Planning with the product roadmap
There is a common misconception about Scrum and agile methods in general: that they don’t rely on or require any planning. Nothing could be further from the truth. Agile and Scrum rely on good planning; it’s a fundamental part of the agile philosophy. The main differences between traditional planning and agile planning are as follows:
- Agile planning happens regularly in an iterative and incremental manner
- Agile planning prefers detailed short-term plans and abstract long-term plans
We have already learned about the Sprint Planning event which happens at the start of each Sprint. In this section, we will examine how medium and long-term planning is dealt with in Scrum. To learn this, we need to understand what drives a Scrum product. So, let’s discuss product roadmaps.
Envisioning the product journey with a product roadmap
A Product usually begins its lifecycle as an idea or a vision. In Scrum, we express...
