Backlog grooming is a regular session where backlog items are discussed, reviewed, and prioritized by product managers, product owners, and the rest of the team. The primary goal of backlog grooming is to keep the backlog up-to-date and ensure that backlog items are prepared for upcoming sprints.
When should backlog grooming occur?
Product backlog grooming often happens two to three days before the end of a sprint. There is almost always someone on the team who is frantically busy two or three days before the end of a sprint.
Who leads backlog grooming?
Backlog grooming is not a one-time activity, but one that is regularly revisited and can be scheduled as ongoing in a project, usually by the product owner, product manager and relevant stakeholders.
Is backlog grooming a Scrum ceremony?
Scrum Ceremony #1: Product Backlog Grooming Backlog grooming is the only ceremony in scrum that doesn't have a defined time box or even a frequency. It is, however, a critical responsibility of the product owner with the help of their team to add new items to the list and order them based on their priority.
What is the difference between backlog grooming and sprint planning?
Sprint Planning focuses on a short time horizon, while Backlog Refinement (can) focus on a longer time horizon: a. Sprint Planning, as the name implies, focuses on work the team intends to do during the upcoming Sprint, that is, the things that will be included in the Sprint Backlog; b.
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