The Day Before: Quarter Planning
Today was a day where members of the team sat together and broke down a complete wireframe that is to be designed and developed through our final quarter of the year.
And it's the final countdown ...
I'm certain there is a technical name that describes the approach we took.
In so many words, more than that statmenet probably comes across to believe, this is what we did.
The UX Group provided a complete wireframe for each web page, component, and feature to be Designed and Developed through this period.
Another developer and I sat with one of our BSA's, an Account Manager, and a Group Program Director. We disected the provided wireframe into Epics, Stories, and Tasks (to some extent at least) to be accomplished.
Having broken the wirframe down into these Epics, Stories, and Tasks, we then estimated points (fibonacci sequence) toward them.
Have a better understanding of what is to come and what is to be expected
Specific items unveil themselves to address and speak towards during client engagement (Services that need to be edited or created, conditions that may not have been considered) sooner rather than later
Colloboration and understanding amongst various core team members which is important so everyone is on the same page
Through this iteration, I believe we could have set aside more time, perhaps started this in depth planning a little sooner
Planning maybe could have been planned better?
Timing: 2 days before the end of a sprint with a lot code remaining to be delivered.