{"id":13350,"date":"2020-04-07T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/?p=13350"},"modified":"2020-05-15T11:50:50","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T16:50:50","slug":"how-to-do-virtual-pi-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-do-virtual-pi-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"How to do Virtual PI Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13360 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Virtual-PI-Planning.gif\" alt=\"Virtual PI Planning\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" \/>Just like many of you, we at Planview are trying to figure out how to do PI Planning in a world that doesn\u2019t allow\u00a0<span data-contrast=\"auto\">in-person<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0interactions right now.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\"> W<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">hile I understand the idea of doing virtual PI Planning is daunting, I don\u2019t think the answer is to stop planning together. From my viewpoint, planning together is more important now than ever.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As we figure out what our agenda looks like, we\u2019re taking into account the fact that people will be comfy and cozy, sitting in their homes, so this had better be engaging, or we\u2019re going to lose people to distraction real fast.\u00a0I thought I\u2019d share some tips and tricks we\u2019re planning to implement at our virtual PI Planning in a few short weeks.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What\u2019s below is not exhaustive to all the things we\u2019re doing\u00a0(<\/span><a title=\"Webinar: How to Do Virtual or Remote PI Planning\" href=\"https:\/\/info.planview.com\/how-to-do-virtual-remote-pi-planning-_webinar_lad_en_reg.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">sign up for the webinar: How to do PI planning <\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">for that deep dive),\u00a0but they are thoughts and ideas we had that might get your own thoughts and ideas flowing.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/info.planview.com\/how-to-do-virtual-remote-pi-planning-_webinar_lad_en_reg.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13361 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/planview-virtual-remote-planning-webinar-800x600_on-demand-600X200-002.jpg\" alt=\"How to Do Virtual PI Planning\" width=\"800\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/planview-virtual-remote-planning-webinar-800x600_on-demand-600X200-002.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/planview-virtual-remote-planning-webinar-800x600_on-demand-600X200-002-300x75.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/planview-virtual-remote-planning-webinar-800x600_on-demand-600X200-002-768x192.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/planview-virtual-remote-planning-webinar-800x600_on-demand-600X200-002-750x188.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_80 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-do-virtual-pi-planning\/#Pre-Planning_for_Virtual_PI_Planning\" >Pre-Planning for Virtual PI Planning\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-do-virtual-pi-planning\/#During_Virtual_PI_Planning\" >During Virtual PI Planning\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-do-virtual-pi-planning\/#Post-Virtual_PI_Planning\" >Post-Virtual PI Planning\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pre-Planning_for_Virtual_PI_Planning\"><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>Pre-Planning for Virtual PI Planning<\/strong><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I don\u2019t think many of you would argue with me when I say pre-planning for PI Planning is super important and it\u2019s just as important as we try virtual PI Planning for the first time. Be sure leadership is on the same page.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What are the highest priority epics and features the teams need to work\u00a0<span data-contrast=\"auto\">on? <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This can be accomplished through Portfolio Kanban.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13365\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13365\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13365\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Program-board.gif\" alt=\"Virtual PI Planning Program board\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13365\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Program board in Planview AgilePlace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> What is the context that must be shared with the teams so they understand how their work connects to the broader business goals and outcomes?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Are there changes to the teams and\/or budget discussions that need to be had prior to PI Planning?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> What\u2019s the best agenda to keep everyone engaged? Think outside-the-box here.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Use a tool like Planview AgilePlace to build virtual whiteboards, with a backlog, \u201cstickies\u201d\/cards, and iterations.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13364\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13364\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/info.planview.com\/how-to-do-virtual-remote-pi-planning-_webinar_lad_en_reg.html?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13364 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/PI-Planning-Board-.gif\" alt=\"Virtual PI Planning\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13364\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PI Planning Team Board in Planview AgilePlace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If you\u2019ve done in-person PI Planning before, none of these are new to you, but in the current environment, I think\u00a0it\u2019s worth taking a step back and getting back to basics. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"During_Virtual_PI_Planning\"><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>During Virtual PI Planning<\/strong><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Instead of\u00a0being\u00a0physically face-to-face, you\u2019re all going to be face-to-face in 2D on some\u00a0virtual meeting\u00a0platform. Make the most of it:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Respect the timebox. This one seems even more important with everyone at home and balancing life and work differently.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Make context short, sweet, and to the point.