Product Management Webinar: Backlog Management
Tidy Backlog Playbook: From Chaos to Clarity
Are your development teams drowning in a chaotic backlog with unclear processes? The answer is simple: separate your strategy and execution for success.
How do you do it? What tools do you need? How do you convince people you need to do it? That’s where this webinar will help, with our Co-Founder and CEO Janna Bastow. This will be the only playbook you need to achieve the tidy backlog of your dreams and a product process that your teams will praise you for.
Key Takeaways
Here’s the thing, giving your dev teams the space they need to work on their development workflow. Not only will they deliver more big-ticket items but they will be happier and more focused. It’s a win-win.
In this session, we’ll also explore:
- Hurdles that may lead to a convoluted and overwhelming backlog
- What tools and processes need to be in place
- How to shield your development team from unnecessary distractions
- Why creating a separate space for your product backlog is so important
- And so much more!
About Janna Bastow
Like a lot of people in the product world, Janna became a Product Manager almost by accident after spending time in customer-facing roles that required liaising with tech teams. It was this intersection between product and customer that proved essential to quickly learning on the job.
As an early adopter of Product Management, Janna has seen the field grow from almost nothing into what it is today. Along the way, she has become one of the key talents in the industry and can be frequently found sharing her knowledge and insight at Product conferences around the world.
As you may already know, Janna is the CEO and Co-Founder of ProdPad, Product Speaker, and inventor of the Now-Next-Later roadmap.
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