This is a facilitation guide for running a workshop “Product Backlog Creation”.

Help your team align on the Product Vision, Customers & Stakehoders and Product Goals.

This workshop has been created from scratch and have been run with many different teams in different organizations with a lot of success.

Audience

The purpose of this workshop is to help the team create their Product Backlog if they are starting from scratch.

You can also use this workshop with a team that has been running for a while and lost touch with their customers and the product itself. It can help your Product Owner communicate the vision and the goals in a more structured way, while involving the rest of the team in creation of the Product Backlog items.

This workshop gives you a lot of flexibility. Almost every step can be easily turned into an exercise or a teaching block. It is up to you and your Product Owner to decide how you’d like to run this workshop.

Why use this tool?

This facilitation guide is a great addition to your Scrum Master’s toolbox.

It gives you all the tools you need to run an highly engaging and effective workshop with minimal preparation and little stress. All you need

And it is ready for remote facilitation with handy Miro templates.

What’s included?

The facilitation guide includes all the key information in order to get the best results out of this workshop:

• Clear agenda with timestamps. Helps you prepare and time your workshop properly.
• Learning objectives. Gives you clarity around what the team should learn by the end of the workshop.
• Preparation guide. Quick tips on how to preparefor either virtual or in-person workshop and what you will need.
• Virtual board template. A ready-to-use template you can copy and paste into your own Miro account for quick facilitation.
• Step-by-step instructions. Clear instructions will guide you through each exercise even if you’ve never run a workshop before. Variations are also provided where relevant, for virtual and in-person delivery in case it impacts the exercise.
• Engaging exercises. This is not a presentation, but rather a set of engaging group activities with short teaching blocks along the way. You’ll have all the explanations you need to run the exercises with success.
• Additional resources. Not only this workshop helps your team learn, when you prepare, you will also be able to learn in-depth details about the topic itself so that you can WOW! your team with your knowledge 🙂
• Facilitator’s notes. All throughout the facilitation guide, you’ll find quick tips and tricks for exercises and teaching blocks for smooth facilitation.

What will you get in the package?

• 16 page downloadable PDF.
• Miro template ready for virtual delivery. Just copy-and-paste the content in your own Miro board and invite your team members to join.

TEMPLATE INCLUDED