Which backlog management activity involves reviewing the backlog with key stakeholders and identifying dependencies between items?

• A. Reviewing the Product Backlog with key stakeholders and identifying and reducing dependencies between Product Backlog items
• B. Defining the product's pricing
• C. Creating a branding guide
• D. Allocating resources to unrelated teams

Answer: (A)

Backlog refinement is the ongoing activity where the Product Owner, the team, and key stakeholders review the Product Backlog to add clarity, ensure items are understood and ready, and surface relationships between items. Identifying dependencies between backlog items early helps you order work more effectively, plan releases with fewer surprises, and prevent blockers during sprints. This collaborative review keeps the backlog aligned with stakeholder needs and technical realities, improving forecastability and flow. Tasks like defining pricing, creating a branding guide, or reallocating resources to unrelated teams aren’t part of backlog refinement, which focuses on clarifying, estimating, and sequencing backlog items and surfacing dependencies.