by Steve Johnson, Under 10 Consulting For agile teams, the biggest area of friction for agile teams is agreement on what constitutes a story. Product managers and product owners try [ … ]
Category: Scrum
That Product Owner (er…Backlog Manager) debate again….
Tweet this: It’s that Product Owner (er…Backlog Manager) debate again http://wp.me/pXBON-2U3 #prodmgmt #agile By Saeed Khan There was a vibrant discussion on the Twitter Product Management Talk yesterday. The topic, [ … ]
Why the “Backlog Manager” fits best for Scrum focused ISVs
by Saeed Khan I’ve written a lot lately about the dissonance in the way Scrum defines the “Product Owner” role and responsibilities and the reality of what occurs in many [ … ]
Small deeds vs. big plans
A local church regularly posts insightful aphorisms on it’s street front sign. They usually catch my attention as I drive by. Last week the sign read: “No matter how tall [ … ]
The Product Management Retrospective
You’ve just introduced your latest product release, introduced a new product or capability or launched the product. Now What? What about a retrospective? While product management and product marketing professionals [ … ]
Good Bye “Product Owner”, Hello “Backlog Manager”
by Saeed Khan A few weeks back, I wrote a pair of posts about the title/role of Product Owner in Agile development environments: The Scrum title “Product Owner” must die! [ … ]
A new (and better) definition for Product Owner
by Saeed Khan Last week’s post entitled “The Scrum Title ‘Product Owner’ must die!” on changes to the Scrum “Product Owner” title and responsibilities drew a lot of comments and [ … ]
The Scrum Title “Product Owner” must die!
by Saeed Khan There was a tweet this past weekend that caught my eye. It said something like “The Product Owner on one page”. It was retweeted many times. When [ … ]
Guest Post: 4 ways that Agile methods brought sanity to my company
NOTE: The following is a guest post from Wayne Mulligan. If you want to submit your own guest post, click here for more information. ——– The company I founded almost [ … ]
Upcoming ProductCamps
ProductCamp New York was last weekend and it appears to have been quite successful. Alan attended and wrote up this post about it. If you missed the New York session [ … ]