For a pretty crazy take on this, take. A look at BaseCamp’s “Shape Up” philosophy, They do not have a backlog. Period. To them, they work a little slower and expect to give enough time to a task to ensure zero bugs instead but then have cycles of bug-fix focus. Additionally, something I found interesting is that every dev is expected to understand the complete stack, that way any dev can fix any corner. Sure this might not work in a larger company without strong levels of splitting up the product, but It’s an enjoyable thing to look at.
