Software quality is often perceived as something the nerds should worry about. But it can significantly impact customer satisfaction and brand value; the total cost of ownership and life expectancy of your product; and the product’s competitiveness. This post explains what product owners can do to help their development teams get quality right.
I often get asked what characteristics a product owner should exhibit. Even though the answer depends on a number of factors including the type of the product, its importance, complexity and newness as well as the size of the project, successful product owners I have worked with share the attributes discussed in this post.
This blog post explores the differences between working as a product manager and playing the product owner role.
Business analysts play an important role: Traditionally, they act as the link between the business units and IT, help to discover the user needs and the solution to address them, and specify requirements. But in Scrum, there is no business analyst role. So what happens to the individuals?
Find out how agile product management differs from traditional approaches. This post summarises the key differences between old-school and agile product management.
Product backlog refinement, or grooming, plays an important part in delivering a product. Done correctly, it increases the chances of offering a successful product. This article shares my tips to help you effectively refine your product backlog.
The product backlog is intended to be a simple tool. But in reality, product backlogs are often too long, too detailed, and difficult to use. This post explains how you can avoid this common trap by making your backlog DEEP: Detailed appropriately, estimated, emergent, and prioritised.
Applying the product owner role can be challenging. The role has diverse responsibilities, and its application is context-sensitive: it varies depending on the type of product, the product lifecycle stage, and the people involved. This post will help you recognise some of the most common product owner challenges.
The product owner role in Scrum has attracted plenty of interest and controversy. Some people believe it rebrands the traditional product manager. Others think it is a team lead or Scrum’s take on the project manager role. And some say the product owner is a helper role, a product backlog item writer so to speak. None of theses views is true. But each has some truth in it. This post attempts to demystify this important role.