"The business" of being a Product Owner

Update October 6 - meeting place is Grand Circus Detroit!

PROGRAM FOR THE EVENING

• Welcome meet & greet 6-6:30pm in the Grand Circus Living Room. There will be a class in-session so please have fun but also be mindful not to disrupt the class.

• Shout out to our awesome hosts, Grand Circus Detroit, and all the great things they do! (Check them out: http://www.grandcircus.co or @GrandCircusCo)

• Introduction to Agile Detroit, an official Scrum User Group (Scrum Alliance) new to Detroit, call for volunteers

• 6:30-7:30pm- Main Presentation

• Q&A – 7:30-7:40pm

• Lean Coffee Discussion - 7:40-8pm

PRESENTATION SYNOPSIS

The role of the Product Owner is one of the most important, yet widely misunderstood and abused roles in Agile. If you got twelve “Product Owners” in a room from different organizations it is very likely that their roles and responsibilities are all different, but similar Product Owner anti-patterns will emerge:

• Lack of empowerment to own the product roadmap and the product backlog

• Fulfilling Product Owner and Scrum Master roles at the same time (arrrg)

• Product Ownership by committee

In order for an Agile team to be successful and reach a true level of high-performance, your organization must understand and appreciate the role of a Product Owner in the SDLC, and empower Product Owners to fulfill their commitment to their team just the same as anybody else. Read: how to unshackle your Product Owners to capture untapped value and achieve product outcome excellence.

"The business" of being a Product Owner will be a one-hour session that will examine the critical practices, behaviors, and contributions that a Product Owner needs to exhibit in order to effectively fulfill their role and support the team and foster/enhance an Agile culture, and the best organization structure for making it all happen.

Folks that will find this session interesting/helpful:

• Veteran Product Owners or those just starting out

• Non-Product Owner team members that want to learn more about Product Ownership

• VPs/Directors/Managers that want to better understand the Product Owner role and how to get the most Agile bang for the buck

• Random Detroiters that want to meet cool people and not be too disruptive during the presentation

PRESENTER

Brandon Linton. Agile guru and person of interest/known nuisance.

https://about.me/brandonlinton