Quarter

Planning
Monetisation Squad
Summary
1. What is this about?
2. Some concepts
3. Planning
4. Accountability and Responsibility
What went
wrong?
• Not everyone
understood the same
thing
• Approach changed
several times. (missing
work, hotfixes, ...)
• Dependency took
longer than expected,
and it was different
• Something unexpected
happened
(more fixes)
 Some concepts
Spike:
Technical investigation to produce an answer in regards to some acceptance criteria.

1. Allows the team to develop an understanding on an upcoming complexity and

share feedback
2. Assists in properly dividing work among separate team members
3. Mitigates future risk, and may uncover additional issues that have escaped
notice
 Some concepts
Owner / Driver:
Member of the team that is accountable for the success or failure of an objective.

1. Responsible for the Spike on the objective

2. Gathers feedback
3. Checks progress and provides status
4. Monitors dependencies and risks
5. Person of reference
 Some concepts
Scope:
Requirements and deliverables
needed to complete a project.
Defines expectations.

Milestone:
An important point within the project
schedule that usually signifies the
completion of a major deliverable.
 Some concepts
Dependency:
Relationship among tasks that
determine the sequence in which
activities need to be performed.

Risk:
Potential event that can occur and
can impact the work.
 Planning

Board: https://miro.com/app/board/o9J_lo3dzcw=/
 Roadmap Spike Validation
Refining
PO and Epic Owners
PO defines scope validate spike
acceptance criteria,
deliverables...

Roadmap creation Epic Assignment Kick Off

PO gathers
PO transfers Epic Owners present
requirements for next
knowledge to Epic spike to the team and
quarter
Owners. They start gather feedback
working on spikes
 Accountability and Responsibility
Accountable:
The accountable person is the individual who is ultimately answerable for the activity or
decision.

Responsible:
The responsible person is the individual(s) who actually complete the task. The
responsible person is responsible for action/implementation. Responsibility can be
shared.
 Accountability and Responsibility
Accountable:
Product Owner: Accountable for Spike. Makes sure the owner understands the objective
and the purpose and that the knowledge is transferred to the team.
Driver: Accountable for execution.

Responsible:
Product Owner: Responsible for Description and Scope of the objective.
Driver: Responsible for Spike. Gathering data and feedback on milestones, effort,
dependencies, risk...
Thanks,
Lingoers