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Backlog refinement
A backlog item is ready when someone else can build it without guessing.
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Ready to estimate is not a finished spec.
A backlog item is ready for a number when the team can name the fact that would change it. A checklist that demands finished screens first is a gate, not a refinement.
A Jira issue is the agent's brief. Ready it first.
GitHub's Copilot app now carries the Jira issue you choose into the pull request. Four lines — outcome, exclusions, proof, repository — decide whether you assign Copilot.
AI Can Pass the Tests Without Doing the Job
Coding agents can turn CI green without doing the change you meant. A guide to tickets that name what must change, what must stay, what must disappear, and what evidence would prove it.
Get the backlog item ready before you estimate it
Acceptance criteria and a ticket the team can build.