How can you make the backlog visible and accessible to all team members?

You can easily use a tool to manage the project, for example, Jira and Trello. You can create the sprint backlog and the project backlog in Jira and prioritize the tasks. For prioritization, you can use techniques like MOSCOW. To ensure the team truly understands the backlog, always communicate with the team about the tasks and their priority.

Using a project management tool like Jira, Trello, or Asana to create a shared backlog or board. Ensure that all team members have the required permissions to view and update it.

We can create a dashboard of the backlog in JIRA and make it accessible to all team members. I think it is a very effective way of having clear visibility of the backlog and the status/progress of each items. It is important that the relevant columns are chosen for the dashboard view and I suggest we focus on: ? Reference id ? Title ? Status ? Requestor ? Efforts ? Backlog Priority ? Business Case ? Lead Tech Team ? Dependent Tech Teams ? Benefiting Streams Additionally, incorporate relevant filters so that colleagues you have access the dashboard are able to quickly view specific results they would like to. Widgets to get a quick summary as no. of items "In-Progress/Not Started, Swag Completed/On Hold/Released" would help.

First important step is to use a good tool that allows you to create, manage, and share your backlog easily and effectively. After every sprint, when you are planning for next sprint, make sure you have backlog available for next two sprints at least. Ask sprint team to go through the top items in backlog. It will give team visibility of what is coming up in next sprints. We also estimate top stories by scheduling grooming meetings way in advance.

Before choosing any tool for the backlog requirement, an important part is to identify the needs of the team, size, and budget. We sometimes invest in the wrong tool and later realize after a period if 3-6 months which is a waste of money and most importantly hard to switch the backlog from one tool to another if they are not supporting each other. If your org size is small then you can go with trello kind of tool. If your org size is big or complex than choose Jira or VersionOne because they are supporting a good amount of other tool integrations. Jira is also good if you are planning to do the SAFE PI planning because Jira Plan feature is in-build and save your money to purchase another tool for the PI prep.

I agree with everything mentioned here about defining clear and consistent criteria for backlog items. However, I'd like to emphasize the importance of aligning and emphasizing shared goals before establishing these criteria. Defining the "why" behind backlog items, not just the "what", can significantly improve their prioritization and execution. Having a clear understanding of the shared goals across teams ensures that everyone is working towards the same objective and that the chosen criteria effectively support achieving those goals. Perhaps adding a step prior to defining criteria could be beneficial.

Clear and concise sprint backlog items contribute to the success of a sprint in several ways. They enhance communication by providing a shared understanding among team members of what needs to be accomplished. This clarity reduces the likelihood of misunderstandings, ensuring everyone is on the same page regarding the sprint goals and tasks.

Le principal souci avec le backlog est que personne n'est jamais d'accord sur sa priorisation. C'est le job du PM et il aura le dernier mot, mais il a également la responsabilité de fédérer derrière sa vision produit. Pour ?a il peut mettre en place des critères de priorisation clairs et partagés. Cela permet de ramener la priorisation sur des éléments objectifs, et non sur un ressenti personnel et une intuition. Le top est de batir ces critères de priorisation avec l'ensemble des équipes, pour les aligner. Derrière, on pourra mettre à l'épreuve ces critères et les ajuster. Cela permet de recentrer l'echange sur ces critères, et non sur les personnes

Have a refinement meeting once a week . Dedicate time each sprint to review, clarify, and estimate backlog items. This fosters team understanding and alignment. Display the backlog prominently, like on a physical board or in a shared online dashboard. Regularly solicit feedback from team members on the backlog's clarity, completeness, and prioritization. List down all the should have and could haves or won't haves, with reasoning.

Without any defined process and goals, a backlog will become bloated with garbage and redundancy and will be nearly useless to the target audience. When first creating backlog, you should define rules that will benefit the audience. Remember that in some cases the target audience is not just your immediate team but may be other teams, product owners, etc. that depend on your deliverables. A good backlog should: 1. have a single purpose, multiple backlogs can be used to support work of different types such as OE, SRE, etc. 2. be regularly reordered according to priority 3. be regularly groomed to remove items that are obsolete 4. have similar items/tasks grouped into common stories when possible

Don't just "throw it in the backlog" to appease a noisy stakeholder. There are reasons to politely defer: * The item doesn't support your product strategy. Can you offer an alternative or recommend another product? * It's too tactical. Instead, offer it as a potential solution consideration for something else in the backlog. * It's duplicative of something already planned. Show the stakeholder where/roughly when you plan to address their need. * It doesn't provide enough value to justify spending resources on it. Can you work with the stakeholder to grow their or your understanding of the problem space?

Regularly update and review the backlog to reflect changes in priorities, requirements, and progress. Schedule backlog refinement sessions or grooming meetings to review and prioritize backlog items collaboratively. Encourage active participation from all team members to ensure that the backlog remains accurate, relevant, and up-to-date.

For any successful and timely delivered product, regular backlog prioritization is successful key. Generally, we are dumping everything in the backlog with the assumption we will deliver everything, and most of the time key features are missed and either delivered late or never. To overcome this situation, we should : - Evaluate every new requirement and adjust the priority. - De-prioritization should also be given equal importance, we can't consider everything as equally critical. - Business value of each new requirement should be calculated and prioritized accordingly. - Everyone should know the difference between Initiative, Epic, feature, stories, - Goals and milestones are also aligned with each new backlog prioritization change.

