Artifact: Product Backlog Item
Named PBI (Product Backlog Item). Select for development the ones that bring value.
Purpose
Serves project management: Will be placed in a sprint
Relationships
Container Artifact
Description
Main DescriptionIt's either a functional or technical requirement, an enhancement request, a bug or anything else which implementation brings up value to the Product Owner

Its general attributes are:

  • estimated value, most oftenly calculated relatively to other items through priorities,
  • estimated development cost,
  • eventually the theme (functional domain) it belongs to,
  • eventually its type (defined by the project, user story, for instance, bug, non-funcitonal requirement),

If the user story technique is used, as well as test-driven development, test acceptance criterias are associated.

A PBI goes through the following states:

  • created
  • estimated
  • planned (associated to a future sprint)
  • associated to current sprint (implementation is ongoing)
  • done

Key Considerations
Scrum principle is to complete a PBI within a sprint.