The Great Product Owner: The PO that is ready for Plans A, B, C or more, and helps the team deliver
One of the great Product Owner markers for Mariana is the ability the PO has to be organized and bring all the stories ready, as well Plans A, B, C or more to the planning meeting. Great PO’s are ready for whatever the team needs is best. They are also able to explain the benefits and the impact of the product to the team.
In this segment, we talk about how important it is to have a clear Vision, that motivates the team. To help PO’s prepare that, we discuss the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast’s “Create a Compelling Product Vision” e-course, which is available for FREE here.
The Bad Product Owner: How to help a pushy, technical PO step back and let the team lead the implementation
In this team, the PO was very technical and wanted to have in depth conversations with the team about the code. Not only that, but the PO was also very pushy in planning and challenged the team on every estimate they gave. It was then that Mariana understood that she needed to help the PO to step back. But how to do it without causing more problems? Listen in to learn how she was able to help this very technical PO step back, and let the team lead more!
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About Mariana Trigo
Mariana’s path from Biology to Retail to IT, is a unique path in the search for purpose and the feeling of belonging. Helping development teams to reach their full potential by improving processes and people. Her favorite time is retrospective time, probably connected with her need to constantly get out of her comfort zone.
You can link with Mariana Trigo on LinkedIn.
This was a great interview and I learned a lot from her experiences with pushy and bugging product owners.