## Is everything in the product backlog guaranteed to be built? Every item on the Product Backlog is a hypothesis of value—an informed guess about what might be worth building. As the team learns more, these items are refined, redefined, or even removed entirely. Sometimes, refinement reveals that the juice isn’t worth the squeeze, and the PBI is discarded to focus on higher-value work. >[!metaphor] A Product Backlog Item is like a startup pitch on _Shark Tank_; it sounds promising at first, but once you dig in, some ideas crumble under scrutiny while others prove worth funding. Treat each backlog item as a testable hypothesis—not a promise—so you can pivot away from weak bets and double down on what actually delivers value. ## Works Consulted 1. Product Backlog Levels of Decomposition](https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/product-backlog-levels-decomposition) | Scrum.Org | Accessed 12 Jul. 2025. ## Connections follows:: [[Entry Point 1 (Backlog Management)]] topics:: [[Product Backlog Item]], [[Hypothesis-Driven Development]], [[Hypothesis]] ![[Footer]]