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Backlog
The organized list of everything still to be done, prioritized by importance.
What it is
The backlog gathers ideas, fixes, and features that haven't been built yet. It's not a to-do list for the day — it's the repository of everything that's a candidate to be done, in priority order.
Where else it shows up
💰 Finance
Finance teams also keep a backlog of process improvements, reports, and automations.
Example: The finance team's backlog has "automate bank reconciliation" as its top-priority item.
📊 Data
Used to prioritize which analyses, dashboards, or data pipelines to build first.
Example: "Churn dashboard by region" is at the top of the data team's backlog this quarter.
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