Agile planning happens at multiple levels including a daily plan, an sprint plan and a strategic plan. What term best describes the multi-level planning?

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Options

• APlanning Onion
• BPlanning Poker
• CSprint Planning

• A
  90% (28)
• B
  3% (1)
• C
  6% (2)

Explanation

Planning Onion (A) is the correct term because it describes the layered, hierarchical nature of Agile planning - from strategic goals at the outer layers down to daily tasks at the center, resembling the concentric rings of an onion. Each layer represents a different planning horizon (portfolio, product roadmap, release, sprint, daily), and they nest inside one another.

Planning Poker (B) is a technique, not a framework - it's a consensus-based estimation game where team members use numbered cards to estimate effort, having nothing to do with multi-level planning structure.

Sprint Planning (C) is just one single level of the planning hierarchy (the sprint layer), so it cannot describe the multi-level concept as a whole.

Memory tip: Picture an actual onion - each layer you peel back is a shorter time horizon. Big outer layer = long-term strategy; tiny inner core = today's standup. If the question mentions "levels" or "layers" of planning, think onion.

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