AGILE IN ACTION

Thursday, 10 January 2008

Tips for analysts performing the role of Product Owner

Posted by Simon Baker

If you’re an business analyst and you’re performing the role of Product Owner on an agile team, focus on:

  • The What - what does the business need.
  • The Why - why is it valuable to the business and how much value does it have.
  • The When - prioritize it by the value to the business.

Leave The How to the team.

1 Comment

I would generalise to just deferring decisions to expertise and experience but I would be wary of a Product Owner that did not want to increase his/her knowledge of how.

At least, the Product Owner should have a very close interaction with the technical leader(s).

Comment by Jason Yip