ROLLING WAVE Planning

Planning in a rolling wave is a technique for simultaneously

planning the near future in detail and at the same time being less
detailed and precise the further away you look.

Start with Divide time ahead in Mean velocity and variation Project decreasing amount of As things progress, gradually
a backlog. planning horizons. gives capacity (items/horizon). work items in each horizon. fill future horizons.

Q1:
Example:
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1

Q2:

Backlog with Average number of features per Fill next quarter to 80 %, then 50 %, Gradually fill current to 100 %, next to 80,
features and quarter, and features per initiative. 20 % and 10 % 50, and 20, and start to fill new quarter to 10.
initiatives
Q3:

Q4:

Rolling wave in
the backlog tool.

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