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Seven Product Backlog Mistakes to Avoid

Roman Pichler

The Product Backlog is Too Big. One of the challenges the agile transition team was concerned about was the choice of the right product backlog tool, which at first seemed odd to me. But when I was told that the backlog in question had over 40,000 items, I could see that there was an issue. The Product Backlog is Too Detailed.

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Product Backlog 101: How to Build a Winner Using Customer Outcomes

Product Management University

The result is a product backlog, which will take you task-by-task from conception to launch. In this post, we’ll introduce outcome-based product backlogs and how to develop one so you can consistently deliver winning products. What is a Product Backlog? What is in a Product Backlog? Why is a Product Backlog Important?

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How to Create Better Products With Much Less of a Backlog

Johanna Rothman

Do you have an overstuffed backlog the way Jenny did in Create More Success: How to Say No to “Everything” to Say Yes to What’s Necessary Now ? How can you prevent an overstuffed backlog, roadmap, or all those great ideas from interrupting your team from finishing its work? That's because they have an already overstuffed backlog.

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Evidence-Based Product Backlogs, by John Pagonis

Mind the Product

In this ProductTank London talk, John Pagonis – then UX Lead at ‘The Mortgage Works’/Founder of Zanshin labs, shares his experience of creating an evidence-based backlog. The post Evidence-Based Product Backlogs, by John Pagonis appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Run a Business, Not a Backlog

Speaker: John Mecke, Managing Director of DevelopmentCorporate, Jon Gatrell, Principal Partner at Market Driven Business

The role of a product manager has evolved significantly over the past 20 years. In today’s Agile world, product managers are expected to be leaders in market knowledge, strategy, organizational enablement, etc. Numerical literacy is a key skill for effective product managers.

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How To Create Small Product Backlog Items

The Product Coalition

Learn about useful practices to slice product backlog items. Breaking big product backlog items into small ones is an essential skill all product owners should build. In the previous article “ Benefits Of Smaller Product Backlog Items ” we explored why it’s important to slice Product Backlog Items (PBIs) into small value units.

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The Lost art of Backlog Management

Mind the Product

The post The Lost art of Backlog Management appeared first on Mind the Product. Currently in the product community, topics such as product discovery, theme-based roadmaps and outcomes vs outputs are all very much in vogue, and rightly so. These are all helping to move our craft forward, and enabling teams [.].

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Project Analytics: Visibility that Aids Risk Management

Speaker: Miles Robinson, Agile and Management Consultant, Motivational Speaker

This session will focus on the use of a One-Dimensional Product Backlog from a risk management point of view. In this webinar you will learn how to get transparency by: Building the one-dimensional backlog for product risk prediction.

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Get Better User Insights With Wasteless Validation

Speaker: Tim Herbig, Product Management Coach and Consultant

Additionally, many companies lack the tools and processes to validate their ideas without adding them to their Sprint Backlog. Product teams tend to get ahead of themselves by rushing from idea straight to building a Minimum Viable Product (MVP). How can a product manager slow their team down and prevent them from wasting valuable resources?

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Agile Metrics for Team and Product Progress

Speaker: Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant, Rothman Consulting Group

You’ll learn about team measurements: Why velocity is a current capacity measure and not a measure of progress.

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User-Centered Development: The Importance of User Empathy to Build the Right Thing

Speaker: Jesse Walker, Product Manager at Canva

While this may seem obvious, it can be easy to forget amidst the daily distractions of juggling everything from delivery management, team management, backlog grooming, and sprint planning. As product managers, our primary focus should always be on creating value for our users.