The Great Product Owner: The PO that spoke the team’s language
This Product Owner was able to write stories with acceptance criteria, and descriptions the team members considered understandable. The PO was also able to write descriptive bugs and even did some testing. The PO also had enough technical background to help answer some more detailed questions by the team members. However, most importantly, the PO knew their limits and where to stop providing information.
The Bad Product Owner: Coaching a PO on their availability to the Scrum team!
This PO was not always available, which led to a slow feedback loop. This slow feedback loop, and lack of availability can cause problems and demotivates the team. Mher describes how he raised the topic with the PO to be able to address the needs of the team. In this episode, we talk about the Sprint Checklist, a coaching tool we designed here at the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast to help you discuss the availability topic with the PO.
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About Mher Nalbandyan
Mher works at Mbition in Berlin, where they develop the next generation of information systems for Mercedes-Benz.
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