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.

Closely aligned to the Business Owner role.

• 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.