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RE: [scrumdevelopment] Single backlog per team

That is the way we handle this situation. We have one team and one product backlog covering a variety of projects. There is one product owner and he is the ultimate decider on priorities, after careful consultation with the customers and other stakeholders. Works well, as long as the PO is left to make his own decisions. As soon as he is meddled with, things tend to go astray. We (as a company) have learned from that and now he is mostly left alone. Of course, you need thr right kind of guy to be PO. Somebody who is truly impartial and cannot be bought. And he needs a bit of brains.
 

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Wolfgang

 


From: scrumdevelopment@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scrumdevelopment@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Joakim Karlsson
Sent: 02 December 2007 16:29
To: scrumdevelopment@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [scrumdevelopment] Single backlog per team

On Dec 2, 2007 4:13 PM, gzgruber <gilad.gruber@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Our teams sometimes have multiple projects. I am wondering what is the
> best way and what is the SCRUM way of handling this. My feeling is that

Ideally, I think it's best to have one team working on one project
only. That said, I guess it could work to have one backlog spanning
several projects. But I think that would require that you have the
same PO for all projects. Someone that can prioritize all work for the
team.

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Joakim Karlsson
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Mates, Our teams sometimes have multiple projects. I am wondering what is the best way and what is the SCRUM way of handling this. My feeling is that the best...
gzgruber
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What does the team think? Thank you, Mike Www.implementingscrum.com Www.michaelvizdos.com...
Mike Vizdos
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Dec 2, 2007
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Hi Tim, Team is OK with this, it prevent the fragmentation BR, Gilad ... is the ... is ... means ... the...
gzgruber
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... Ideally, I think it's best to have one team working on one project only. That said, I guess it could work to have one backlog spanning several projects....
Joakim Karlsson
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Dec 2, 2007
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That is the way we handle this situation. We have one team and one product backlog covering a variety of projects. There is one product owner and he is the...
Wolfgang Schulze Zachau
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Dec 3, 2007
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Hi Wolfgang, This is indeed the state I would like. We do have 1 PO for multiple projects and it seems like the correct way to handle. BR, G ... product ... ...
gzgruber
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Hi Gilad, I think your "backlog" means "product backlog", right? Then I against the idea of having a single product backlog per team. First, product owner is...
kaverjody
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Dec 3, 2007
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Given that a 'project' is really just a collection of apparently associated activities, probably intending to achieve a common outcome, then I think that is...
Roy Morien
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Dec 3, 2007
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... Surely the Product Owner (or Product Owner Team, if it's multiple individuals) *can* prioritize a single backlog that encompasses multiple projects. Can...
George Dinwiddie
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Dec 3, 2007
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... I've elaborated further on this at http://blog.gdinwiddie.com/2007/12/03/combined-backlog-for-multiple-projects/ Let me know what you think (either here or...
George Dinwiddie
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