Public:Agile Ceremonies

Product Backlog Alignment:

1. PO on regular basis to add customer ideas, feature requests, defect incidents, internal team’s input to the product roadmap

2. PO to analyze the competitors, technology trends, market opportunity, strong user demand and add move the item from roadmap to product backlog

3. PO to collaborate closely with Key Stakeholders: Sponsors, Clients on Day 4 of current sprint (Ex: Sprint 1) and present them with the product backlog items

4. Stakeholders to discuss and provide recommendation of their priority for the product backlog items

5. Product owner (served by Scrum Master) would reassess, reprioritize and prepare the final list of product backlog items to be considered for the upcoming sprint (Ex: Sprint 2) and create the sprint backlog

Product Backlog Refinement:

1. Product owner to work upon the acceptance criteria for the finalized product backlog items

2. Scrum master to work upon the Definition of Done

3. Product owner and scrum master to have refinement session 1 on Day 7 with the agile team and walk them through the acceptance criteria and definition of done

4. PO to remove, split epics into user stories based on changing needs

5. PO to initiate a fast-paced Product Design Sprint in Sprint 1 to develope wireframe, prototype for the sprint backlog items planned in the upcoming Sprint 2

6. PO to demostrate the prototype with the stakeholders/clients and get it approved

7. Product owner and scrum master to have refinement session 2 on Day 9 with the agile team and walk them through the revised acceptance criteria and definition of done and mark them as ‘Ready’