\u00a0Have those delivering this information stick to top three things and no more than five slides.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Consider suggesting a group exercise before the start of sections. Get the blood flowing with planks, lunges, squats or jumping jacks. Get creative.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> You may need to recruit some people outside of the ART or teams of teams to help facilitate team breakouts. If your Scrum Masters are up for it, coach them, but if they are also part of building the plan, then consider someone else so the Scrum Master can be fully present to building the plan.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Close out the session with clear guidelines for next steps. What do you want the teams to accomplish in week one?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Post-Virtual_PI_Planning\"><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>Post-Virtual PI Planning\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Provide the teams with the support they need. Some teams are used to working fully remote (as is our entire\u00a0LeanKit\u00a0development team), but other teams are used to being co-located and discussing the plan outside of ceremonies. Encourage teams to re-think\/re-look at their ceremonies.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Provide team leaders (Product Owners and Scrum Masters) with continuing education and give them the space to learn. If you don\u2019t have a Community of Practice (CoP) or Guild already set up for various Agile leaders, considering doing so.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Consider a little extra time at the beginning of\u00a0each\u00a0week\u2019s stand-up to spend a few minutes discussing the business goals and objectives the work is aligned to.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> It could be worth implementing Lean Coffee regularly with key leaders for team members to ask questions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Clearly, this isn\u2019t an exhaustive list, but I hope it\u2019s provided you with a few things you hadn\u2019t considered when trying to pull together a virtual PI Planning event. In addition,\u00a0 we want to help our Agile Coaches and Transformation Consultants navigate this change. If you\u2019re on the hunt for an easy-to-use solution to help guide your virtual PI Planning (or in-person when we get back to it), please reach out to Jon Terry directly (<\/span><a title=\"Email Jon Terry\" href=\"mailto:jterry@planview.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">jterry@planview.com<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">)\u00a0to receive a free license of\u00a0LeanKit.\u00a0We\u2019re all in this together, so feel free to share additional ideas and\/or tips and tricks as you do virtual PI Planning.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/info.planview.com\/virtual-pi-planning-essential-checklist-_ebook_lad_en_reg.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13493 size-full\" title=\"Essential Checklist How to do Virtual PI Planning\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/planview-ebook-essential-checklist_800x200.jpg\" alt=\"Essential Checklist How to do Virtual PI Planning\" width=\"800\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/planview-ebook-essential-checklist_800x200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/planview-ebook-essential-checklist_800x200-300x75.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/planview-ebook-essential-checklist_800x200-768x192.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/planview-ebook-essential-checklist_800x200-750x188.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just like many of you, we at Planview are trying to figure out how to do PI Planning in a world that doesn\u2019t allow\u00a0in-person\u00a0interactions right now. While I understand the idea of doing virtual PI Planning is daunting, I don\u2019t think the answer is to stop planning together. From my viewpoint, planning together is more&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[521,7808],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lean-agile","category-virtual-teams"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.8 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to do Virtual PI Planning - Planview Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Planning together is more important now than ever. This blog features tips for coordinating pre, during, and post PI planning providing access to a webinar.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-do-virtual-pi-planning\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to do Virtual PI Planning\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Planning together is more important now than ever. This blog features tips for coordinating pre, during, and post PI planning providing access to a webinar.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-do-virtual-pi-planning\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planview Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Planview-Inc\/89422974772\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-04-07T12:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-05-15T16:50:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Virtual-PI-Planning.gif\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Emily Peterson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Planview\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Planview\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Emily Peterson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-do-virtual-pi-planning\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-do-virtual-pi-planning\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Emily Peterson\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4c7f74a4e385a0c041dbd2a96c4db32e\"},\"headline\":\"How to do Virtual PI Planning\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-07T12:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-05-15T16:50:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-do-virtual-pi-planning\/\"},\"wordCount\":805,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-do-virtual-pi-planning\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Virtual-PI-Planning.gif\",\"articleSection\":[\"Enterprise Agile Planning\",\"Virtual Teams\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-do-virtual-pi-planning\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-do-virtual-pi-planning\/\",\"name\":\"How to do Virtual PI Planning - Planview Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-do-virtual-pi-planning\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-do-virtual-pi-planning\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Virtual-PI-Planning.gif\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-07T12:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-05-15T16:50:50+00:00\",\"description\":\"Planning together is more important now than ever. This blog features tips for coordinating pre, during, and post PI planning providing access to a webinar.