The Catalpa Handbook

Post-contract implementation

Epic planning

Epic planning

  • Outline: A moment to present and clarify the new Epic.
  • Goal: Ensure the whole team understands what needs to be done.
  • Duration: 60 minutes.
  • Frequency: Before starting a new Epic.

How-to

  1. Open the Epic Design Document
  2. Read the Summary to make the goal clear to everyone
  3. Go over each User Story. For each:
  4. Allow for a Q\&A and take relevant notes.
  5. Estimate using the Day, Days, Week scale.
  6. Find dependencies or critical paths.
  7. Sort priorities according to value. After: \
  8. 1\. Create a Milestone on Github for the new Epic \ 2\. Add all the User Stories as issues. Tag them as `user story` and associate them to the corresponding Milestone