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June 12, 2005 
A Brief Note About Types of Backlog Items
In very broad strokes, there seem to be three categories into which backlog items can be put:
1. End Results - new functionality or capability that provides direct value to stakeholders.
2. Infrastructure Investment - work that is done to support the creation or delivery of end results but which does not directly provide value.
3. Debt Reduction - work that is done to eliminate barries to the creation of end results.
There are also some types of items that (typically) are not put on backlogs:
- Ongoing Tasks - tasks that are repeated on a regular basis.
- Constraints - descriptions of the qualities of the end results.
- Milestones - events or dates that define the transition from one state to another in an endeavor.
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Posted by Mishkin Berteig at June 12, 2005 11:35 PM
