The Oneness of Product in Scrum

Each element of the framework serves a specific purpose that is essential to the overall value and results realized with Scrum. This is taken directly from the Scrum Guide. Three of the elements of Scrum are focused on the Product: Product Owner, Product Backlog, and the Product Goal. In this workshop we’ll discuss the importance of singularity for each of the elements, why it matters, and some ideas you can use to shift to one. This is relevant for Product Owners who are called on to maximize the value of their products and for those that support them in those endeavors.

About Blake McMillan

Blake McMillan is a full time Trainer at Improving, a Professional Scrum Trainer with Scrum.org, and a Professional Kanban Trainer with ProKanban.org. With nearly 25 years of experience in the tech industry, Blake has supported companies such as GM Financial, Toyota, Capital One, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Hyatt, and ExxonMobil on a variety of projects.

Outside of working hours, Blake is passionate about sharing his knowledge and learning with others by presenting at conferences and events, organizing the DFW Scrum Meetup, creating and facilitating Agile Game sessions, and developing content for the SoulofScrum.com website and blog.

About Michael Wallace

Michael Wallace has been active in software development for over 30 years, as a developer, analyst, project manager, trainer, manager and director. He has worked in small startups and global 50 companies helping teams of 5 to 500 people build software that creates value for the customer. An internationally published author, Michael has written several books on various business and technology topics. He began using Agile development practices in the late 1990’s as a software delivery director, and for the last ten years has focused on building teams using Scrum. He has extensive experience as an instructor on technical topics and as a graduate school professor.

In addition to being a Professional Scrum Trainer, Michael is helping to lead the Agile transformation for a regional financial institution. His classes go beyond the theoretical as he shares his extensive experience both past and present with his students.