About the Backlog Refinement Template
The Backlog Refinement Template helps teams efficiently manage and refine their product backlog. This template provides a structured and collaborative space where team members can review, prioritize, and clarify upcoming tasks. By integrating with tools like Jira, the template ensures that all changes are synchronized, making it easier to keep the backlog up-to-date and organized. This is particularly useful for teams following the SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) methodology, as it supports continuous improvement and alignment across large-scale agile projects.
Why you'll love our backlog refinement template
Using the Backlog Refinement Template in Miro offers many benefits:
Improved collaboration: The template provides a visual and interactive space for teams to collaborate on backlog refinement, making the process more engaging and efficient.
Seamless integration: By integrating with Jira, the template ensures that all changes are reflected in your project management tool, reducing the need for manual updates.
Time efficiency: The template helps in breaking down work into manageable pieces quickly, ensuring that the team spends less time on refinement and more on delivery.
Improved prioritization: Teams can easily prioritize items by dragging and dropping tasks, ensuring that the most critical tasks are addressed first.
Clarity and alignment: Regular refinement sessions using the template help ensure that all team members are aligned on the priorities and details of each backlog item, leading to a more organized and efficient workflow.
Support for SAFe framework: The template is designed to support the SAFe framework, making it easier for teams to scale agile practices across the organization.
How to use the backlog refinement template in Miro
Access the template: Add the Backlog Refinement Template from Miro's template library to your board.
Connect to Jira: If you haven't connected Miro to Jira yet, log in to your Jira account and link it to Miro. This will allow you to import Jira issues directly into the template.
Review backlog items: Use the template to review, rank, and edit your product backlog as a team. The visual layout helps in identifying dependencies and impediments early.
Collaborate in real time: Engage your team in real-time collaboration, ensuring everyone is aligned on the priorities and details of each backlog item.
Update Story Points: Update story points or effort estimates for each item as needed using the action shortcut or find it in the creation bar (left menu).
Prioritize tasks: Prioritize items by hovering over a row, grabbing the vertical three dots, and dragging the entire row up or down to reorder.
Remove outdated items: Remove or archive outdated or unnecessary items to keep your backlog lean.
Use tags and color-coding: Consider using tags or color-coding to categorize items for easier management.
By following these steps, teams can ensure that their backlog remains up-to-date and well-organized, facilitating smoother sprint planning and more accurate project forecasting. The Backlog Refinement Template helps teams thrive by fostering collaboration, improving efficiency, and supporting continuous improvement.
