Agile Project Management – Part 8
The Product Owner Role
The product owner as the voice of the customer is responsible for taking the vision of an organization and delivering well-defined features. The foundational values are reflected in the thoughtfulness of delivery that a product owner provides. Features need to be more than well-written stories. Features should also evolve over the life of a project. As Agile evolves in an organization the role of the product owner also evolves to move from the traditional business analyst with strong analytical skills to a leader who views product ownership as an entrepreneurial responsibility.
Waterfall and the role of the Business Analyst
In Traditional waterfall projects, the life of a project is viewed in linear terms. A project progresses from initiation to analysis, design, development, testing, and delivery.
The business analyst is expected to possess excellent analytical skills and delivery a Business Requirements Document (BRD). The BRD will be holistic, with little room for change during the development phase of a project. This document is an input to the creation of functional and technical design specifications and should be approved by business subject matter experts.
Requirements are typically produced in a list format and may have dependencies noted for clarification. Waterfall delivery methods assume that most if not all requirements can be defined in full during the analysis phase. This approach adds considerable time to the receipt of working features. Requirements should be traceable so that test cases and development components can be mapped throughout the life of a project.
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- Understand the roles involved in an Agile project
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- An Introduction to Agile Project Management (Product Owner)
- The 12 Agile Principles (Product Owner)
- The Declaration of Interdependence (Product Owner)
- Introduction to Scrum (Product Owner)
- Scrum Project Roles (Product Owner)
- The Agile Project Life-cycle (Product Owner)
- Acceptance Criteria and the Prioritised Product Backlog (Product Owner)
- Epics and Personas (Product Owner)
- Sprint Planning (Product Owner)
- User Stories (Product Owner)
- The Daily Scrum (Product Owner)
- The Product Backlog (Product Owner)
- Scrum Charts (Product Owner)
- Review and Retrospective (Product Owner)
- Validating a Sprint (Product Owner)
- Releasing the Product (Product Owner)
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