the only skill good product owner needs

Vaidas Adomauskas

www.agilecoach.lt/agile-projektu-valdymas/seminarai-ir-konferencijos

The only skill good

Product Owner needs

2014-10-09

www.agilecoach.lt

Product Owner

Conlcusions

3 skills

Product Owner

Who is working as Product Owner?

What are you (Product Owner) doing?

According to Scrum Guide..

The Product Owner is the

sole person responsible for

managing the Product Backlog

According to Scrum Guide..

Product Backlog management includes:

Clearly expressing Product Backlog items;

Ordering the items in the Product Backlog to best achieve goals and missions;

Ensuring the value of the work the Development Team performs;

Ensuring that the Product Backlog is visible, transparent, and clear to all, and shows what the Scrum Team will work on next; and,

Ensuring the Development Team understands items in the Product Backlog to the level needed.

Agile Product Ownership in a Nutshellhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=502ILHjX9EE

Skill 1

Dev wants to use Scrum

2 options

Multitasking:

T1 T2 T3T1 T2 T3 T1 T2T3

Time to Complete Task 1 (7 days)

Theoreticaly:

Task 1 Task 3Task 2

(3 days)

Reality:

Task 1 Task 3Task 2

(2 days)

Time to Complete all tasks (6 days)

Order Product Backlog together

Product Owner - facilitator

Skill 2

In 2012 the logo looked like this

Scrum pilot team and project

Campaign Swapping

Let’s do hard work!

The result

2 years fast forward…

Product Owner – business validator

Skill 3

Big picture

Merchant API

mWallet API

POS Systems

Gas Station Systems

Mobile POS applications

Donation QR Codes

…

Hardest decisions ever

Last responsible moment

2013-08 2014-03 2014-10

Product Owner – gold miner

Conclusion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=502ILHjX9EE

It is the most important word for Product Owner...

In fact, Pat practices it every day in front of the mirror.

The only skill needed is…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=502ILHjX9EE

The most important job of Product Owner is to decide what NOT to

build and take consequences of that decision

The only skill needed is…

Thank You

Vaidas Adomauskasvaidas@agilecoach.lt

+370 600 38860

www.agilecoach.lt

Questions?