Essential Wisdom of Backlog Refinement

Course Content Description: 

In order to prepare for sprint planning and the work of the sprint, you first need to understand what backlog refinement is, why and how to do it. In this course, you'll learn all the basics of backlog refinement from the experts, including both initial refinement and continuous refinement. Check your knowledge at the end of the course and then discover more resources to deepen your practice. 

This course is aligned with the following Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO) learning objectives: 

• 1.7 discuss how and why the product owner maintains authority over the product backlog while working collaboratively with developers and stakeholders.
• 5.8  practice at least one approach to refining the Product Backlog.

Course Sections: 

• What is a product backlog? Who owns it? 
• What is refinement? Why do it? 
• When should you refine the backlog? How do you do it? 
• Refining on schedule: Developing a rhythm as a product owner
• Final thoughts
• Knowledge check
• Course Resources
• Claim SEUs

Course created in collaboration with subject matter expert: Hubert Smits, Certified Scrum Trainer®, Co-founder of  Big Orange Square

​​In 2002 Hubert became aware of agile software development and signed the Agile Manifesto. He started working with scrum founders Ken Schwaber & Jeff Sutherland and he has been a member of Scrum Alliance since the founding of the organization.

Hubert has taken the principles and frameworks of agile & lean and applied them to industry, manufacturing, and physical products. The core of the Industrial Agile Framework™ is simple: bring all relevant people together in a team, have the team deliver a physical product early and often, inspect the product early and often, and steer the team and their work based on these inspections.