Then they’re prioritized relative to the rest of the backlog to await implementation.Įffectively identifying, refining, prioritizing, and sequencing backlog items using Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF) is the key to the economic success of the solution. The work travels through the states of ‘funnel’ and ‘analyzing’ and the highest-priority features and capabilities that were sufficiently elaborated and approved, move to the ‘backlog’ state. The backlog items are managed through their respective Program and Solution Kanban systems. The items in these backlogs result from research activities and active collaboration with various stakeholders- Customers, Business Owners, Product Management, Product Owners, System and Solution Architects/Engineering, and more, that are part of the Continuous Exploration process.
Product Management has responsibility for the Program Backlog, while Solution Management is responsible for the Solution Backlog. The Solution Backlog is the holding area for upcoming Capabilities and Enablers, each of which can span multiple ARTs and is intended to advance the Solution and build its architectural runway. It also contains the enabler features necessary to build the Architectural Runway. The Program Backlog is the holding area for upcoming Features, which are intended to address user needs and deliver business benefits for a single Agile Release Train (ART). Edwards Deming Program and Solution Backlogs The emphasis should be on why we do a job.