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Jeff Sutherland on What “Ready-Ready” Means in Scrum

Brendan Cournoyer

August 24, 2011

If a Scrum team has successfully agreed on a definition of “done”, they’re then ready to take the next step to increase productivity.

What is that next step? You need to get your backlog ready at the beginning of the sprint, says Dr. Jeff Sutherland, CEO of Scrum Inc., in this short video. Not only does that backlog need to be created, but it also needs to be refined. What constitutes a refined backlog?.

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Brendan worked at OpenView from 2011 until 2012, where he was an editor, content manager and marketer. Currently Brendan is the Vice President of Corporate Marketing at <a href="https://www.brainshark.com/">Brainshark</a> where he leads all corporate marketing initiatives related to content, creative, branding, events, press and analyst relations, and customer marketing.