Backlog Refinement

Look at the upcoming stories -- these could come from: the program level (i.e. team's part of a feature/enabler, team's own context (i.e. refractors, maintenance, technical debt), other stakeholders (i.e. other teams' dependencies, spikes, commitments). Discuss ... have conversations of each story ... tip: try capping to 15 minutes per story... extend as necessary Estimate... albeit at a high level estimation Establish the initial understanding of the Acceptance Criteria per story