Whenever agile methods are introduced into organizations, discussions about “prioritization meetings” revolve quite quickly. Replenishment, planning, grooming, blooming, zooming and whatever they’re all called. It must be made sure as soon as possible how new work gets into the system.
My experience says that the subject of “replenishment” can be initially neglected. I’ve never seen (and I use the words “never” and “always” very rarely) a system that wasn’t clogged at the beginning. It makes absolutely no sense to discuss replenishment until the clogged system is cleaned.
We need to shift the focus of prioritization: Priority must be given to which work is to be completed and not which is to be started.
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