absence

• - predicted absence 259

• - unpredicted absence 259

accuracy distribution database 173

adaptable project management 265

ad hoc 269

• - decisions 269

Agile development 294

analogy adaptation 172

analysis of process performance 302

Analytic Hierarchy Process 41

AQUA-RP 175

Aristotle 12

attractiveness of a feature 269

attribute 173

backlog list 293

backlog size 277

bottleneck resource 243

Brooks, Fred 145, 304

business perspective 184

characterize 299

cognitive complexity 22

collective 272

collective resource estimation 114

comparison 56, 57, 61

comparison of structural commonalities between alternative plans 214

competitiveness 294

computational complexity 22

concept analysis 178, 179

Confucius 11

consolidation 108

consumption

• - total 92

cost 38

cost constraints 91

coupling 87

cumulative 205

cumulative scoring 47

customer dissatisfaction 38

customer satisfaction 37, 68

daily planning 266

decision-making 17

decision-making complexity 22

decision-making process 24

decision-making process in Scrum 294

decision management 31

decisions 266, 269

• - operational 23

• - strategic 22

• - tactical 23

decision science 17

decision support 23

decision support for hiring 263

decision support systems 23

decision trees 179

define 203

definition of

• - criterion-dependent scoring mode 212

• - dependencies between the planning objects 212

• - groups of features 212

• - number of criteria 212

• - planning horizon 211

• - planning objects 211

• - pre-assignments of features 212

• - resources considered for planning 212

• - specific access rights 212

• - stakeholders 212

degrees of confidence 182

Deming, Edwards 12, 301

dependencies between features 86

dependencies between tasks 154

dependency network analysis 178

disagreement

• - level of 53

diversification principle 100

ease of use 38

effectiveness and efficiency of product release planning 299

effort constraints 91

effort estimation for product release planning 172

Einstein, Albert 85

ELECTRE 109

enterprise strategic decision management 31

estimate 205

estimation 272

estimation by analogy 172, 231

evaluate decision 26

evolutionary problem solving 28, 106

evolution of models 28

EVOLVE II 105

excitement profile 243

expert judgment 177

EXPLAIN-RP 179

explanation 178

explanation type 1 179

exploration 107

external stakeholders 61

feasible

• - plan 101

feature

• - interdependence 184

feature dependencies 86

feature dependency graph 87

feature elicitation 36

feature interdependencies 82

feature repository 211

features 33, 34

• - mandatory 34

• - optional 34

• - variant 34

feedback loops 26

financial value 38

formal concept 179

formal methods 28

free prioritization 205

frequency of use 38

global resource 92

global similarity 173

greedy release planning 71

greedy-X 163

groups of features 61

groups of stakeholders 61

Hamming distance 102

horizon of planning 86

how to re-plan 128

hybrid estimation 175

impact 266

implement decision 25

implicit concerns 106

import and export 217

incremental development 69

information complexity 22

insight 12

interdependent 184

internal and external stakeholders 61

internal stakeholders 61

intuition 7

iteration 68

iteration plans 69

iterative planning 266

K-best solutions 100

level of disagreement 53

local resource 92

local similarity 173

look-ahead time X 165

make-span 192, 193

make-span minimization 156

McConnell, Steve 304

minimum marketable features 74

misconceptions about release planning 4

modeling 106

models 85

Monte-Carlo simulation 192

multiple products 285

Multi-score 47

net present value 99

next release 290

next release problem 73

non-linear objective functions 98

on-the-fly planning 76

operational planning 9

operational release planning 190

optimized 269

• - decisions 269

optimized release plan alternatives 211

organizational learning 175

package experience and results 302

Pareto chart 53

people problems 177

permissions 203, 234

planning

• - horizon 86

planning for competitiveness 295

planning objectives 95

Planning Onion 68

planning process 79

planning quality 197

polynomial solution algorithm 22

post-sprint meeting 293

practitioner 14

pre-assignment 89

preparation 110

preprocessing 173

pre-selection of features 112

pre-sprint planning 293

prioritization

• - cumulative 205

prioritization criteria 37

prioritization of features 33, 80

proactive planning 80

problem domain 184

process 12, 301

product differentiators 294

production rules 178

product management IX

product manager 4

product managers 14

product owner 293

product portfolio 68

product release planning 3

product roadmap 68

project environment 299

project instance 181

project portfolio management 297

propositions 294

ProSim/ORP 192

qualified solution 101

quality 288

quality-effort dependency 289

quality evaluation 214

Quality Improvement Paradigm 299

quality of feature decisions 80

quality & resource analysis 116

ranking 21

ranking of features 50

reactive planning 80

readiness 38

reference problem 218

release decisions 67

ReleasePlanner TM 210

release planning XI, 4

• - art 11

• - customization 7

• - effectiveness 299

• - efficiency 299

• - misconceptions 4

• - science 11

• - usefulness 5

re-planning 19, 82, 125

requested competencies 162

resource constraints 91

resource consumption 214

response factor 190

retrospective analysis 302

return on investment 99

risk constraints 94

risk of acceptance 38

risk of implementation 38

roadmapping 8

roadmapping for multiple products 285

rough set analysis 178

scope of planning 300

score 48

scoring 44

Scrum

• - decision-making 294

Scrum master 293

SD-dependency 185

selection 21

simulation-based uncertainty analysis 197

solution domain 185

solving the problem right 100

solving the right problem 100

sprint 293

staffing 20

• - proactive staffing 252

• - re-active staffing 252

staffing for maximum competence match 161

staffing for maximum total release value 156, 157

staffing for minimum make-span 156

staffing for minimum project duration 160

staffing problem 147

stakeholder 39

stakeholder excitement analysis 116, 214, 243

stakeholder excitement profile 116

stakeholder feature points 96

stakeholder involvement 212

stakeholder network 39

standard quality measure 289

strength of SD-dependency 185

strict precedence 88

system value 185

technical perspective 184

time horizon of planning 300

tool support 83, 301

total consumption 92

total number of stakeholder feature points 97

trade-off 266

trade-off analysis 57, 290

trade-off solution 103

trade-off solutions 186

triage 21

triangular probability function 193

trust 182

uncertainty factors 190

unique selling 294

unpredicted change 261

urgency 38

VeryBestChoice (VBC) light 203

voice-of-the-stakeholder analysis 48, 208

weak precedence 87

weekly planning 266

weighting 173

what-if analysis 118

what to re-plan 128

when to re-plan 128

wicked problems 22