Product Backlog & User Stories

Advice on stocking, refining, and managing a product backlog and writing effective user stories.

5 Tips for Stocking the Product Backlog

The product backlog is a simple yet powerful tool to capture tactical product decisions and direct the work of the…

2 years ago

Seven Product Backlog Mistakes to Avoid

The product backlog is a simple yet powerful tool to capture and revise detailed product decisions and direct the work…

3 years ago

Product Goals in Scrum

The 2020 edition of the Scrum Guide introduced a new type of goal, the product goal. This article shares my…

4 years ago

Prioritising a Product Backlog When Everything is Important

The product backlog is an essential product management tool: It captures detailed product decisions and directs the work of the…

4 years ago

Tips for Reducing the Product Backlog Size

It's normal that a product backlog changes over time. But some backlogs grow too big and become overly long, detailed,…

5 years ago

User Story Reflections

User stories are a simple, straightforward tool. But successfully applying them can be surprisingly hard. This post offers four refections…

8 years ago

When should Product Backlog Refinement Take Place?

A refined product backlog facilitates the development of a successful product: It incorporates new insights and learning, and it provides…

8 years ago

10 Tips to Fully Leverage the Product Backlog

Working with the product backlog can be challenging, and many Scrum product owners wrestle with overly long and detailed backlogs.…

8 years ago

10 Tips for Writing Good User Stories

User stories are probably the most popular agile technique to capture product functionality: Working with user stories is easy. But…

9 years ago

Why User Stories Fail

User stories are a powerful agile technique to describe requirements from the perspective of the customers and users. Unfortunately, I…

9 years ago