Release Planning Tips and Techniques

John Heintz is an innovation expert, Agile/Lean development expert, published author, international speaker, and consultant. John has been practicing agile since 1999, and helping organizations with large scale planning events since 2010. Large scale planning events like Release Planning bridge the gap between strategy and execution. In 2016 he co-founded Aptage, an exciting and innovative company that provides sophisticated yet simple-to-use decision support AI tools for managing innovation and development in the face of uncertainty. Aptage uses advanced algorithms and machine learning to help companies make data-centric informed decisions when faced with economic, estimation, and delivery uncertainties.

Luke Hohmann is the founder and CEO of Conteneo Inc. (formerly the Innovation Games® Company). Conteneo’s enterprise software platforms and professional services merge collaboration frameworks, data analytics, and domain expertise to help organizations optimize decision making in the areas of strategy, innovation, sales, product development, and market research. Luke is also cofounder of Every Voice Engaged Foundation (EVEF), a 501(c)3 nonprofit that that helps citizens, governments, and other nonprofit organizations collaborate at scale to solve technical and wicked problems. EVEF has been a leader in the Participatory Budgeting movement, helping citizens prioritize hundreds of millions of dollars through budget games. EVEF has also partnered with the Kettering Foundation to create Common Ground for Action, the first platform for scalable deliberative decision making. Supported by both Agile Alliance and Scrum Alliance, Luke is thankful for the thousands of colleagues from the Agile community who have donated their time to EVEF.