What does the program board visualize?

• A. Project budgets and timelines
• B. Features, WIP, dependencies divided into sprints by team
• C. Backlog items by status
• D. Team velocity charts

Answer: (B)

The program board is a planning visualization that shows how features are scheduled across the Agile Release Train in upcoming sprints, broken out by team. It displays what each team plans to work on in each sprint, highlights work in progress, and reveals dependencies between teams or features. This helps coordinate cross-team delivery, surface blockers, and adjust plans early to keep the Increment on track.

Budgets and timelines are more about financial tracking and schedules, not a cross-team planning view. Backlog items by status belong on a backlog or Kanban board focused on item-level flow, not the program-wide sprint-to-sprint plan. Team velocity charts are metrics used for forecasting rather than a visualization of current cross-team work and interdependencies.