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Last post 09:31 am September 9, 2017 by Chitwan Kaur
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Chitwan Kaur
04:39 pm September 7, 2017

Can we add a product backlog item that is not ready into Scrum backlog? If yes then what exactly is 'Ready' of a Product backlog item used for.

Ian Mitchell
05:10 pm September 7, 2017

If a Product Backlog Item is planned into a Sprint Backlog, and the Development Team do not consider the item to be "ready" for planning, what do you think the risks would be?

Chitwan Kaur
05:53 pm September 7, 2017

If they consider it is not ready then they will not be able to provide proper estimates and work involved in completing that PBI. But my question was more of...Can a PBI be pulled into SBI even when it is not 'Ready' ?

Ian Mitchell
08:42 pm September 7, 2017

If the team has not estimated the work planned for a Sprint time-box, how can team members commit to achieving the Sprint Goal?

Joost Stolk
09:05 pm September 7, 2017

Ian, reading most of your answers, I regret there is no Like-button. Always to-the-point, concise and knowledgeable. What's more, you let people find the answers for themselves. Kudo's.

Ashokkumar Seeniraj
09:12 am September 8, 2017

I second Joost on that. I too follow and explore Ian's forum answers and articles to tweak my Scrum knowledge more and it helps immensely!! :)

- Ashok

Chitwan Kaur
09:31 am September 9, 2017

Very well said, Ian. I agree. I was giving a mock exam where it said otherwise and I found it wrong too. Good, I confirmed it here in the forum :)

Chitwan Kaur
09:31 am September 9, 2017

Thank you!

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