methodatlas
Playbook

Create Backlog Readiness

Move from rough ideas to shippable stories with examples, acceptance criteria, and estimation.

Outcome

A set of actionable stories with acceptance criteria, examples, and rough effort view.

At the end you have

Story MapSplit StoriesAcceptance CriteriaExample MapEstimates

Decision point

You can decide which stories are ready for delivery and which questions must be clarified first.

Next step

Move stories into sprint or flow and clarify open questions intentionally.

Ideal for

  • Refinement before delivery
  • unclear requirements
  • Teams with many questions during sprint

Not good for

  • Early discovery without a solution hypothesis
  • strategic portfolio planning
Preparation

What should be clear before you start

Roles

  • Product owner
  • Development team
  • QA or domain experts

Inputs

  • rough feature ideas or epics
  • user goal or process context
  • known rules and acceptance risks

Setup

  • Clarify the goal of refinement
  • Make oversized items visible
  • Collect examples and open questions
Flow

Method path

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    Completion criteria
    Templates

    Artifacts for this playbook

    Artifacts stay collapsed until you actually need them.

    AgendaShow template

    Workshop Agenda

    Compact agenda template for method sequences with timebox, purpose, and output.

    # Workshop Agenda

**Goal:** ...
**Participants:** ...
**Duration:** ...

| Time | Method | Purpose | Output |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | Check-in | Set focus | Shared start |
| 00:10 | How Might We | Ideation questions | HMW list |
| 00:35 | Brainwriting | Generate ideas | Idea pool |
| 01:10 | Dot Voting | Prepare selection | Prioritized ideas |
| 01:30 | Storyboarding | Make the concept tangible | Storyboard |

## Close-out

Decision, owner, next test.