4 Simple Steps to Clean Up Your Product Backlog

3 Rapid Backlog Estimation Methods to Supercharge Your Backlog Prioritization

Backlog management and clear prioritization are the keys to successful product management. This is why backlog management is a core competence of a Product Owner.

It happens so fast! Even if you are a very experienced Product Owner, your Product Backlog structure can get out of hand.

On the other hand, a clean product backlog will enable you to make decisions and prioritize more easily and argue them better with stakeholders, while at the same time it will help you to better implement your product strategy.

But don’t worry, I’ll show you

• 4 simple backlog management steps to significantly improve your backlog and
• 3 quick backlog estimation methods

you can use in such situations.

Let’s dive into it with the 4 Steps of cleaning up your Backlog:

• Step 1: Inspect the Backlog
• Step 2: Clean up the Structure
• Step 3: Choose a Reference Item and consider the Definition of Done
• Step 4: Re-Estimate the restructured Backlog

Step 1: Inspect the Backlog

The first step is to inspect the Product Backlog.