Product Roles

Every Great Product Owner Needs a Great Scrum Master

The Scrum product owner and the Scrum Master are two separate roles that complement each other. To do a great…

12 years ago

The Picasso Product Owner: Balancing Users, Team, and Stakeholders

Working as a product owner is fun and challenging at times. One challenge is to balance two separate concerns: the…

13 years ago

Product Owner Empowerment

Playing the product owner role can be challenging: It requires the authority to say no to ideas, request, and feedback…

14 years ago

Intuition and Data in Product Management

Making the right product decisions is tough. Some product owners trust their intuition, others rely on data. Find out which…

14 years ago

The Highlander Principle

If you grew up as a teenager in the 1980s like me, you are probably familiar with the quote “There…

15 years ago

Two Common Ways to Apply the Product Owner Role

Applying the product owner role can be challenging, as no two products are the same. While products and projects vary, I…

15 years ago

The Scrum Product Owner Role on One Page

The product owner is a product management role that emerged in Scrum in the late 1990ies. But many organisations still…

16 years ago

Stable Agile Teams

It’s not uncommon for me to visit a new client and discover that the agile development teams frequently change, sometimes…

16 years ago

Why Product Owners should Care about Quality

Software quality is often perceived as something the nerds should worry about. But it can significantly impact customer satisfaction and…

16 years ago

The Desirable Characteristics of a Product Owner

I often get asked what characteristics a product owner should exhibit. Even though the answer depends on a number of…

16 years ago