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The 9 Zones of A Product Backlog

Jul 18, 2024
Learn about organizing product backlogs into nine zones for epics, features, and user stories, emphasizing stakeholder alignment and refining features for high-quality user stories.
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Quick takeaways

  • Organizing a product backlog into nine zones allows for structured backlog management and prioritization.
  • Implementing a hierarchical structure within backlog items helps in effectively managing epics, features, and user stories.

Deep dives

Backlog Organization into Zones

Organizing a product backlog into nine zones, similar to bronze, silver, and gold levels like in the Olympics, allows for a structured approach to backlog management. By categorizing epics, features, and user stories into different zones based on their maturity and complexity, a backlog maturity assessment can be achieved. This system facilitates prioritization and ensures that work progresses from ideation to delivery in a well-thought-out manner.

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