May 2012
M T W T F S S
« Apr    
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031  

Scrum – What are some of the important attributes of a successful Product Owner




When teams (or organizations) implement Scrum for the first time (or for the first few times), the changes required for Scrum involve some amount of re-thinking of their roles and responsibilities from the various stakeholders. Training can be conducted, but training can only do so much. Training can be an important pre-requisite for success, but [...]



Scrum – When the Product Owner finds it difficult to attend the meetings (Sprint Planning, Retrospective, Demo, and Daily Scrum) (contd..)




In the previous post, I had written about the Product Owner, and the meetings that are expected for this role (Product Owner and Scrum Meetings – Part 1). We talked about the Sprint Planning Meeting, the Sprint Retrospective, and the Sprint Demo; it seems quite clear that you need the Product Owner to attend these [...]



The Product Owner as the liason between the Product Management and the Engineering team (contd..)




In the previous article (Product Owner as liaison between Scrum team and Product Management), we discussed the concept of having a Product Owner who works closely with the Scrum team, is co-located with the Scrum team; this gives the Product Manager much more time to work with actual customers, with industry, and learn more about [...]



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 [...]