Which Agile artifact lists the work items to be completed in an iteration?

• A. Product Backlog
• B. Gantt Chart
• C. Burn-Down Chart
• D. Pareto Chart

Answer: (A)

In Agile, the Product Backlog is the living, prioritized list of everything that could be built for the product—features, enhancements, fixes, and other work. It is continuously refined and ordered by value and priority, so it serves as the source from which items are drawn for each iteration. When planning a sprint, the team pulls items from the top of this backlog into the Sprint Backlog to be completed in that iteration. The other options don’t function as a list of work items for an iteration: a Gantt chart is a schedule, a burn-down chart shows remaining work over time, and a Pareto chart highlights issues by frequency or impact. So the item that lists the work items to be completed in an iteration, from which they are selected, is the Product Backlog.