Backlog Maintenance

[bak-lawg meyn-tuh-nuh ns]

Definition of Backlog Maintenance

Synonym for Backlog Refinement.

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Backlog Refinement The act of preparing a Backlog to make it ready for Planning. This includes: extracting Stories from Epics, refining Stories to make them Ready, and ordering the Stories. There could...

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In between putting an Item on the Backlog and deciding to do it is Backlog Maintenance, which consists of activities that order the Backlog and turn Backlog Items into Ready Stories: small, well-defined and ready to take to Planning.

External Sources

9 Surefire Steps to Spring Clean Your Backlog

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