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10 things a Product owner must do

In a Scrum team, a Product owner is the person who has the vision about the product and is responsible for maximising value of the product and the Scrum team.Product owner is always one person and not a group of people. Here is a list of 10 things a efficient Product Owner must do....

Roles in a Scrum Team

There are only following three roles in a Scrum team and there is no exception to this. 1. Product owner 2. Scrum Master 3. Development Team There are no other roles. There is no scope for Project Manager. This is the simplicity and beauty of Scrum that it does not execute it as a project. The focus is on Product development and delivering maximum Business Value. Hence the role Product Owner rather than Project Manager. Often many people don't like this simplistic view and often try to complicate it with other traditional project management principles. And the end result? They think Scrum is not working.  I would say, it is a very simple framework and keep it simple. Reminds me of a great saying "Keep it simple stupid". The Scrum team is cross functional and self organising. The Development may consist of developers, test analyst/manager and business analyst. The Scrum framework does not define who can and can't be in the Development team. The Scrum frame

What is Scrum?

Scrum is a simple and lightweight framework using which you can handle complex problems, while productively delivering products to highest business value. The focus should be on delivering business value rather than effort or cost. In a traditional waterfall method, the scope is usually fixed and resource/cost are flexed. In Scrum, you flex scope to deliver a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) within fixed resources and timescales. The Scrum framework consist of roles, artifacts, events and rules. Each of these has important role within the Scrum framework. We will discuss each of these in next few posts.