The point beyond which backlog items deliberately carry less detail because their priority, design and evidence may change before the team is ready to select them.

# Backlog detail horizon

This is an editorial synthesis based on the Scrum Guide's emergent Product Backlog and ongoing refinement. Scrum does not prescribe maturity levels or a fixed number of Sprints of ready work.

Items nearest selection need enough clarity for a responsible choice. Lower-order items can remain coarse until evidence or priority brings them nearer.

## Sources

- scrum-guide-2020 (canonical)