How Much Authority does a Product Owner Need?
Most Product Owner conflicts aren’t really about prioritization. They’re about authority. Who decides what belongs in the product vision? Who owns the roadmap? Who can… Read More
Product Owner
The Humanizing Work Guide to the Product Owner Role
“Who should be the Product Owner (PO) for this project?” “Do we even need a PO here?” “Should the PO come from IT or the business?” “Should we split the PO role?” “What does a PO even do?” If you’re asking (or trying to answer) questions like this, this guide… Read More
Internal Product Owner Advice
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Story Splitting Q&A
Bite-sized story splitting Q&A for when you don’t need the full "Humanizing Work Guide to Splitting User Stories" Read More
Cultivating Good Luck
“We just got lucky.” “That was bad luck.” Luck feels like a thing that just happens to us, whether good or bad. But what… Read More
Prioritization Heuristics
When we survey Product Owners on the techniques they (actually, not officially) use to prioritize backlogs, we consistently get three answers: HiPPO (Highest Paid Person’s… Read More
Product Ownership as a Recession Proofing Tool
Strengthening product ownership is a key strategy for recession survival.. Economists are warning of a coming recession. No one knows how bad it will… Read More
Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner (A-CSPO)
A Program Designed for Internal Product Owners Move beyond managing requests to delivering strategic business value. You’re caught in the middle. Between conflicting stakeholder demands. Between strategy you don’t set and teams who need your support. Between shifting priorities, organizational politics, and unclear authority. If you’re a Product Owner in… Read More
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) Training
Learn the secrets of the most successful Scrum Product Owners What if you could feel confident that your product backlog holds just the right details at the right time? You have clarity and alignment on what the most important work is. Your team has the information they need to create… Read More
On the Value of Product Owner Training
I love teaching Product Owner classes because the PO is in such a high-leverage role. The PO's work affects the work of 7, 9, maybe even 18 other people. And it's not difficult to triple the value delivered by a Scrum team, simply by improving their PO's skills in a few key ways. Let's look at the financial impact of that change... Read More