{"id":1421,"date":"2025-10-09T05:32:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T05:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scaleupconsultants.com\/blog\/?p=1421"},"modified":"2025-10-09T08:10:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T08:10:32","slug":"best-practices-for-handling-non-functional-requirements-nfrs-in-scrum-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scaleupconsultants.com\/blog\/best-practices-for-handling-non-functional-requirements-nfrs-in-scrum-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Practices for Handling Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) in Scrum Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best Practices for Handling Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) in Scrum Teams<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>During our <strong>Let\u2019s Talk Scrum (LTS) meet-up<\/strong>, we discussed a key question: <em>\u201cHow should Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) be managed in Scrum?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the main takeaways from our discussion:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>Product Backlog (PB)<\/strong> serves as the single source of truth for all potential work that can add value to the product. This includes all NFRs. Including NFRs in the Product Backlog ensures <strong>transparency<\/strong> across the Scrum Team.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anything that contributes to <strong>enhancing product value<\/strong> should be captured in the Product Backlog. This can range from team training requirements to infrastructure upgrades, system improvements, or performance optimizations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Prioritization of NFRs<\/strong> is handled by the <strong>Product Owner (PO)<\/strong> in collaboration with the Developers. Decisions take into account factors like overall value delivery, risk, and <strong>Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)<\/strong> for the product.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It\u2019s important to understand that in Scrum, there is no concept of <strong>\u201cTechnical Stories\u201d<\/strong> or <strong>\u201cNon-Functional User Stories.\u201d<\/strong> User Stories are primarily a placeholder for functional or user-centric requirements. NFRs are handled as part of backlog items, not as separate story types.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Takeaway:<\/strong> Always strive to be Agile by continually <strong>adapting and improving<\/strong> how NFRs are integrated into your product development process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>For more insights and a deeper understanding, check out the full discussion on handling NFRs in Scrum:<a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=tTovuxVTiO8&amp;embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fvineetpatni.com%2F&amp;source_ve_path=MjM4NTE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> How Non-Functional Requirements (NFR) Are Handled in Scrum<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"zak-oembed-container\"><iframe title=\"LTS | Q6 | How to handle non-functional requirements (NFR) in Scrum?\" width=\"812\" height=\"457\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tTovuxVTiO8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Best Practices for Handling Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) in Scrum Teams During our Let\u2019s Talk Scrum (LTS) meet-up, we discussed a key question: \u201cHow should Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) be managed in Scrum?\u201d Here are the main takeaways from our discussion: Key Takeaway: Always strive to be Agile by continually adapting and improving how NFRs are integrated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scrum","category-scrum-event"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scaleupconsultants.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scaleupconsultants.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scaleupconsultants.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scaleupconsultants.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scaleupconsultants.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1421"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.scaleupconsultants.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1427,"href":"https:\/\/www.scaleupconsultants.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1421\/revisions\/1427"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scaleupconsultants.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scaleupconsultants.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scaleupconsultants.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scaleupconsultants.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}