Exploring The Rock Crusher: A Flow-Based Model for Backlog Management
IIBA Southeast Michigan
Guest Speaker:
Rachael Wilterdink, CBAP
Presentation Topic:
Exploring The Rock Crusher: A Flow-Based Model for Backlog Management
Bio:
Rachael Wilterdink is a Principal Consultant. With over 25 years of IT experience, she holds multiple business analysis and agile certifications. As a consultant, Rachael has served clients in the financial, retail, manufacturing, healthcare, government, education, and insurance industries. Very active in the professional community, Ms. Wilterdink has served on the boards of both her local IIBA® and PMI® chapters. As a passionate public speaker, Rachael presents various topics at conferences and user groups across the country and the world. Rachael is also the author of the popular eBook 40 Agile Transformation Pain Points (and how to avoid or manage them).
Topic Description:
IIBA's recent publication, The Rock Crusher offers an agile approach to backlog management, highlighting the power and simplicity of this essential tool in modern agile organizations. This reading emphasizes the importance of the backlog as a single repository from which a team pulls its next most valuable work item, enabling agility through the ability to add, remove, reprioritize, and visualize potential work for a product.