Lean from the Trenches

Ready for Development

The “Ready for Development” column essentially means “Here’s a bunch of features that we’ve broken down and estimated and clarified, but we haven’t yet decided which of these we are going to develop and in which order.” So, this corresponds roughly to a Scrum product backlog. For a feature to be ready for development, it must have the following characteristics:

• It must have an ID. The ID is used as a key when you’re looking up more information about this feature, in case there are any associated use case specifications or other documents. These documents are accessible on the project wiki by clicking the corresponding ID.

• It must have a contact person. The contact person is typically the requirements analyst who has ...