Product backlog

Last updated Jun 5, 2023

The central artifact in Scrum, where all possible ideas, deliverables, features, or tasks are captured for the team to work on.

Product backload is the single authoritative source for things that a team works on and contains all of the features, requirements, and activities associated with deliverables to achieve the Project goals.

The equivalent in project management is the setup of Project requirements.

• Living artifact
• Owned and adjusted by the Product owner.
• Prioritized list of features

• The description
• The value
• The order
• The estimates

It describes item, while describing be very clear.

The value indicates how much value the item brings to customers or stakeholders.

The backlog should always be prioritized.

Define how complex is it to complete an item. Link:

• Estimates

Backlog refinement is the act of keeping the Product backlog described, estimated, and prioritized so that the Scrum Team can operate effectively.

Review the Product backlog to ensure: - It contains the appropriate items, and nothing news is needed or nothing needs to be removed. - Ensure that the items are prioritized by the Product owner, this is also called setting the order field - That the items at the top of the Product backlog are ready for delivery with clear acceptance criteria - And that the Product backlog items include estimates or an informed assessment about how much work a particular item will require