The Case Against Always Using Agile Backlogs
Picture this: you’re at your third daily standup this week, and someone inevitably asks, “So, what’s our velocity this sprint?” Meanwhile, your backlog has grown from a neat list of 20 items to a sprawling monster with 247 tickets, half of which haven’t been touched since the Obama administration. Sound familiar? Welcome to the dark side of Agile backlogs that nobody talks about at those fancy methodology conferences. Don’t get me wrong – I’m not here to burn down the Agile manifesto or suggest we all return to the waterfall days of our ancestors....