Jenny was a seasoned product manager who was growing into the Product Owner role. She liked her additional responsibilities as Product Owner and the flexibility of the organization’s agile approach. But after a difficult backlog grooming session she asked Tim, the Scrum Master, if they could speak privately. Imploringly, she threw her hands up in … Continue reading Developers are from Mars, Product Owners are from Venus
Product Owner
Product Owner
Is the Product Owner a Team Member?
Scrum prescribes three roles: Product Owner, Scrum Master, and Team Members. The Team Members consist of developers, DBAs, QA people, and others who do the coding, testing, and other work to bring software to life. Team Members rely on the Product Owner to provide information about requirements as well as to create and execute acceptance tests. If … Continue reading Is the Product Owner a Team Member?
Purposeful Personas and User Stories
The team was pumped to start work on the new Inventory SAAS product and eagerly anticipated the first user story writing workshop. Bert, the product owner, had been doing a lot of up front work to make sure things got off to a strong start. The team was giddy and the room abuzz. “Okay team, … Continue reading Purposeful Personas and User Stories
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