Do you use a Police Line in your backlog to help focus you on your MVP (Minimum Viable Product)?

Updated by Brady Stroud [SSW] 1 year ago. See history

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To help focus your Product Owner and team on the core Product Backlog Items (PBIs) needed to fulfil the MVP, it can help to add a Police Line to your backlog.

  1. Create a PBI and call it either:
    1. -----------------------------------MVP----------------------------------
    2. -------------------------------Police Line------------------------------
    3. ---------------------------------Phase 1--------------------------------

Then when deciding if a feature is vital or not, simply drag it above or below this line.

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✅ Figure: Good example – Police Line added to help the team prioritize

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