Which statement describes Release Planning?

Question

Options

• AAfter looking at all the stories in the backlog, the team estimates their effort in detail.
• BThe team meets with the customer to negotiate the scope, cost and time of the release.
• CThe team and the Product Owner agree on an initial plan for the delivery of features.

• A
  3% (1)
• B
  5% (2)
• C
  92% (34)

Explanation

Release Planning is about establishing a shared, high-level commitment between the team and Product Owner on what features will be delivered and when - not a detailed estimation session or a formal negotiation. Option C is correct because it captures this collaborative alignment: both the team and Product Owner agree on an initial plan for feature delivery, balancing capacity and priority without locking in exhaustive detail.

Option A describes Iteration/Sprint Planning (or detailed estimation), not Release Planning - story-level effort breakdown happens at the iteration level, not the release level. Option B conflates Release Planning with a contract negotiation or project kickoff, which misrepresents the agile spirit - scope, cost, and time are not formally "negotiated" in a legalistic sense; they emerge from collaborative planning.

Memory tip: Think of Release Planning as answering "What's our roadmap?" - a handshake between the team and Product Owner. If the description sounds like a contract meeting (B) or a sprint breakdown (A), it's a distractor.

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