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Scrum problem – Making sure that the Product Owner is empowered to take decisions, especially the tough ones




In a typical organizational structure of a product development organization, the Product Manager has a fairly powerful role. It is the Product Manager who looks at the features that are to make it into the Product. This is done based on various factors such as competitor analysis, various interactions with customers and industry experts, analysis [...]



Scrum problem – When the Product Owner does not have enough time for detailing the requirements




All those who work in a Scrum project are familiar with the concept of the Sprint Planning meeting where the Product Owner works through the various User Stories from the Product Backlog (reading off the prioritized list), details them out enough that the Scrum team can prepare estimates for these, and answers all queries that [...]



Product Owner in Scrum – the mismatch between being the voice of the customers and working closely with the team




I work for an organization that has a mix of teams using Scrum, using Waterfall, using iterative, and other software development methodologies. Corresponding to this, we have a Product Management team that works on the different projects that are in execution; these Product Managers are responsible for the various projects that we are doing for [...]



Product Manager and Product Owner in the Scrum environment – same or different ?




What is the difference between a Product Owner and a Product Manager ? Well, for most people in the Scrum process, these are roles which are played by the same person. This is especially true for projects where the team size is not very large, and where the entire project is done by one Scrum [...]