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The Professional Scrum Master Guide

You're reading from   The Professional Scrum Master Guide The unofficial guide to Scrum with real-world projects

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800205567
Length 174 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Fred Heath Fred Heath
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1:The Scrum Framework
2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Scrum FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Scrum Theory and Principles 4. Chapter 3: The Scrum Team 5. Chapter 4: Scrum Events 6. Chapter 5: Scrum Artifacts 7. Section 2:Scrum in Action
8. Chapter 6: Planning and Estimating with Scrum 9. Chapter 7: The Sprint Journey 10. Chapter 8: Facets of Scrum 11. Section 3:The PSM Certification
12. Chapter 9: Preparing for the PSM I Assessment 13. Assessments 14. Other Books You May Enjoy 15. Index

Refining the Product Backlog

Before we can start a Sprint, we must have a refined Product Backlog. Product Backlog refinement is the activity of breaking down backlog items into more concise and manageable items and providing more details. During refining, the Scrum Team analyzes, discusses, estimates, and orders backlog items. The purpose of the activity is to enable Developers to start working on items with the least amount of disruption or ambiguity.

So, a refined backlog is one in which items are detailed, estimated, and ordered. We have already learned how to create detailed and descriptive backlog items as user stories or features in Chapter 5, Scrum Artifacts. We have also examined how to estimate items in Chapter 6, Planning and Estimating with Scrum. In this section, we'll delve more into the one remaining aspect of backlog refinement we haven't covered yet: ordering.

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Some Scrum Teams hold weekly refinement meetings, usually led by the Product Owner...

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