throughout the development activity. Teams populate the program backlog during an initial planning session, identifying all features the team considers relevant to building the product. The program backlog defects and uncompleted or rejected stories back into the release backlog. Prior to the next planning session, the team revisits the release and program backlogs to reprioritize and adjust the scope accordingly program backlog. The product owner also grooms the release backlog prior to the next sprint planning session to ensure that successive sprints address identified issues (e.g., operational test, information