Backlog Refinement: “Writing stories” isn’t the whole story - Building Business Capability

Speakers:

Kent McDonald

Backlog Refinement: “Writing stories” isn’t the whole story

Date:

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Time:

2:10 pm

Track:

Summary:

If your team is (or claims to be) using an agile approach you’ve probably been asked to lead, or at least play a key role in, backlog refinement.

That’s great.. What does that mean? (C’mon, you know the question has crossed your mind. It’s ok.)

Backlog refinement is the often misunderstood activity in agile approaches that business analysts are uniquely qualified to excel at. As long as you understand what it’s intended to accomplish. Hint: “writing stories” isn’t it.

Join Kent McDonald, freelance product manager and recovering agile coach, to find out how to up your backlog refinement game and be the person everyone wants on their team. As an attendee of this session, you’ll learn that user story format isn’t necessary so that you can focus on the things that are truly helpful.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  • Learn how to maintain a manageable backlog
  • Discover how to keep your team focused on the right things to build
  • Collaborate with your team to identify information they need to build that right thing

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