AGILE · LEARNING NOTE

Agile Planning & Prioritization

How to prioritize value, manage backlogs, investigate uncertainty and plan iteratively.

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Agile planning is continuous rather than a single planning event completed once.

The source material emphasizes multiple planning levels, collaboration with customers and teams, frequent demonstrations, and value-based prioritization.

Value-based prioritization

When every item cannot be done immediately, ask:

Prioritization techniques

The material discusses collaborative techniques such as:

These techniques make stakeholder priorities visible and create a basis for discussion.

Backlog refinement

A backlog should remain understandable and prioritized.

Refinement can include:

Spikes

A spike is a focused investigation used to learn something important before committing to implementation.

Examples:

Portfolio exercise

Create a prioritization matrix using:

Value × Risk Reduction × Urgency × Effort

Clearly label the matrix as a personal learning artifact rather than a PMI-prescribed scoring formula.