Related lists for a Product in Agile Development 2.0

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    Summary of Related lists for a Product in Agile Development 2.0

    In Agile Development 2.0, the Product form includes related lists that allow you to manage and organize your agile work efficiently. These related lists enable you to associate key agile elements such as releases, themes, epics, stories, and assignment groups directly with a product. Agile Development 2.0 enhances the Scrum framework by introducing Themes as a high-level structure above Epics, supporting better work prioritization and alignment with business goals.

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    Key Features

    • Releases: View and manage releases linked to the product. You can create new releases or add existing ones, keeping the product’s delivery timeline organized.
    • Themes: Manage high-level focus areas that relate to business goals and prioritize work. Themes can be created or added to the product and are connected to multiple epics.
    • Epics: Define large requirements or features that provide significant business value. Epics break down into stories and can be associated with one or more teams. You can create or add epics for the product.
    • Stories: Handle smaller, manageable work items that detail the specific who, what, and why of requirements. Stories support accurate effort estimation and can be created or added to the product.
    • Groups: Assign agile teams to the product. Assignment groups of type Agile Team can be associated, and when a product is linked to a release, its groups are automatically included in that release.

    Key Outcomes

    By using these related lists in the Product form, ServiceNow customers can:

    • Keep all agile elements associated with a product well-organized and easily accessible.
    • Streamline the process of creating and linking releases, themes, epics, stories, and teams to a product.
    • Improve visibility and alignment of agile work to business goals through Themes.
    • Ensure that team assignments flow correctly from products to releases, facilitating coordinated agile delivery.

    Use the related lists in the Product form for the actions that you need to perform on your product record in Agile Development 2.0. These actions include associating releases, themes, epics, stories, or assignment groups.

    The Product form related lists help you organize your agile work. Agile Development 2.0 extends the standard Scrum framework with Themes, which are a high-level organizational structure above Epics.

    Tip:

    In Agile Development 2.0, Product > Theme > Epic > Story > Scrum Task. For detailed definitions, see Basics of Agile Development.

    Table 1. Product form related lists
    List Description
    Releases Lists the releases associated with the product.

    You can create a release and associate it with this product by selecting New or add an existing release by selecting Add.
    Themes

    A high-level area of focus with associated business value, related to one or more company goals. Themes help prioritize work and can be associated with multiple epics.

    Lists the themes that are part of the product. You can create a theme and associate it with this product by selecting New or add an existing theme by selecting Add.

    For more information, see Create a theme in Agile Development 2.0.
    Epics

    High-level definition of a requirement that provides business value, such as a new feature or significant enhancement. Epics are broken down into stories and can be worked on by single or multiple teams.

    Lists the epics associated with the product. You can create an epic and associate it with this product by selecting New or add an existing epic by selecting Add.

    For more information, see Create an epic in Agile Development 2.0.
    Stories

    Short, manageable pieces of work related to an epic. Stories capture the who, what, and why of a requirement in a simple, concise way, enabling accurate effort estimation.

    Lists the stories associated with the product. You can create a story and associate it with this product by selecting New or add an existing story by selecting Add.

    For more information, see Create a story in Agile Development 2.0.
    Groups Lists the groups assigned to the product. You can assign an existing agile group to the product by selecting Edit.

    You can associate one or more assignment groups (of type Agile Team) to a product.

    When you associate a product to a release, the groups assigned to the product are automatically added to the release too.