Which statement best describes what seeds iteration planning with stories in SAFe?

• A. Stories from IP Sprint planning
• B. Stories from Release Planning
• C. Stories from System Demo
• D. Stories from Stakeholder Review

Answer: (B)

In SAFe, the flow of work starts at the program level where Release Planning creates or refines the program backlog, including the user stories and features that will be worked on in the upcoming Program Increment. Those stories are the ones that seed or feed into the teams’ iteration planning, giving them the starting point to decompose, estimate, and commit to what they can deliver in each iteration. The other events—IP Sprint Planning focuses on planning within the Innovation and Planning iteration, System Demo showcases integrated progress, and Stakeholder Review gathers feedback—do not serve as the source for the initial iteration plans. So, the stories you plan with across the iterations come from Release Planning, making them the best fit for seeding iteration planning.