It's important to take an iterative approach to updating your backlog, just like you would with delivering the items. Only plan as much as you need to reduce the chance of having to update items you've already updated due to things changing before you start working on them. Similarly, it can be tempting to catalog every idea you've ever had, but it's important to regularly delete items that have persisted for an extended period of time with no reasonable intention of doing the work. When the backlog becomes too big you lose transparency of what is in it and struggle to find items.

As the project progresses and new needs or requirements arise, it is crucial to add new items to the backlog. Likewise, items that are no longer relevant to the project must be removed from the backlog. This avoids cluttering the backlog with unnecessary tasks. One tip is to schedule regular backlog reviews with the team. These sessions ensure that everyone is aligned regarding the project's vision, goals and expectations.

Communication and collaboration is very important so that there is a clear idea about what has to be done and what needs to be asked during grooming. The team members should be able to comprehend the discussions in order to move ahead and this can be achieved through crystal clear communication. If the requirements are not clear, one can collaborate and collect ideas. Even then if there is still confusion, one should know what questions to ask in order to get answers to achieve something.

In order to reach a high performance with the team, the backlog must be accessible to all team members (Public Or Only seen by the members). Microsoft teams is one of the tools that you can use to easily manage a backlog. Defining a clear user story and acceptance criteria in order to make it sprintables. Also the role of the scrum master at this point is very important to encourage the team to contribute , make comments , start conversations , ask questions and share with the team if there is any impedements.

In my opinion, most of the teams are already using some effective tools like MS Azure boads, JIRA etc but communication and collaboration are key for managing the backlog constructively.

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Establish a culture of regular communication around the backlog, Encourage team members to discuss dependencies and challenges during DSU.

Visualize the backlog using appropriate techniques such as Kanban boards, story maps, or sprint backlogs to make it easier for team members to understand and track progress. Use visual cues such as color-coding, swimlanes, and progress indicators to highlight priorities, status, and dependencies. Regularly update the visual representation of the backlog to reflect the latest changes and progress.

Tools like Jira Align , ADO or VersionOne provide excellent dashboards to visualize progress of backlog items. You can also create Program Increment (PI) boards, featuring features, enablers, and milestones. Leverage dashboards for real-time progress tracking, including sprint burndowns and cumulative flow diagrams. Regularly review these visuals in PI Planning and Inspect & Adapt events for transparency and alignment.

No backlog items should sit idle for too long. There should be clear workflow defined with Kanban metrics and KPI charts for clear visibility like work item age and work in progress to track and improve the flow of items through the backlog.

Visualize and track progress. By using visual tools like Kanban boards or project management software, you can make the backlog visible and easily accessible to all team members. This fosters transparency, enhances collaboration, and allows everyone to track the progress of tasks and priorities in real-time.

Visualize the Backlog - Use Kanban boards or other visual tools to represent the workflow stages of backlog items, allowing for easy tracking of progress. Progress Updates - Encourage team members to regularly update the status of their assigned tasks within the backlog, reflecting progress and completion.

Think about what percent of your backlog is influenced by your users and customers. If the answer isn't 100%, you have work to do... or you have regulatory bodies to answer to. Does the government count as a user? ?? Users are great sources of "what" but often terrible judges of "how" to go about achieving it. There are a lot of "hows" disguised as "what". For example, when a user says they want a "faster horse" - that's a "how". What they really want is to "get from point A to point B more quickly". Once you figure this out, your backlog will truly be off to the races ??!

Eu concordo com esse item, pois o feedback é o momento de aprimoramento e corre??o de rota. Temos que ter ciência que sempre podemos melhorar e principalmente nos aprimorarmos como profissional, a nossa fun??o é servir e como tal temos que fazer da melhor maneira possível. A constancia dessa prática leva ao aprimoramento.

In this fast paced world and with virtualization in my experience nothing creates the cohesion better than asking for feedback and acting upon it . That builds trust to achieve the gold with better clarity which in turn is faster.

You should actively solicit feedback from team members and stakeholders. Their insights are invaluable in improving backlog items and ensuring it reflects the overall product vision.

This should _not_ be the "final" step. Input from customers/users should be first, last, and always. Begin with the end -- that is, the happy customer/user -- in mind and _keep_ that in mind the whole time. You can only do this by asking them what they want before you start, asking them "does this look like what you want" regularly while working on it, and verifying when you think you're done with some task whether it meets and satisfices their needs.

To ensure the backlog is visible to all team members, it's essential to make defining the backlog a collaborative effort. This means involving representatives from all relevant teams in identifying the why and what aspects of the features. Without this collaborative approach, one team may struggle to plan their backlog effectively, leading to misunderstandings and delays in the project.

A flat backlog does not enable you to prioritise backlog items. Consider using User Story Maps to group your user stories to ensure you deliver end-to-end functionality over secondary and tertiary use cases.

To make the backlog visible and accessible to all team members, consider using a collaborative project management tool like Jira, Trello, or Asana. This allows real-time updates and transparency, ensuring everyone is on the same page regarding tasks and priorities. Regularly update and discuss the backlog in team meetings to maintain alignment.

Vous installez Jira ou Trello, puis vous accédez aux paramètres de partage et sélectionnez "accessible par tous". C'est le meilleur moyen de rendre votre backlog visible à tous.

J'achète un écran géant que je branche à un ordinateur qui aura tout le temps Jira/Trello/Clickup/toussa ouvert durant les heures de travail. Ainsi, l'équipe l'a tout le temps en visuel. Ne me remerciez pas.