A Product Backlog serves as the dynamic roadmap that guides the development of a product, encapsulating a comprehensive and prioritized list of features, enhancements, and tasks. Essentially acting as a living document, the backlog is a pivotal tool within the Agile framework, enabling cross-functional teams to collaboratively plan, refine, and adjust the course of product development. As the product evolves, the backlog evolves with it, fostering adaptability and responsiveness in the development process.
So, in my opinion there are two ways that you can think about the hardest part of ordering the Product Backlog; the first way you can look at it is to see it from the project plan perspective which represents the Product Backlog items. Ordering the items of the Product Backlog can be incredibly difficult because you have to think about many factors but on the other hand if you approach it incrementally and iteratively then ordering the Product Backlog is not an issue. This is because when you approach it from this perspective, you always think about what’s the next Sprint to achieve and what’s valuable.
And once you start working in this, learning will become an autonomous part of the process. And so essentially the Product Backlog will become smaller and smaller as you are driven more by goals and less by a project plan.
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