All Things Product with Teresa and Petra Big Backlogs
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Apr 29, 2025 Discover why traditional prioritization models like ICE and RICE might be holding you back. Learn tactical strategies for cleaning up massive product backlogs, including auto-closing old tickets and organizing items by themes and user groups. Embrace the 'Inbox Zero' approach to manage overwhelming tasks. Hear real-world stories about pruning ticket queues and the unexpected complexities of seemingly simple projects. Finally, uncover how focusing on outcomes, rather than endless rankings, can lead to quick wins and build trust within your team.
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Don’t Rank Hundreds Of Items
- Avoid prioritizing long backlogs by ranking hundreds of items in a spreadsheet.
- Instead, aim to compare and contrast a few opportunities informed by discovery and experiments.
Strategy Reduces Prioritization Need
- When you have clear strategy and goals you only need to compare a few opportunities.
- Discovery and experiments reveal which bets will likely succeed without ranking everything.
Auto-Close Stale Tickets
- Auto-close old tickets (e.g., older than a year) with a polite reopen option.
- This typically removes a large percentage of backlog clutter quickly.
