What good tech analysis looks like before a sprint starts

A practical checklist for intake quality when product and engineering share the same backlog.

Person studying notes during a focused work session

Strong analysis is rarely a long document. It is a short, testable picture of the problem, the constraints, and the decision you need from stakeholders. In our Ho Chi Minh City cohorts we ask teams to write the decision first, then work backwards into evidence. That order keeps workshops honest and keeps delivery from rediscovering the same unknowns mid-sprint.