The Great Product Owner: The Feedback-Driven Product Owner
Anita highlights a Product Owner who actively sought feedback and applied it to improve their work. This PO demonstrated humility and a commitment to growth, earning respect and trust from the team. Anita reflects on the importance of openness to feedback, regardless of experience level.
The Bad Product Owner: Disconnected Decisions, A Product Owner’s Communication Challenge
When we talk about PO anti-patterns, Anita describes a Product Owner who failed to communicate with customers or colleagues, making decisions based on assumptions. This anti-pattern led to a disconnect between the product and customer needs. Anita advises to work with the PO and find ways to better understand and incorporate customer feedback.
The Ultimate Guide to Supporting Product Owners as a Scrum Master
Are you having trouble helping the team work well with their Product Owner? We’ve put together a course to help you work on the collaboration team-product owner. You can find it at bit.ly/coachyourpo. 18 modules, 8+ hours of modules with tools and techniques that you can use to help teams and PO’s collaborate.
About Anita Kalmane-Boot
Anita is a neurodiversity advocate and considers herself European, not bound to one single country. Anita is passionate about Agile but is losing hope in corporate organizations and their adaptation of Scrum.
You can link with Anita Kalmane-Boot on LinkedIn.
