Roles and Responsibilities: Product Owner
This blog will help you understand the roles and responsibilities of a Product Owner. But before we deep dive into the roles and responsibilities, it would be great to have a quick overview of who actually a Product Owner is. Who is a Product Owner? The Product Owner (PO) is the Agile team member primarily responsible for maximizing the value delivered by the team by ensuring that the team backlog is aligned with customer and stakeholder needs. As a member of the extended Product Management function, the PO is the team’s primary customer advocate and primary link to business and technology strategy. This enables the team to balance the needs of multiple stakeholders while continuously evolving the Solution. Each PO represents the needs of customers and the business within a particular Solution domain, typically co-represented by a Product Manager. Together, they ensure that product strategy and implementation remain connected throughout the value stream. Serving as the ‘vo...