# Backlog refinement meeting agenda

**Date:**   
**Time:** 60 min  
**Facilitator:** Scrum master or product owner  
**Attendees:** Product owner, developers, a tester or designer if the items need them  
**Pre-read:** Top 5 to 10 backlog items, shared the day before  

| Item | Owner | Time | What we need to leave with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Answers to last session's open questions | Product owner | 5 min | Items moved to ready, or still waiting |
| Walk through top items, one at a time | Product owner | 30 min | Each item understood, acceptance criteria written |
| Split anything too big | Developers | 10 min | Smaller items that each deliver something on their own |
| Estimate | Developers | 10 min | An estimate for each item that's clear enough |
| Ready check and open questions | Facilitator | 5 min | Ready list for planning, each open question with an owner and a date |