ALT Great Product Owners write awful backlog items. Trying to write impeccable Product Backlog Items without involving your team is wasteful. What matters most is what the team remembers and understands, not what is written down. By collaborating and writing a Product Backlog Item together you create the most common understanding. Everyone is able to chip in. The backlog item becomes a whole team working product, instead of something spawned from the mind of a single person.