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.

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