I have a confession to make! I am kind of a jerk. I make people feel uncomfortable. Not all the time and not all the people. I do it mostly to Product Owners or the equivalent titles depending on the methodology they follow.

Why I do it, you might ask? It’s good for them and me. How I do it, you might ask? Very simple, I ask them what is the next most important thing to work on and why. Try it yourself. It works miracles. 9 out of 10 times you will hear mumbling or something like “I feel it that way”. Not very scientific and not very convincing.

I’ll pay for my sins tough, by telling you how to help yourselves, your PO and your team out, by finding the right answer – the scientific way.

The case

So here is a simple backlog for you:

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