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-do-virtual-pi-planning\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-do-virtual-pi-planning\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-do-virtual-pi-planning\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Virtual-PI-Planning.gif\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Virtual-PI-Planning.gif\",\"width\":800,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"Virtual PI Planning\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-do-virtual-pi-planning\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How to do Virtual PI Planning\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/\",\"name\":\"Planview Blog\",\"description\":\"Leading the conversation on digital connected work\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Planview\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/planview-logo-black.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/planview-logo-black.png\",\"width\":280,\"height\":66,\"caption\":\"Planview\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Planview-Inc\/89422974772\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/Planview\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4c7f74a4e385a0c041dbd2a96c4db32e\",\"name\":\"Emily Peterson\",\"description\":\"Emily Peterson is a Demand Gen Manager for Planview's Enterprise Agile Planning Solution, focusing on helping organizations achieve agility on their terms and timeline. She uses her professional experience in Agile marketing (as the RTE) to leverage new ways of working across the organization, connecting all parts of the business to the overall goals of the organization.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/author\/emily-peterson\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How to do Virtual PI Planning - Planview Blog","description":"Planning together is more important now than ever. This blog features tips for coordinating pre, during, and post PI planning providing access to a webinar.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-do-virtual-pi-planning\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How to do Virtual PI Planning","og_description":"Planning together is more important now than ever. This blog features tips for coordinating pre, during, and post PI planning providing access to a webinar.","og_url":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-do-virtual-pi-planning\/","og_site_name":"Planview Blog","article_publisher":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Planview-Inc\/89422974772","article_published_time":"2020-04-07T12:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-05-15T16:50:50+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Virtual-PI-Planning.gif","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Emily Peterson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Planview","twitter_site":"@Planview","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Emily Peterson","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-do-virtual-pi-planning\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-do-virtual-pi-planning\/"},"author":{"name":"Emily Peterson","@id":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4c7f74a4e385a0c041dbd2a96c4db32e"},"headline":"How to do Virtual PI Planning","datePublished":"2020-04-07T12:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2020-05-15T16:50:50+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-do-virtual-pi-planning\/"},"wordCount":805,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-do-virtual-pi-planning\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Virtual-PI-Planning.gif","articleSection":["Enterprise Agile Planning","Virtual Teams"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-do-virtual-pi-planning\/","url":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-do-virtual-pi-planning\/","name":"How to do Virtual PI Planning - Planview Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-do-virtual-pi-planning\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-do-virtual-pi-planning\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Virtual-PI-Planning.gif","datePublished":"2020-04-07T12:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2020-05-15T16:50:50+00:00","description":"Planning together is more important now than ever. This blog features tips for coordinating pre, during, and post PI planning providing access to a webinar.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-do-virtual-pi-planning\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-do-virtual-pi-planning\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-do-virtual-pi-planning\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Virtual-PI-Planning.gif","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Virtual-PI-Planning.gif","width":800,"height":400,"caption":"Virtual PI Planning"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-do-virtual-pi-planning\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How to do Virtual PI Planning"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/","name":"Planview Blog","description":"Leading the conversation on digital connected work","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/#organization","name":"Planview","url":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/planview-logo-black.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/planview-logo-black.png","width":280,"height":66,"caption":"Planview"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Planview-Inc\/89422974772","https:\/\/x.com\/Planview"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4c7f74a4e385a0c041dbd2a96c4db32e","name":"Emily Peterson","description":"Emily Peterson is a Demand Gen Manager for Planview's Enterprise Agile Planning Solution, focusing on helping organizations achieve agility on their terms and timeline. She uses her professional experience in Agile marketing (as the RTE) to leverage new ways of working across the organization, connecting all parts of the business to the overall goals of the organization.","url":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/author\/emily-peterson\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/132"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13350\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}