Scaled Agile Framework® PI Plannings in a distributed environment are challenging. Get ideas to be more effective with the right measures and tools for distributed collaboration.

1. 4 locations - but how?
SAFe® PI Planning

2. „How do you know
people aren’t slacking
off?“
“That could
never work
with our
system.”
“In theory it sounds good,
but remote people can’t
come to meetings and
they never have all the
information.”
“Yeah, we tried
that, but it
didn’t really
work and the
remote people
ended up
getting fired.”
https://blog.trello.com/remote-work-team-success-guide

3. 2 days
PI Planning
Mission
-
Vision
Teams
Value Sticky
Notes

4. Physical Program
Board
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5. #ToolsDoesntSolveProblems
#ToolsEnableSolutions

6. PI Planning
4 locations

7. Business Context
Product/Solution
Architecture Vision &
Development Practices
Planning Context &
Lunch
Team Breakouts
Team Breakouts
Draft Plan Review
Management Review &
Problem Solving
Planning Adjustments
Final Plan Review &
Lunch
Program Risks
Confidence Vote
Plan Rework?
Planning
Retrospective &
Moving Forward
Day 1 Agenda Day 2 Agenda
8:00 -
9:00
9:00 -
10:30
10:30 -
11:30
11:30 -
1:00
1:00 -
4:00
4:00 -
5:00
5:00 -
6:00
8:00 -
9:00
9:00 -
11:00
11:00 -
1:00
1:00 -
2:00
2:00 -
2:15
2:15 -
???
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8. Set the
stage
one Product
Owner for
more than
one Team
PM, RTE,
Arch not at
the same
location
giving
information
at the same
time is
difficult
Content
clarified
before
PI Planning!

9. Code of
conduct
Standup,
face to your
conversation
partner
Audio
always with
Video
100% is
never
possible
People
Queues

10. Tools /
Channels

11. All see
and hear
Dedicated
line for
Video and
Audio
Just one
person is
talking at
the same
timeRaise hand
means
silence
One big,
touchable
screen at
every location

12. Team
Breakouts
Scrum
of
Scrum
is even more
important
PI Planning
App is a must
for
visualization
Use queues
Urgent
collaboration
over Skype

13. Inter-Team
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNz82r5nyUw

14. Inter-Team
Scrum
Master is
SPOC
Just one
channel open
to another
team
1 to 1
connection for
dependencies

15. Scrum
of
Scrums
separated
room for SoS
SM is
responsible
for
dependencies
and risks

16. Reviews

17. Post-
PI Planning
Transport a PI Board for 15 teams and
resetup... #LeanProductDev #SAFe
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18. Video Demo Synch

19. Think there’s no way to do
efficient distributed PI
Plannings?
Think again.