Planet Product Owner

I’ve identified three types of Product Owners in this episode and tips on moving up in your journey. We are on a journey...applying some practical thinking patterns to develop the art of becoming a more effective product owner. This could be my last agile or scrum product owner podcast episode of this year. Subscribe, share and scrum. Send feedback to scott@planetproductowner.org

Let’s identify who needs to help prevent it. What to do if we have it. And how we can prevent others from getting it. This is not all encompassing. Just a few factors and a few players. But some good tips. Email me at scott@planetproductowner.org as always with your feedback!

Please tell me it’s not a check the box meeting that you are having or not having at all. The retro is a crucial time for the team to work ON the work and not IN the work. This episode outlines some of the good, bad and ugly about retros. Teasing the last segment for organizational leaders to listen in.

Many times we are in an anti pattern and we may not realize it. We have to back up and inspect and adapt ourselves sometimes. In this episode I share some of the top anti patterns I’ve seen, done and fought hard against. Hope you aren’t in these, but you may not even know if you are.

Are we inspecting and adapting our ceremonies? If your demos are boring, uninspiring or routine you should spice them up. Id like to share 5 things to incorporate into your demos to help you with a different perspective.

Today let’s talk about what we know, what we knew and what we don’t know. Estimating the unknown could be tricky but here are some suggestions!

Today we dive into some ideas to help you with the inherent tasks of release communications and transition. I also offer some encouragement to you today because you guys need some love. Be sure to subscribe and tell a friend who may gain some value from listening!

So we are on the journey! This episode I share some feedback and questions from a listener. Let’s see how his user stories are written and how it has helped his team. Next I hope I answer his question about managing different work types in one big backlog. Like bugs, debt, features etc. Remember it’s about real world solutions and thinking patterns for Product Owners on the journey! Scrum masters...

Often times we get cornered into following the formats dictated to us when it comes to our organizational processes. Sometimes we get in a rut and don’t progress as we should in writing effective user stories. Some of us even miss the point and don’t even know “why” we even use them. Let’s talk about that, shall we?

Ok so we walk out of the big session with the big document and we have a big task. Let’s recap a minute about the risks, value, obstacles and metrics first. Then we need to actually figure out how to make this thing real to solve the need.

Ok so I’m back from an unexpected personal break to recap the last episode and finish up some ideas about bridging the gap between traditional language and lean thinking. I give away a few secrets in this one that I think you will enjoy. I love it when science and art play together!

This is part one of three parts. We are talking about how to interpret the large document with the right questions. We speak a different language and we just need to acknowledge it, embrace it and build a bridge that works.