🚀 Delivery Planning

Planning releases and ensuring smooth delivery from development to production.

Delivery checklist

• [ ] All tasks completed and reviewed
• [ ] Acceptance criteria validated
• [ ] Testing passed (unit, integration, UAT)
• [ ] Documentation updated
• [ ] Stakeholders notified
• [ ] Rollback plan prepared
• [ ] Monitoring and alerts in place

Release strategies

Strategy	Risk	Rollback	Best for
Big bang	High	Hard	Small projects, MVPs
Incremental	Medium	Moderate	Feature-based delivery
Feature flags	Low	Instant	SaaS, continuous delivery
Canary / Blue-green	Low	Fast	Production-critical systems

Sprint planning essentials

1. Review velocity from previous sprints
2. Pull from prioritized backlog
3. Ensure each item has clear acceptance criteria
4. Account for capacity (holidays, meetings, support)
5. Leave 15-20% buffer for unplanned work

Avoiding delivery delays

• Identify blockers in daily standups
• Escalate dependencies within 24 hours
• Reduce work in progress (WIP limits)
• Ship smaller increments more frequently
• Separate "done" from "perfect"