This blog post shows how to determine the launch date and the budget before the first sprint using a collaborative release planning workshop.

Are you struggling with your product backlog? Then try Roman’s Product Backlog Board, a structured hierarchical product backlog that helps make sure you have ready items, capture non-functional requirements, and integrate your requirement models.

Using the product backlog can be challenging, and many product owners wrestle with overly long and detailed backlogs. This blog post provides ten tips that help you work with your product backlog effectively.

High-priority product backlog items must be ready to be transformed into working software. Find out what does “ready” means and benefit from Yoda’s advice
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This blog post provides a tongue-in-cheek collection of common product creation mistakes. All influence product success negatively. Combined they are a recipe for certain failure and provide a lesson in how not to develop products.

Many product backlogs are too long, detailed and complex. This is in stark contrast to what the product backlog should be: a simple artefact listing the outstanding work to bring the product to life. This blog post discusses lean techniques to make the backlog concise and focussed by avoiding variation and overburden.

Many product backlogs are too long, detailed and complex. This is in stark contrast to what the product backlog should be: a simple artefact listing the outstanding work to bring the product to life. This blog post discusses lean techniques to make the backlog concise and focussed by eliminating waste.

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

Learn when it is time to break up your product backlog.

Find out why product owners should care about software quality and what they can do to help get it right.

This blog post discusses the role of business analysts on Scrum projects.

Find out what agile product management is all about and how it differs from traditional approaches! This post summarizes the key differences between old-school and agile product management.

Like a garden growing wild when left unattended for too long, the product backlog becomes unwieldy when it’s neglected. This blog post covers the essential grooming steps to ensure that your product backlog contains the right items and is ready for the next sprint planning meeting.
