The Great Product Owner: Developing great networks with stakeholders
Great Product Owners know their product backlog back and forth, and develop great networks within the organization that help solve the critical problems, and answer questions for themselves and the teams they work with. This particular PO also made a point of being available for the team when the teams needed them, and met regularly with stakeholders 1-on-1.
In this segment, we talk about User Story Mapping, and Impact Mapping.
The Bad Product Owner: The many anti-patterns that develop when people are forced to take on the PO role
This Product Owner did not want to take on that role, they were forced to take it, and acted mostly like a Backlog secretary. By stepping back due to other responsibilities, this PO left the team to their own devices, and was mostly absent when the team needed them.
And this was just the start, listen in to learn about the many anti-patterns that develop when people are forced to take on the PO role.
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About Samet Ulutas
Samet has been working as an Agile Coach for more than 3 years and coached 35+ different teams until now. Samet has plenty of experience dealing with difficulties of an Agile Transformation, including being to witness the Agile Transformation of the largest private bank in Turkey from the beginning. Samet is also the co-owner of “Be Agile Stay Agile” YouTube channel.
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