The Importance of Backlog Grooming and Sprint Planning During a Project
Backlog grooming simplifies the process of picking the items and tasks to work on in the upcoming sprint. Sprint planning is an official scrum session. However, a separate grooming session is not mandatory. Backlog grooming is often the responsibility of the person who maintains and owns the backlog. Product owners are the best-suited individuals to do backlog grooming because they understand the product that’s being created. Backlog grooming ensures that items get trimmed. The most crucial items are prioritized in the backlog list. A manager or engineering leader can help with backlog grooming alongside the owner of the product. That’s because they bring their technical expertise to prioritization and estimation of items in the backlog. Product owners can act as facilitators when a manager gets involved in a grooming session. Several activities should be executed during backlog grooming. The activities include the elimination of unwanted stories because they consume space. Stories tha...