Product Backlog & User Stories

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

Product Backlog FAQs

The product backlog can be a powerful tool to discover and deliver the right product features. But how can you…

10 months ago

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…

4 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…

5 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…

5 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…

6 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,…

7 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…

9 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…

9 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.…

10 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…

10 years ago