Top 3 Agile Release Trains to Utilize with SharePoint Online

The following are three Agile Release Trains (ARTs) that can be utilized with SharePoint Online:

• Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) ARTs:
• These ARTs include multiple agile teams (may include 50-125 people) whom work together towards a shared business and technology mission. They plan, commit, develop, and deploy to ensure that the team goals work with cohesiveness.
• Lean-Agile ARTs:
• Lean-Agile ARTs deliver value via continuous improvement and lean principles. It emphasizes reducing waste, optimizing processes, and ensuring that teams adapt to needed changes.
• DevOps-Integrated ARTs:
• Integrate DevOps practices to enhance the delivery pipeline. This uses continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD), to ensure that SharePoint Online projects are delivered efficiently and with a high quality.

SharePoint – Agile Release Train

The following are aspects as part of the demonstration of work done for the agile release train:

1)      Have visibility into progress and impediments

2)      Have releases facilitated by proper resource

3)      Have proper participants (scrum masters, subject matter experts, etc.)

4)      Have weekly meeting of 60 minutes to demo items

5)      Have meetings and items demoed time-based