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Backlog Management
Techniques
10.1.4 Usage Considerations
.1 Strengths
• Agile methodologies may require that all requirements be expressed in the form
of testable acceptance criteria.
• Acceptance criteria are necessary when the requirements express contractual
obligations.
• Acceptance criteria provide the ability to assess requirements based on agreedupon
criteria.
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• Evaluation criteria provide the ability to assess diverse needs based on agreedupon
criteria, such as features, common indicators, local or global benchmarks,
and agreed ratios.
• Evaluation criteria assist in the delivery of expected return on investment (ROI)
or otherwise specified potential value.
• Evaluation criteria helps in defining priorities.
.2 Limitations
• Acceptance criteria may express contractual obligations and as such may be
difficult to change for legal or political reasons.
• Achieving agreement on evaluation criteria for different needs among diverse
stakeholders can be challenging.
10.2 Backlog Management
10.2.1 Purpose
10.2.2 Description
The backlog is used to record, track, and prioritize remaining work items.
A backlog occurs when the volume of work items to be completed exceeds the
capacity to complete them.
Backlog management refers to the planned approach to determine:
• what work items should be formally included in the backlog,
• how to describe the work items,
• how the work items should be tracked,
• how the work items should be periodically reviewed and prioritized in
relation to all other items in the backlog,
• how the work items are eventually selected to be worked on, and
• how the work items are eventually removed from the backlog.
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