Every product start off as a project. The Business Analyst and Product Manager need to plan for the transitioning from a project to product management, and change the way the backlog is managed.

1. The Embryonic Product Backlog
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2. • em-bry-on-ic
– pertaining to or in the state of an embryo
• Product Backlog
– Needs no explanation 

3. In The Beginning
• Every product starts off as a “project”
• Product Backlog looks like …
User Story
Bug
Feedback/Enhancement
Idea
Prioritised

4. Beta Product
• Beta customers using the product (project?)
– Not in “full production”
• Product Backlog looks like this …
User Story
Bug
Customer Feedback/Enhancement
Idea
Prioritised

5. Done!
• Go To Market
– Beta customers go “full production”
• Product Backlog looks like this …
User Story
Bug
Customer Feedback/Enhancement
Idea
Prioritised

6. Embryo DevelopmentPrioritised
Conception Birth

7. Product is in the Market
• “Support” and “Enhancement” streams
• Release Management
– Market Vs. Internal Business
• Changes dictated by external forces
– Competition
– Regulator
– Substitutes
• “When do we break even?”
• Economic Cycles

8. Product is in the Market
You don’t want the Product Backlog to go
from to

9. Embryo Development Should BePrioritised
Conception Birth
Prioritised

10. Moral of the Story
• Elaborate all ideas
– Write user stories
– Prepare & plan for this activity
• Write down why someone came up with an
idea
• Ideas really shouldn’t be on a Product Backlog
– But we need a backlog of ideas …

11. Thank You