Sources of demand for a team
Teams have different sources of demand – it’s important to identify and deal with them appropriately
Product Management
“It’s on the Backlog”
I’ve heard this being said a number of times with teams and it often reminds me of the story the Jeff Patton told in his book “User Story Mapping” when he was talking about requirements. In that story, when he was trying to get a better understanding of the underlying need being requested he was …
Use options instead of backlogs
Often we become constrained in our thinking by the language we use – a good example is the use of the term “backlog” instead of “options”. Quite often if you say to someone “It’s on the backlog”, the perception is quite often that although I might not get it now, it will become available sometime. …