An agile team is preparing a release plan for a project. What information will the team need to complete this plan?

Question

Options

• AAmount of work needed to complete a single user story
• BAmount of work that can be accomplished by each team member
• CAmount of work that can be accomplished in an iteration
• DAmount of work that can be accomplished by the entire team

• A
  6% (3)
• B
  4% (2)
• C
  89% (48)
• D
  2% (1)

Explanation

A release plan projects how many iterations are needed to deliver a set of features. The key input is team velocity - the amount of work (in story points or user stories) the team can complete in a single iteration. By dividing the total estimated backlog by velocity, the team can forecast how many iterations the release will require and set a target date. Option A describes estimating a single story, which is a prerequisite to planning but not the planning metric itself. Options B and D focus on individual or whole-team capacity in abstract terms, but the practical agile unit used for release planning is iteration-level throughput (velocity).

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