Download - 10 Things That Make A Great Product Owner
THAT MAKe a
GREATTHINGS
1TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
DISCUSSION.
TECHNICALBEING DOESN’T MEAN
,
BEING A DEVELOPER,ABLE TO GRASP THE CONTEXT
OF A TECHNICAL IT’S BEING
,
TECHNICALDURING A PLANNING SESSION, AT SOME POINT,
THINGS WILL GET
YOU ARE BUILDING
AREN’T YOU?
A TECHNICAL
PRODUCT
2WILLING TO CHANGE
You may have spent
FIGURING OUT A SOLUTION
HOURSAND THINK YOU’VEPERFECTED IT.
BUT WHEN IT GETS TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BUILD IT…A.
B.…THEY MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW, THAT YOU
HADN’T CONSIDERED.
EFFICIENT SOLUTION.
EFFICIENT SOLUTION.
Try and beTry and be
PRAGMATICPRAGMATICabout about YOUR IDEASYOUR IDEASin order to find anin order to find an
3BE PREPARED
WHO DOES?
need to know ALL ANSWERSTHE
You don’t,
THAT THEY ARE DOING
THE RIGHT THING. WHEN YOU’VE
PREPARED FULLY.
PLANNING SESSIONS
WILL RUN SO
MUCH BETTER
GOOD PREPARATION
WILL ALSO GIVE THE
TEAM CONFIDENCE
IF YOU CAN,
THAT NOBODY WANTS DO YOU?
RESEARCH AND SHARE THAT WITH THE TEAM.
YOUR POTENTIAL USERS
YOU DON’T WANT TO CREATE SOMETHING,
OF WHAT YOU WANT TO ACHIEVEVISIONHAVE A
4PASSIONATE
and not just
“GETTING THE JOB DONE”
IMMENSE.
If you are
PASSIONATEABOUT YOUR PRODUCT
the difference is
You can’t expect YOUR TEAM to bePASSIONATE IF YOU AREN’T.
,
5ABILITY TO PRIORITISE
BUDGETS ARE
LIMITED
TIME IS LIMITED
These are
COLDHARDFACTS.
MOST IMPORTANT THINGS HAPPEN FIRST
AND
MAKE SURE THAT THE
MORE
YOUR CHANCES OF GETTING
MORE
THIS CAN ONLYIMPROVE
BUDGETTIME
DON’T PRIORITIZE
STORIES THAT ARE
EASY TO DO…
…AND NOT DO THE TRICKY ONES.
IF IT’S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, IT STILL IS… …REGARDLESS OF IT’S COMPLEXITY.
6EMPOWERED
RED TAPE = SLOW PROGRESS
IF YOU CAN’T MAKE DECISIONS,
THINGS WILL BE INEVITABLY
AND HAVE TOIMMEDIATELY
SLOWER
CONSULT THE BOARD/STAKEHOLDERS,
MORE COSTLY.AND
7THINK SIMPLE FIRST
BUT AT LEAST YOU HAVE SOMETHING.It may not be your ultimate goal,
…AND IT WILL GIVE YOU A CLEARER PICTURE OF WHAT
YOUR ULTIMATE GOAL WILL TAKE AND IF IT’S EVEN NECESSARY.
MAKE SOMETHING THAT WORKS FIRST.
Think about what your product
REALLY NEEDSWHAT YOU WANT.RATHER THAN
8AVAILABILITY
IT WOULD BE
GREAT IF DURING A
PLANNING SESSION
ALL THE TEAMS’ QUERIES WERE
SOLVED
200 8
THAT NEVER HAPPENS.
DURING THE BUILD.
ENGAGING WITH YOUR TEAM
AND KNOWING WHAT’S GOING ON CAN ONLY HELP.
HINDERED.
MAKE SURE YOU’RE AROUND,
QUERIES WILL COME UP
SO THAT ISN’T
PROGRESS
9COMMUNICATION
ALL THE INFORMATION THEY NEED:
What?
Who? Why? When?
Where?
MAKE SURE YOUR TEAM HAS
AND NOT TO THEM
PEOPLE WORK BETTER WHEN THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE PRODUCT
RATHER THAN FEELING LIKE A
TRY AND TALK WITH YOUR TEAM
“COG IN A MACHINE”
10CELEBRATE SUCCESS
VALUED
CELEBRATEMAKE SURE YOU
A TEAM THAT FEELSIS A TEAM
WORK HARDER. THAT WILL
SUCCESS.
(AS APPROPRIATE)
BUY YOUR TEAMA FEW DRINKS!
