From the course: Scrum: The Basics
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Backlog refinement in scrum
- In Scrum, the Product Owner is accountable to the team and the stakeholders. The stakeholders want to ensure they get what they need from your project. A key aspect to keeping the right priorities throughout the project is the ongoing refinement of the Product Backlog. This means that the PO is out there meeting with stakeholders to understand what's needed. They're constantly moving the work around as the business needs and requirements shift. Throughout the project, your backlog is constantly changing as new features and stories are being discovered and added. Other stories are being changed and maybe even removed. As new stories are discovered, the PO works out the details and AC for each one. But at least once per sprint, the whole team comes together to see what new items have come up. This is usually a 30 to 60-minute backlog grooming session. It usually happens around the midpoint of the sprint. The PO reads the new…
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