With my last post here I passed the half-way mark in my ‘top ten’ responsibilities of product owners. Here I want to talk about number six on this list: good product owners talk with the designer, lead coder, and lead tester about what’s coming up in future sprints. In the movie When Harry Met Sally,… Continue reading Planning what’s next
We’ve reached the half-way point in my top ten list of the core responsibilities for product owners in an Agile software development environment. We started with talking about the importance of strong communication between the product owner and the product manager. In an organization where these roles are played by two different people, tight teamwork… Continue reading Working with QA
As I have been writing about over the past few weeks, there are a number of key responsibilities that strong product owners carry. I’ve talked about communicating with the product manager who provides vital information from the market. I’ve talked about creating user stories as the best way to capture the reasons why we are… Continue reading Someone who knows the answers
In my current blog series on the primary responsibilities of Product Owners, I’ve talked already about the importance of regular communication with the Product Manager and the value of telling stories – specifically of generating user stories that prompt good conversations among the development team members about what users are trying to accomplish. I received… Continue reading Tend the backlog
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