Backlog Grooming

Example

A team spends thirty minutes every other week closing out tasks that are no longer relevant, adding missing detail to vague ones, and reordering by current priority.

Why it matters

An ungroomed backlog grows into a graveyard of stale items that makes finding genuinely important work harder, not easier.

Limits and cautions

Grooming can become busywork itself if done too frequently or without a clear goal each session.

Relevance to Stelaah

Stelaah's task and project views can surface stale, undated, or unassigned items, making them easy to find during a grooming pass.

This connection describes product intent, not a guarantee that every plan or workflow supports every related capability.