### How Does the Product Goal Shape the Product Backlog? The Product Goal acts as a filter, ensuring only PBIs aligned with the desired outcome enter the backlog, while unrelated work is deferred for future goals. As progress is inspected, PBIs are continuously created, refined, or removed—some become unnecessary as new insights emerge, while others are added to address newly discovered gaps. > [!metaphor] > Setting a Product Backlog without a Product Goal is like packing for a trip without knowing your destination. You’ll throw in random items “just in case,” ending up with a heavy, cluttered suitcase. The Product Goal serves as the destination, allowing you to pack only what’s helpful for this journey and discard or swap things as you learn more about the road ahead. ## Works Consulted 1. [Product Goal](https://www.scrum.org/resources/product-goal) | Scrum.org | Accessed 23 Jul. 2025. 2. [[Prompted to Learn]] Study Session | Explored 22 Jul. 2025 | Identify the relationship between the Product Goal and the Product Backlog. ## Connections follows:: [[1.3 A Clear Product Goal Gives Direction to the Backlog]] topics:: [[Product Goal]] [[Product Backlog]], [[Product Backlog Item]], [[Backlog Refinement]], [[Emergent Planning]] ![[Footer]]