PI Planning & Preparation

The PI Planning course is meticulously crafted to provide you with comprehensive insights into executing effective PI Planning within your program. Throughout the course, participants will delve into key activities essential for successful PI Planning, gaining a thorough understanding of Program Increment Planning, Agile Release Planning, SAFe PI Planning, PI Objectives, Team PI Planning, PI planning vs sprint planning, and the broader context of PI Planning in Agile methodologies. Upon completion of the program, you will have acquired the expertise and competencies needed to effectively coordinate a prosperous Program Increment (PI) Planning, ensuring alignment among teams and objectives in line with the foundational principles of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).

About PI Planning

PI Planning is a pivotal, cadence-based event in the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), synonymous with Program Increment Planning, Agile Release Planning, and SAFe PI Planning. It aligns teams and stakeholders to a collective mission and vision, emphasizing PI Objectives and Team PI Planning. Distinct from routine sprint planning, this regularly scheduled convergence is essential for multiple teams within an Agile Release Train (ART) to collaborate on shared visions, features, roadmaps, and cross-team dependencies. In essence, PI Planning is the heartbeat of SAFe, ensuring a unified approach and fostering collaboration among teams and stakeholders.

• ​Describe PI Planning

• Benefits of PI Planning

• ​Inputs and Outputs of PI Planning

Benefits of PI Planning

PI Planning serves as a pivotal, cadence-based event in the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), synonymous with Program Increment Planning, Agile Release Planning, and SAFe PI Planning. This essential convergence aligns teams and stakeholders to shared PI Objectives through activities like Team PI Planning. Distinguished from routine sprint planning, PI Planning in Agile is a regularly scheduled event within an Agile Release Train (ART), promoting collaboration on features, roadmaps, and cross-team dependencies. In essence, Program Increment (PI) Planning is the heartbeat of SAFe, ensuring a unified approach.

• Creating the social network that is necessary for ART

• ​Aligning team and program goals and growth goals within the context of the business  

• ​Decision-making quickly

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PI Planning is a crucial, cadence-based event integral to the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), encompassing Program Increment Planning, Agile Release Planning, and SAFe PI Planning. This pivotal convergence emphasizes alignment to shared PI Objectives, with a specific focus on collaborative activities such as Team PI Planning. Distinguished from routine sprint planning, PI Planning in Agile is a regularly scheduled event within an Agile Release Train (ART), fostering collaboration on features, roadmaps, and cross-team dependencies. In essence, Program Increment (PI) Planning serves as the heartbeat of SAFe, ensuring a unified approach in large-scale agile organizations.

• Business context

• Roadmap and vision

• Top 10 Features of the Program Backlog