What is the difference between a Product Backlog and a Sprint Backlog?

Aspect Product Backlog Sprint Backlog

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Owner Product Owner Development Team

Scope All desired features, bugs,

enhancements

Items selected for current Sprint

Timefram

Long-term, evolves continuously Short-term, Sprint-specific

Content Prioritized list of user

stories/features

Detailed tasks and plan for delivering

them

Example:

The Product Backlog includes “User Profile Page”, “Email Notifications”, “2FA Setup”. For

Sprint 4, the team selects “Email Notifications” and breaks it into tasks like “Create email

template”, “Setup backend service”, etc., forming the Sprint Backlog.