Examining the Product Owner Role

Kent J. McDonaldkent@kbp.media

@beyondreqs

AgendaA brief history

What do Product Owners Do?

Where do Product Owners Fit?

Do we need Product Owners?

A Brief History

What do Product Owners

Do?

What do you think?

Outcome over Output

OUTC

OME

OUTPUT

Build Shared Understanding

Make Sure Decisions are Made

Where do Product Owners Fit?

User Experience

TechnologyBusiness

Product

Owners sit here.

3 Most Common Product Ownership models

BizLeader/PO

Delivery

Team

Biz Leader PO

Delivery

Team

Biz Leader PO

Delivery

Team

Business

IT or Product Development

Customer

Note: Biz Leader is a Product Manager in Product Development context

Source: Todd Little

3 Most Common Product Ownership models

BizLeader/PO

Delivery

Team

Biz Leader PO

Delivery

Team

Biz Leader PO

Delivery

Team

Business

IT or Product Development

Customer

Note: Biz Leader is a Product Manager in Product Development context

Source: Todd Little

3 Most Common Product Ownership models

BizLeader/PO

Delivery

Team

Biz Leader PO

Delivery

Team

Biz Leader PO

Delivery

Team

Business

IT or Product Development

Customer

Note: Biz Leader is a Product Manager in Product Development context

Source: Todd Little

What do you think?

Do we need Product Owners?

Product Ownership

Product Owner>

17

If you remember nothing else…

Make sure decisions are made

Product Ownership > Product Owner

Outcome over Output

Build a Shared Understanding

Photo Credits

Slide Photo

A Brief History bigstock-Super-manager-76947329.jpg

What do Product Owners Do? https://unsplash.com/@cathrynlaveryWhere do Product Owners Fit? https://unsplash.com/

@alejandroescamillaDo we need Product Owners? https://unsplash.com/@punttimIf you remember nothing else https://unsplash.com/@dnmgnsPhoto Credits https://unsplash.com/@chancema

Kent McDonald

kent@kbp.media

@beyondreqs

www.kbp.media

Slides: http://bit.ly/2fCqpBL