a noble product owner – who can find?

A Noble Product Owner – Who Can Find?

Kim Hardy, Agile Coach CSM & SAFe Program Consultant

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Topics

• A Noble Product Owner– Somebody has to care!

• Product Owner’s Responsibilities– Product Backlog Management

• Manage Product Backlog Exercise– Meet the Week News Team

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Somebody Has to Care

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Product Owner (PO) Has to Care

• A PO must care about Business Value– A noble Product Owner accepts the core responsibility of

Business Value

• A PO could care about System Value– But if not, a noble Product Owner makes sure somebody

on their team does

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Pragmatic Marketinghttp://www.pragmaticmarketing.com/

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Product Owner (PO) Has to Care

• A PO must care about Business Value– A noble Product Owner accepts the core responsibility of

Business Value

• A PO could care about System Value– But if not, a noble Product Owner makes sure somebody on

their team does

• A PO should care about Process Performance– A noble Product Owner avoids the 7 Sins of Project

Management!

7http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/presentations/agile-and-the-seven-sins-of-project-management/

I must have all the features!

I want every feature I see!

I don’t want others to see our progress!

I know what features we

need!

I want features no matter

what the cost!

I want to optimize BV only!

We don’t have time to INVEST

in stories!

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Collaborative Responsibilities• Planning & Evaluation

– Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer, through early and continuous delivery of valuable software.

• Development & Management– Business people and developers must

work together daily throughout the project.

• Product Backlog Management– Welcome changing requirements, even

late in development. Agile processes harness change for the customer's competitive advantage.

Agile Principles: http://agilemanifesto.org/principles.htmlIteration

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Product Backlog Management

• Product Backlog Grooming occurs at least once a week during development iterations in order to make the following decisions:– Product Change Request Analysis– Story INVEST-ment– Sizing– Prioritization

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MANAGE THE PRODUCT BACKLOGMeet the Week News Team:

Pauli Product Owner

Stuart Scrum Master

Dinesh Developer

Donna Developer

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The Week News Team

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Build projects around motivated individuals.

Give them the environment and support

they need, and trust them to get the

job done. <Agile Principle>

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MANAGE THE PRODUCT BACKLOGHands on Activity:

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Product Owner (PO) Has to Care

• A PO must care about Business Value– A noble Product Owner accepts the core responsibility of

Business Value

• A PO could care about System Value– But if not, a noble Product Owner makes sure somebody on

their team does

• A PO should care about Process Performance– A noble Product Owner avoids the 7 Sins of Project

Management!

Put Your Strengths to Work

• Go to http://www.salt-productions.com/salt/Product/CreateMemberAccount.aspx, take the Optimization Challenge and See what you care about in the SDLC.