Team Leads create work records which include a description of the work and a representation of the job size (normalized for the program). 

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      4 Follow-up

      The creation of work records with estimates associated with the Feature results in a notification to the Program Release Manager, who makes the appropriate changes to the Release Plan.  Once the changes are approved, all teams can commit to the 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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