{"id":440,"date":"2019-07-24T21:34:15","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T19:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/?p=440"},"modified":"2020-05-11T18:57:28","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T16:57:28","slug":"cycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/en\/cycle\/","title":{"rendered":"Cycle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The basic idea of the <a href=\"http:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/iteration\/\">Iteration<\/a> as a time-box for the <a href=\"http:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/rteamlevel\/\">Teams<\/a> is used at Cluster level by the <strong>Cycle<\/strong> as a larger fixed period as a basic rhythm for the <a href=\"http:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/rclusterlevel\/\">Cluster<\/a>. Frequently, the <a href=\"http:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/portfolioproduct\/\">System versions, products and Applications<\/a> are also brought to the market in the rhythm of the Cycles. The advantage of a fixed rhythm is its predictability for the teams, managers and stakeholders. In practice, a Cycle length of a quarter of a year has proven itself. There are the following options:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3 four-week iterations + 1 interCycle week<\/li>\n<li>4 three-week iterations + 1 interCycle week<\/li>\n<li>6 two-week iterations + 1 interCycle week<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This results in 13 weeks per quarter, which corresponds quite accurately to the actual duration (4 x 13 = 52 weeks).<\/p>\n<p>So, one Cycle consists of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/portfolio-planning\/\">Portfolio Planning<\/a> by the <a href=\"http:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/clusterpogroup\/\">Cluster Product Owner Group (CPOG)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Cycle Pre-Planning by the <a href=\"http:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/pogroup\/\">Team Product Owner Group (TPOG)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/cycleplanning\/\">Cluster Planning<\/a> (all Teams incl. their POs)<\/li>\n<li>Cycle Post Planning (again TPOG)<\/li>\n<li>3, 4 or 6 Iterations (of 4, 3 or 2 weeks).During the Iterations:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/sync\/\">Team Sync Meetings<\/a> (Daily Scrums)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/cluster-sync\/\">Cluster Sync Meetings<\/a> (Scrum-of-Scrums)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/organisation-sync\/\">Organization Sync<\/a> (Scrum-of-Scrum-of-Scrums)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/portfoliorefinement\/\">Portfolio Backlog Refinement<\/a> (by <a href=\"http:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/clusterpogroup\/\">CPOG<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/sysarchgroup\/\">CSEG<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/clusterrefinement\/\">Cluster Backlog Refinements<\/a> (by <a href=\"http:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/pogroup\/\">TPOGs<\/a> and TSEGs)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/refinement\/\">Team Backlog Refinements<\/a> (by Working Teams and POs), and<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/review\/\">Team Reviews<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/retrospective\/\">Team Retrospectives<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/cyclereview\/\">Cluster Reviews<\/a> (TPOGs + TSEGs + Stakeholder)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/portfolio-review\/\">Portfolio Review<\/a> (CPOG + CSEG + Stakeholder)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/cycleretro\/\">Cluster Retrospectives<\/a> (all Clusters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/organisations-retrospektive\/\">Organization Retrospective<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All Cycle meetings are held within the <a href=\"http:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/cycletrans\/\">InterCycle Week<\/a>, starting with the Cluster Review and ending with the Cycle Post-Planning.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- [WPincludeEnd] --><!-- [WPincludeEnd] -->\\r\\n<!-- [WPincludeEnd] --><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Further suitable links:<\/p>\n<table  class=\" table table-hover\" >\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f8f8f8;\">\n<td>Events<\/td>\n<td>Roles<\/td>\n<td>Groups<\/td>\n<td>Artifacts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/iteration\/\">Iteration<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/cycleplanning\/\">Cluster Planning<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/cluster-sync\/\">Cluster Sync<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/clusterrefinement\/\">Cluster Backlog Refinement<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/cyclereview\/\">Cluster Review<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/cycleretro\/\">Cluster Retrospective<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/clusterpo\/\">Cluster Product Owner<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/systemarch\/\">Cluster System Engineer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/clustersm\/\">Cluster Scrum Master<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/v2.p4-dev.com\/portfolioowner\/\">Portfolio Owner<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a 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