Tips For Better Product Backlog Refinement Meetings - TIP 4

Product Backlog refinement (PBR) meetings are some of the painful and most unproductive interactions visited upon a Scrum Team.? If your Scrum Team feels that PBR is a painful chore to be endured, I’ll be providing six tips to reduce the their pain and to help the team #DoBetterScrum - TIP No. 4:

CREATE AN AGENDA

If you are going to interrupt a person’s day with a meeting, then the meeting organizer must prepare an agenda.? One of the biggest complaints Developers (and managers) have about meetings is that they are poorly organized.? Preparing an agenda ensures the meeting organizer designs an experience to maximize collaboration.? Another way to improve your agenda is to identify what PBI will be discussed and if any prework is required.? An additional benefit of making a list of the PB to be discussed is that it allows the meeting organizer to ensure the right people have been invited to the meeting.

If you want to jump ahead and read my full article on this topic, you can find that here.