A Noble Product Owner – Who Can Find? Kim Hardy, Agile Coach CSM & SAFe Program Consultant

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 2

Somebody Has to Care 3

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 4

Pragmatic Marketing 5

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! 6

7 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!

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. 8 Agile Principles: Iteration

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 9

MANAGE THE PRODUCT BACKLOG Meet the Week News Team: 10

Pauli Product Owner

Stuart Scrum Master

Dinesh Developer

Donna Developer

The Week News Team 15

16 Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them the environment and support they need, and trust them to get the job done.

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MANAGE THE PRODUCT BACKLOG Hands on Activity: 20

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! 21

Put Your Strengths to Work Go to productions.com/salt/Product/CreateMember Account.aspx, take the Optimization Challenge and See what you care about in the SDLC. productions.com/salt/Product/CreateMember Account.aspx