Priority Markets: A Free Market Approach to Managing the Product Backlog

by Geoff Watts, Jason Haines | 8 Comments | 04 Feb 2009 | product backlog, product owner

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Maintaining a prioritised product backlog of desired functionality is a key aspect of agile software development. When working with a single product owner and a small number of backlog items, this task is easily managed. However, scaling prioritisation to multiple stakeholders and large product backlogs presents unique challenges. This paper presents a market-based approach to prioritisation that is fair, open, and scalable.

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