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Product backlog

Product backlog

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Product backlog

- There is one vehicle for all the work related to the product the scrum team is building, that's the product backlog. So long as your product exists, the product backlog exists. In short, the product backlog is an ordered list of all the work that needs to be done for the product. The work items listed in the product backlog are known as product backlog items, or PBIs. That means the product backlog lists all PBIs representing every feature, functionality, requirement, defect, and enhancement, the product owner, stakeholders, and team say are needed for the product to be robust and valuable. You might wonder if one product has one product backlog, or if it can be split up across multiple teams. Ideally, you'll avoid splitting the backlog across multiple teams. If the body of work is large enough that more than one team is needed, you'd have them all aligned to a single product backlog. This is preferred because you could order all the work most easily in a single place. When you…

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