Do you use a Police Line in your backlog to help focus you on your MVP (Minimum Viable Product)?
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A Minimum Viable Product (MVP) is the core of your application that you should be aiming to build before you spend time on nice-to-haves, bells-and-whistles, and stretch-goals.
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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.
- Create a PBI and call it either:
- -----------------------------------MVP----------------------------------
- -------------------------------Police Line------------------------------
- ---------------------------------Phase 1--------------------------------
Then when deciding if a feature is vital or not, simply drag it above or below this line.

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