Management Bug

A MngtBug is a problem, cause, or impact in a human manager’s decision which produces an incorrect or unexpected result.
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Details

This week’s “Lack of Product Backlog Refinement” is a very specific problem.

By definition, the product backlog is an ordered list of everything that is known to be needed in the product. It is the only source of requirements for any changes to be made to the product.

Product Backlog Refinement is the act of adding detail, estimates, and order to items in the Product Backlog. This process intends to review revise all the items.
(Extracted and adapted https://scrumguides.org/scrum-guide.html#artifacts-productbacklog)

Backlog refinement intends to ensure that the backlog remains populated with items that are relevant, detailed, and estimated to a degree appropriate with their priority, and in keeping…