The Great Product Owner: The Visionary PO that was able to help the team own their Backlog
Great PO’s are often visionary. They have an idea of what they want to deliver and focus on conveying that to the team. They set the context for the Vision, and work from that Vision to explain the direction to the Scrum team. They don’t necessarily spend much time working on the backlog, because the teams are able to translate the Vision into the detailed stories to implement. Great PO’s focus on “what problem we should solve in the next iteration”!
In this segment, we talk about the Product Vision Canvas, and the Story Map tool.
The Bad Product Owner: The Requirements Manager
This particular PO acted like a requirements manager, focusing on collecting requirements from stakeholders, and doing whatever the customer had explained they wanted. However, for teams to be able to succeed, the PO role needs to be much more than a mere requirements collector and manager. In this segment, we discuss the role of Vision and the PO’s responsibility to go beyond merely writing down requirements.
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About Jeremia Riedel
Jeremia is an Agile Coach that describes himself as an Explorer, Enthusiast and Challenger.
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