method#Product#Delivery#Governance

Backlog Management

A method for structured maintenance and prioritization of product or team backlogs to manage work by value and risk.

Backlog management defines processes and rules for continuous maintenance, prioritization and preparation of requirements so teams can deliver with focus.

Maturity

Established

Cognitive loadMedium

360° overview

Backlog Management

Six perspectives place the building block in context. The numbers show where each perspective continues in the reading path.

The building block at a glance

Backlog Management

360°

Classification

2

Complexity: Medium
Impact area: Organizational

Technical context

2

Integrations

Issue tracker (e.g. Jira, GitHub Issues)

+2

Principles & goals

1

Clarity before scope: sufficiently refine items before implementation.

Value stream stage: Iterate

Use cases & scenarios

4

Use cases: 3
Scenarios: 3

Compromises

3

Risks: 3
Best practices: 3

I/O & resources

4

Inputs: 3
Outputs: 3