This talk explores a 3 month coaching engagement where the customer needed to coordinate requirements and design across five highly dependent development teams. Mike will show how the teams went from zero to hyper-productivity in a matter of sprints by implementing solid engineering practices and deploying a Product Owner team to coordinate deliverables across the entire product delivery organization.
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Personas are no substitute for talking directly to customers, but what do you do when the customer isn’t there to talk to? Learn how to create a persona that helps you keep the customer in mind while developing your product. Tell user stories with confidence because the information is there to back the story up.

These days, it seems like every software company has some agile or agile-ish teams. But how do you carry agile values beyond the team and into the business prioritization process? Over the last few years, I’ve worked with a group of stakeholders from VPs to support representatives to form a Product Council team that guides our development process. We ship software frequently (every week) and so this process is key for keeping a large number of stakeholders engaged in close contact with the delivery team. The Product Council consolidates feedback, …

Using several case studies drawn from Enthiosys client consulting engagements, this talk will explore the relationship between Product Owners and Project Managers in IT-centric Agile project teams, and Product Managers, Product Marketing Managers, and Project Managers in Product-Centric Agile Teams. Luke will also cover when you need Portfolio Managers and how to structure their relationship with the rest of the team. Central to this talk will be a series of interactive exercises that will help you uncover who’s doing what in your Agile Project and provide you with tools to …

In this interview with Jeff Patton at Agile 2008, he talks about three strategies that can help product owners do their job more effectively by embracing the inherent uncertainty in all software development. Namely they are understanding the ultimate goals of the project, delaying decisions until the last responsible moment, and scaling up by building quality.
http://www.infoq.com/interviews/jeff-patton-agile2008