Leverage Big Wall Planning for Truly Aligned Organizational Execution

Love it or hate it, the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) was found to be the most used framework for enterprise-level agility in Version One’s annual survey. That said, many aspects of SAFe—including effective portfolio management—are difficult for organizations to implement.

Laura Burke Olson shares Big Wall Planning, a technique that Ipreo uses to “seed” their release trains with high-priority, high-value, and balanced portfolio-level epics. Big Wall Planning engages all aspects of company leadership in deciding the product roadmaps. This is a huge challenge in organizations that simply want more—and want it faster. Laura shows how Big Wall Planning can be a game changer when it comes to jump-starting your portfolio planning, epic sizing, capacity management, risk planning, release train setup, and organizational alignment. Yes, it has that potential!