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How Product Managers Can Avoid Becoming Backlog Managers
Backlog Management Guide: The unspoken secrets of crafting valuable product backlogs
Backlog management is supposed to be simple, but the reality is different. Often, the backlog becomes a disguise for a waterfall framework.
The more items you have in your backlog, the more distant to agile you are.
The less goal-oriented your backlog is, the more fragmented your team becomes.
The more you focus on backlog management, the less you can discover value drivers.
Unfortunately, the backlog quickly deviates from a vehicle to create value to a distraction from what truly matters.
With extensive product backlog:
- Product managers become backlog managers
- Software engineers descend to coders
- Product designers derail to pixel-perfect designers
- Agile coaches become Agile rules
None of the above smells good. It stinks, and it stinks pretty bad.
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