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17. Connecting the Idea Pipeline to Backlogs

Mario E. Moreira

(1)Winchester, Massachusetts, USA

Connecting ideas at the top to user stories at the bottom helps everyone see the big and connected picture of the work.

—Mario Moreira

One aspect of helping people to see the full picture is the ability to connect the dots from one part of the enterprise to the other. This may not be as easy as it sounds since enterprises are rarely one transparent canvas where you can see the all the moving parts or the full requirements tree in one space.

What you need are people and mechanisms that can help you connect the dots. From a people perspective, you need thinkers, ...

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