This is a collection of my top Agile blogs. In it, you will find numerous articles on various topics such as Scrum, Product Ownership, and more.
Scrum Roles In Scrum, as of the updated 2020 Scrum Guide, there are only three recognized roles: Product Owner Scrum Master Developers (formerly the Development Team) Now, let’s look at the responsibilities of each of these roles: Product Owner The Product Owner role on a Scrum Team is the most critical, and the most difficult …
Get ready. Change is coming. But wait… it’s good change. I recently attended a Project Management Institute (PMI®) chapter meeting, and we were treated to a preview of the upcoming revisions to the Project Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK®). The new version is expected to be released sometime early in 2021. The coming changes are, …
As I have mentioned in other blogs, the Product Owner role (now called an “accountability”) is THE most important member of a Scrum Team. The success of the team rests squarely on the Product Owner’s shoulders and finding a good Product Owner is extremely difficult. If you are looking for a good Product Owner, there …
The Product Owner is the KEY role on any agile Scrum Team. This role (now known as an “accountability”) is also the most difficult. The tagline most often associated with a PO is “value maximizer”. I love the sentiment, but there is so much more to the role than that. “The Product Owner is accountable …
I have been an IT consultant for many years, and I have worked with many, many Product Owners at various different companies in all sorts of industries. Through painful experience, I know what NOT to look for in a Product Owner. Let me help you avoid the pain that I have experienced by sharing 7 …
A Product Owner and a Business Analyst make a winning team by working together to achieve the best and most valuable outcomes.
If you are new to agile or Scrum, then you might want to better understand what a Product Owner is and what s/he is responsible for.
When meetings went virtual due to COVID, I had to make remote retros effective. Here are 6 Awesome & Fun Visual Remote Retrospectives.
The creators of the Scrum Guide, Ken Schwaber, and Jeff Sutherland, released an update to the Scrum Guide in 2020. Find out what’s new!