{"id":1897,"date":"2020-01-11T16:45:06","date_gmt":"2020-01-11T15:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/?p=1897"},"modified":"2020-07-21T14:09:25","modified_gmt":"2020-07-21T12:09:25","slug":"backlog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/en\/backlog\/","title":{"rendered":"Backlog (generic)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">A Backlog is an ordered list of everything known that <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">should be carried out <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">by an organizational unit (<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/rteamlevel\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Team<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> , group, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/rclusterlevel\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Cluster<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/rportfoliolevel\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Organization<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> ) and serves as the only source of work by this organizational unit. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">The <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/marketbusiness\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Product Owner<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> is responsible for the Backlog, its content, access to it and the order of the entries.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">A backlog contains only the currently known entries. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">During the development steps it develops with the products and services and their application. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">It is dynamically adjusted to clearly indicate for products and services what it takes to perform their tasks appropriately, to survive in the competition and to offer the greatest possible benefit. <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">If products and services exist, there are also the associated product, system or application backlogs.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">A <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/backlog-item\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Backlog Item<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">\u00a0contains as attributes a description, an effort estimate, as well as acceptance criteria and test descriptions, which prove the completeness and describe when it is done [&#8220;Done&#8221;].<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">&#8220;The backlog is the only source of work.&#8221; <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">This principle does the following important things:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">The maximum possible <\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">transparency<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> about planned work.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Clear <\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">priorities<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> . <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">As in a stack, there is only one priority one. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">When new entries are inserted, entries below are moved further down.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">At all levels in the P4 framework there is exactly <\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">one<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> backlog <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">for each organizational unit <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">, ie<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">a <\/span><\/span><\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/teambl\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Team Backlog<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> for each Team <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">If a team works on several applications or systems, the Team Backlog contains backlog elements that describe the team&#8217;s work in realizing these systems and applications.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">for each cluster, one <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/clusterbl\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Cluster Backlog<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> . <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">The Cluster Backlog contains all work items to develop product and system versions and services of the cluster.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">for the Organization, one\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/portfoliobl\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Portfolio Backlog<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> . <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">The Portfolio Backlog contains all all work items to develop product and system versions, applications and services of the organization.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Improvement backlog<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">The one exception to the &#8220;one backlog rule&#8221; is the organizational unit&#8217;s Improvement Backlog. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">It describes the supply of improvements and is integrated into the work planning by the relevant unit, self-organized. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">A rule that describes how much work the group spends on improvements (e.g. 10-20%) helps to keep the predictability and predictability of other Backlog Items high.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Further suitable links:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table  class=\" table table-hover\" >\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f8f8f8;\">\n<td><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Events<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Roles<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Groups<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Artifacts<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/planning\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Team Planning<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/sync\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Team Sync<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/refinement\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Team Backlog Refinement<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/review\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Team Review<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/retrospective\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Team Retrospective<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/cycleplanning\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Cluster planning<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/cluster-sync\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Cluster Sync<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/clusterrefinement\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Cluster Backlog Refinement<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/cyclereview\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Cluster Review<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/cycleretro\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Cluster Retrospective<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/portfolio-planning\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Portfolio Planning<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/organisation-sync\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Organization Sync<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/portfoliorefinement\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Portfolio refinement<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/portfolio-review\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Portfolio Review<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/organisations-retrospektive\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Organization retrospective<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/productowner\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Team Product Owner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/systemengineer\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">System engineer<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/scrummaster\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Team Scrum Master<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/clusterpo\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Cluster Product Owner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/systemarch\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Cluster System Engineer<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/clustersm\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Cluster Scrum Master<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/portfolioowner\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Portfolio Owner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/portfolioarch\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Portfolio Architect<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/organisationsm\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Organization Scrum Master<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/rteamlevel\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Working team<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/cop\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Community of practice<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/pogroup\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Team Product Owner Group<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/systeminggroup\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Team System Engineer Group<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/smgroup\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Team Scrum Master Group<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/cluster-management\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Cluster Management Circle<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/clusterpogroup\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Cluster Product Owner Group<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/sysarchgroup\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Cluster System Engineer Group<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/csmgroup\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Cluster Scrum Master Group<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/org-management\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Organization Management Circle<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/teambl\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Team Backlog<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/dod\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Team DoD<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/improvementbacklog\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Team Improvement Backlog<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/clusterbl\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Cluster Backlog<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a 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