Articles on Product Owner
Is the Scrum Guide Wrong About the Product Owner?
The Scrum Guide says POs aren't required at Daily Scrum, but should they be? Explore why Product Owners should attend to increase team value.
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The Jenga Effect: Why Clients Don't Make Good Product Owners
How having the client as Product Owner is a bit like playing Jenga with a blind fold. Entertaining to watch, painful to play.
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Product Owners and the Art of Saying NO
As a Product Owner, saying yes is easy, but can lead to incoherent products. Use Stakeholder Akido to say no and protect your backlog.
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GenAI and the Feature Factory: Automating Away Collaboration
GenAI’s role in the Feature Factory: Are you automating without understanding? What are the real-world implications for product teams?
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Portfolio Management
Bring work to teams, not people to projects. Measure value, not busyness
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Portfolio Management - Idle Teams
prioritize value delivery over keeping workers constantly busy
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Learning Story Mapping Through Exercises
Story Mapping is a simple tool to help you visualize your Product Backlog
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Scrum by Example – Technical User Stories or The Team Try to Pull a Fast One on the Product Owner
Technical debt should be tracked separately from user stories, not disguised as features for the Product Owner
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Product Owner Isn't Just a Business Analyst on Steroids
Product Ownership is far more than requirements and User Stories
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