Adding empty and disconnected features that bypass or distort the backlog turns your product into a 'Frankenstein' that pretends to be agile — but isn’t.
Prioritization often gets neglected, leading to empty features, unproductive teams, ghost sprints, and outraged stakeholder calls.
The uncertainty of an investment will never disappear, but frameworks like the Eisenhower Matrix can help prioritize activities.
A product should be user-centric and prioritize functions, delivering increments to the customer, collecting feedback, and validating before launching.