User Story Prioritization
Achieving continuous value flow requires that the highest-value backlog items are delivered in the shortest sustainable lead time and in the right sequence. The PO enables this by regularly ordering backlog items according to their cost of delay and communicating that sequence to the team during Backlog Refinement and Iteration Planning. So, when we talk about Team Backlog prioritization, because the team inherits the prioritization from the Features prioritization, we are effectively sequencing the work, but thereafter we will refer to it as prioritization.
Prioritizing the backlog can be particularly difficult for a PO as they have to balance all of the following: the needs of the Stakeholders and customers, the priority of Features versus the Enabler Features, Architectural Runway and Technical Debt, Milestones and deliverables, and the list could go on.
When we prioritize the Team Backlog, we create focus and alignment and receive the following benefits...
