Product Backlog & User Stories

The Product Backlog Refinement Steps

Refining the product backlog helps you make the right product decisions and get the product backlog ready for the next sprint.…

13 years ago

The Product Backlog as a Learning Tool

Leverage the power of customer feedback, and use your product backlog as a learning tool. Discover the right product features…

13 years ago

User Story Modelling

User stories are great at capturing product functionality in isolation. But they are not well suited to describe the relationship…

14 years ago

The Product Backlog Board

Are you struggling with your product backlog? Then try my Product Backlog Board, a structured hierarchical product backlog that helps…

14 years ago

The Definition of Ready in Scrum

“Ready are you? What know you of ready?” says Yoda to Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars movie “The Empire…

14 years ago

Refining User Stories

User stories come in different shapes and sizes. Large stories, also called epics, allow quickly sketching product functionality, which is…

14 years ago

The Lean Product Backlog – Limit Variation and Prevent Overburden

Many product backlogs are too long, detailed and complex. This is in stark contrast to what the product backlog should…

14 years ago

The Lean Product Backlog – Eliminate Waste

Many product backlogs are too long, detailed and complex. This is in stark contrast to what the product backlog should…

14 years ago

Prioritising the Product Backlog

This blog posts explores four useful factors to prioritise the product backlog: value; risk and uncertainty; releasability; and dependencies.

15 years ago

When to Break up your Product Backlog

The product backlog is meant to be a simple tool that allows product owners to express detailed product decisions and…

15 years ago