Prepare and Conduct Program Increment Planning

[jamesmrollins]

Description

For CIDMO teams responsible for delivering IHP solutions, the Program Increment Planning Conference (PIPC) is a week-long virtual event held each quarter that enables integrated teams to scope and coordinate work in order set expectations for a solution delivery schedule.

Unlike the current IHP process that requires CIDMO divisions to independently resource each IPT in sequence, the PIPC will enable cross-divisional resources (dedicated to supporting IHPs) to create their plans for delivering high-priority, high-impact solutions.

Minimally Viable Product

A minimally viable product will include:

1. Specified purpose and business outcomes from PIPCs for IHP work
2. The execution of a PIPC for three clinical value streams
3. Guidance and tools for CIDMO to conduct quarterly PIPCs

Business Outcomes

TBD

Deliverables

Planning

• Engage OIT consultants to help develop CIDMO capabilities to successfully conduct a PIP conference.
• Define objectives, inputs, and outputs for a PIPC
• Secure the tooling required to carry out a PIPC
• Deliver a PIPC Toolkit that describes roles, activities, and tools for PI Planning

Simulation

• Identify a single-team use case (to conduct a single-team event or walk through the process)
• Conduct a single-team PIPC or simulate the PIPC process

Execution

• Establish a PI Planning Conference Date
• Identify the three IHP work efforts (and role assignments) for the PIPC
• Provide role-based training to PIPC participants
• Carry out a Program Increment Planning Conference

Risks

• Because of the importance of PI Planning and the complexity associated with planning/coordinating work across teams, it is best practice to carry out PIPCs as an in-person event. CIDMO PIPCs will have to be carried out virtually.
• In the first PIPC, CIDMO teams are expected to plan their work in an Agile process that will be new to them.