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# Product Owner
A product owner is the person who identifies the **customer need** and the larger business objectives that a product or feature will fulfil articulates **what success looks like** for a product change, and rallies a team to turn that vision into a reality.
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Closely aligned to the Business Owner role.
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* Translates the vision from the Product Manager/Business Owner to the team and the value this brings to the business/customer
* Responsible for maximising the business value delivered by the team
* Stakeholder management Accountable for creating and maintaining the product backlog, stocking the backlog and grooming the backlog
* Defect management and prioritisation
* Prioritises the backlog according to business value or ROI in consultation with the Product Manager/Business Owner
* Assists in the elaboration of epics/features into user stories in readiness for Sprint delivery
* Highly available to delivery teams to discuss and clarify story details during Sprints
* Aligns team on the vision, goals and progress at the beginning of each Release and Sprint
* Participates in Sprint ceremonies (planning, reviews, retrospectives, stand-ups)
* Helps teams define ‘done’ Inspects and accepts/rejects product progress at the end of each sprint based on DoD and consultation with Product Management where appropriate
* Communicates product delivery status externally
* Motivating teams and celebrating success
## Activities
### Current Sprint / Iteration
* Stand-up
* Sprint Planning
* Test prototype with users
* Assist with design
* Assist with acceptance test
* Update current user stories
* Accept user stories
* Test prototype with users
* Product owner CoP
* Attend steering committee
* Sprint Showcase prep
* Sprint Showcase
* Sprint Retrospective
* Sprint Planning Prep
### Next Sprint / Iteration
* Backlog refinement
* Identify stories for the next sprint
* Design and build wireframes
* Backlog refinement & estimates
* Review prototype results with stakeholders
* Update the next Sprint stories
* Prioritise next sprint user stories
### Future Planning
* Review the roadmap with the Product/Line Manager
* Comms & Marketing meeting
* Complete analysis and market research
* Concept workshops
* Plan test ’n’ learn workshop
* Prepare for the next Quarter
## A Day in the Life of
These are some of the typical activities that you may incorporate into your day.