Convoy Alignment
The foundational 5-day planning ceremony where all teams commit to the next eight quarters of delivery
Planning Ceremonies
The ceremonies that establish commitments, schedule events, decompose work, and assemble teams before each convoy cycle begins
Planning Ceremonies are the foundational ceremonies of the DevOps Release Convoy™ lifecycle. They occur before active development begins and establish the commitments, schedules, task breakdowns, and team compositions that the rest of the convoy depends upon.
These ceremonies must be completed in strict sequence. Attempting to begin development without completing all Planning Ceremonies introduces unacceptable uncertainty into the delivery timeline and undermines the coordination achievements of Convoy Alignment.
Planning Ceremony Sequence
- Captains’ Meeting — Schedules the date of the planning event. Must be completed before Convoy Alignment can be announced.
- Convoy Alignment — The foundational 5-day event where all teams commit to the next eight quarters of delivery.
- Provisioning — Decomposes feature commitments into granular task lists by the Feature Captains.
- Press Gang — Assembles feature teams by drafting Code Engineers from the shared coding pool.
See Also
- Planning Phase for the full planning phase overview
- Execution Ceremonies for what follows after planning is complete
Captains' Meeting
The meeting to plan the date of the planning meeting
Provisioning
Translating strategic commitments into granular task lists through expert decomposition by Feature Captains
Press Gang
The ceremony where Code Engineers are drafted from the coding pool and assigned to features regardless of expertise or preference