In my experience, one of the biggest pitfalls with regard to the Backlog is not being able to hit your stride in terms of refinement.  The proper cadence can be a science, and I have known a lot of managers who are heavy-handed. On the other hand, too many items can seem insignificant over time.

Review Christian Bisson’s post below and give your feed back in the comments:

 

From Voices on Project Management: By Christian Bisson A key artifact for any successful team is a healthy backlog: a list of what’s needed to bring value to the project—written in a way the team can understand and ordered so the team is always focused on what brings the most value. Yet between all the user stories,…
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