Report: Flat Product Backlogs Are Failing Because They Ignore Idea 'Altitude'
A product management analysis describes how many teams keep every idea, from major platform overhauls to minor UI tweaks, in a single flat backlog list. One Head of Product described their 400-item backlog as a two-year-old 'graveyard with a search bar,' where sprint planning devolved into arguing over items with no shared context for comparison.