Product Owner

The Product Owner represents all Stakeholders toward the team. He prioritizes the functionality during the project by means of the Product Backlog, decides when Usable Increments go live, checks the coherence of the Usable Increments and accepts the incrementally evolving solution. Knowledge and skills: Knowledge of the business, its stakeholders and stakes Ability to negotiate between stakeholders and to manage risks Strong communication skills Problem solving attitude Tasks: Outline Scope and Order of Development Plan Deployment into the Business Reconsider Order of Top Stories Advocate Business Interests Plan and Communicate Remaining Work Toward the Goal Work Products: Product Backlog, Risk List, Release Burnup Chart Vision, Product Acceptance Plan, Business Object Model, Glossary, Use Case Model, Software Development Plan, Acceptance Findings, User Support Material Definition of Done, Architectural Proof of Concept, Software Architecture Document, Navigation Map, Use Case Specification, Usable Increment More info: See Pichl2010 the book Agile ProductManagement With Scrum - Creating Products That Customers Love by Roman Pichler