
Making the product backlog lean
“We have 12,000 stories in our product backlog. How can we best groom it?”, I was recently asked. Trying to deal with a huge product backlog is more common ...

Dealing with the product backlog
How to use the Product Backlog to increase communication and become productive early on in the project. As a Scrum Coach I sometimes come across projects that simply...

Requirements revisited
To understand the parallel development of use cases and user stories you have to go back to the 1960s. At that time, Ivar Jacobson invented use cases for his own...

“A USE CASE IS TO A USER STORY AS A GAZELLE TO A GAZEBO”
Requirements Management has for a time been a hot topic within the Agile community, and a religious war has seemed imminent between the followers of user stories...

The importance of having a GOOD BACKLOG
A good product backlog is the key to any successful Scrum project. In this e-mail interview, Mike Cohn gives some good advice on how to succeed as a Product Owner. We...
