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Even Happier Product Owners

The Role of a Product Owner

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] Many years ago I suggested a noble cause for Scrum Masters…to create an amazing workplace and to have happy product owners. Pretty simple right? While measuring the happiness of others will always be subjective, the premise of this noble cause […]

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5 Common Pitfalls for a Product Owner

The role of product owner is both a rewarding and challenging experience as those who are currently functioning in the role can probably attest to. There are highs and lows but the opportunity to shape and influence a product vision and see it come to life is a gratifying experience for most. Over time, however, […]

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8 Symptoms of an Ineffective Product Backlog

Some product backlogs seem to meld perfectly with their team while others are more of a detriment to productivity. An ineffective product backlog will impact the team in many ways. Team sizing activities become challenging, creating tasks from backlog items takes twice as long as it should, and frustration and lack of trust will be […]

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The Business Analyst and an Agile Team

A fascinating topic often emerging from larger organizations is how the business analyst role should integrate with our Agile teams. In 2010, Roman Pichler crafted a blog post with a few options and I’m sure there are many other opinions out there. Even with this knowledge and understanding of what we think could be done […]

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Learning About Our Customers (Part 8 of the Agile Engagement Leadership Series)

If a product has been flagged as “invest” during planning, the product owner and team should be in a continuous flow of discovering valuable features to deliver for that product. They should be learning everything about who is (or could be) using their product. The output of learning and discovering our users is captured in […]

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Preparing to Deliver (Part 7 of the Agile Leadership Engagement Series)

One of the most challenging situations an Agile organization will encounter will be the coordination of dependencies and releases across product teams, operational or support groups, and areas of the company not using Agile methodology. With the organizational vision in place and agile teams established, product owners will begin to determine the features to be […]

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Delivering the Vision (Part 3 of the Agile Leadership Engagement Series)

A compelling vision is in place, agile teams have been established, hopefully filled with amazing and fully dedicated agile teammates. Using an Agile methodology, the teams begin to build product roadmaps and backlogs geared towards delivering on the organizational vision and meeting customer needs. All sounds perfect…or is it? Often missing in a transformation to […]

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Creating the Organizational Vision (Part 1 of the Agile Leadership Engagement Series)

Many books and articles have been written over the years advocating the need for leaders to provide a vision or to be a visionary. While it’s easy to read and talk about vision it can be elusive for some to create and even harder to effectively communicate. But in our Agile Leadership Engagement Model it […]

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Keeping Product Owners Happy (or a Little Happier)

Those who have never been a Product Owner may not understand just how challenging a position it really is. While I thought I understood this, for the past year I have worked closely with many Product Owners and I am beginning to sense all that is required and asked of them. It can be an […]

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A Powerful Partnership – Product Owners, Designers, and Architects

When making our transition to Agile last year, we moved from an organization focused on delivering projects to an organization focused on delivering value through product development. As part of this move to dedicated product teams, we leveraged an approach to establish a triangle of roles used to create and maintain the vision and roadmap […]