Visible progress

A team must keep its progress visible at all times. It will create many additional artifacts in order to ensure visibility. Some common visibility tools are the release and sprint burndown charts.

Release backlog and burndown

A subset of the product backlog that has been identified for a particular release is called the release backlog. Even though release backlog can be defined up front, the product owner may remove items, exchange items, or negotiate scope depth for some items as he/she considers scope, time, and cost throughout the duration of the project. Therefore, the release backlog should be updated throughout the project. Chapter 2, Release Planning – Tuning Product Development, provides more detailed information ...

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