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About Product Backlog

The Backlog The list of current and upcoming user stories and associated issues for a product. A scrum team uses the backlog to determine what items they work on for a release or sprint. page displays the product backlog as an ordered list of current and upcoming user stories and associated issues for a product.

You can view the backlog as a hierarchical view or standard view.

On your first visit to the Backlog page, you see user stories for the first product of which you are a member. Select a name from the Product list, to display the backlog for other products.

The Type column distinguishes an issue from a user story. The Flags column indicates whether a user story has dependency relationships with other user stories.

Note: If you have customized the list page, the Flags column might not display. Click Configure to add the column.

You can perform the following tasks from the Backlog page:

• Rank the product backlog by ordering the user stories and issues by their assigned priority.
• Plan sprints visually with the Sprint Stories page. Click the double right arrow button on the right side of the workspace and select a sprint. Drag-and-drop backlog items to the Sprint Stories pane.
• Update multiple user stories with bulk update.

Use the paging tool at the top of the workspace to navigate through multiple pages of items. You can also set the number of backlog items that display on the page. The maximum is 250 items.

More information:

How to Build the Product Backlog