ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book describes the background of decision-making and features prioritization. It explains an overview of existing methods for release planning. A situation similar to planning for product roadmaps can be found in the area of composition of services. The book provides a method for re-planning the ongoing release, trying to accommodate changes in the best possible way. Planning is important, but it needs to be understood as a continuing activity. The book examines the modeling as a means to formulate, understand, communicate and discuss the views about the reality of making release decisions. Decisions resulting in the selection of the wrong features cannot be compensated by highly efficient implementation. The key need is to establish a holistic enterprise strategic decision management infrastructure with the goal to align roadmapping with systems engineering, business strategy and capability management.
