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Sprint Backlog Anti-Patterns
Introduction
While the Product Backlog has a simple structure, it contains the work the Scrum Team deems necessary to accomplish the Product Goal at any given moment in time; the Sprint Backlog has a more challenging nature; see Figure 11.1.
Figure 11.1 The Sprint Backlog concept.
“The Sprint Backlog is composed of the Sprint Goal (why), the set of Product Backlog items selected for the Sprint (what), as well as an actionable plan for delivering the Increment (how).”1
1. Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland, “Sprint Backlog,” The 2020 Scrum Guide™, 2020, https://scrumguides.org/scrum-guide.html#sprint-backlog ...
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