The Perfect Product Owner
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The document profiles Richard Cheng, an agile trainer and coach who is the VP of Training and Chief Product Owner at NextUp Solutions. It provides information on Cheng's qualifications, background working in both commercial and government transformations, and contact information. The document also discusses the roles and responsibilities of a Product Owner and provides an example of what a day in the life of a PO may look like. It poses some common questions about the PO role and advertises NextUp Solutions' agile training courses.
The Perfect Product Owner
- 1. nextupsolutions.com #NextUpSolutions The Perfect Product Owner Richard Cheng © 2021 NextUp Solutions
- 2. nextupsolutions.com | #NextUpSolutions Agile trainer & coach VP of Training and Chief Product Owner CST, CSM, CSPO, CSP, PMI-ACP, PMP, SAFe SPC, Certified LeSS Practitioner, CAL, Certified Enterprise Scrum Trainer, Training from the Back of the Room Certified Instructor Based in Reston, VA (outside of Washington, DC) Background in government, commercial, and non-profit transformations Fun fact – Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner Richard Cheng @RichardKCheng
- 3. nextupsolutions.com | #NextUpSolutions Richard K Cheng [email protected] 703-967-8620 https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardcheng https://www.nextupsolutions.com https://www.linkedin.com/company/nextupsolutions/ https://twitter.com/RichardKCheng Contact Information
- 4. nextupsolutions.com | #NextUpSolutions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTTdHW8Z668 Impatient Product Owner
- 5. nextupsolutions.com | #NextUpSolutions • Bandwidth • Power • Knowledge • Interest • Vision Qualities of a Good Product Owner
- 6. nextupsolutions.com | #NextUpSolutions Name Goes Here • Relevant notes here…. Ratings (1 - low, 2 – medium, 3 – high) Bandwidth – Number - Comments Power – Number - Comments Knowledge – Number – Comments Interest – Number – Comments Vision – Number - Comments
- 7. nextupsolutions.com | #NextUpSolutions Ratings (1 - low, 2 – medium, 3 – high) Bandwidth – 1 – Sara is often pulled in many directions. For her to succeed as PO, her management would need to offload much of her day to day work to others in her department Power – 3 – Sara is use to making decisions and her management has agreed to grant her the power to make decisions for the Business Portal Application Knowledge – 3 – Sara has expert domain knowledge of the BPA Interest – 3 – Sara has long been a champion of the application and wants to lead it into delivery Vision – 2 – Sara has a strong vision for this product. The organization will need to ensure her vision aligns with the organization’s overall goals. • Sara the Business Lead • Sara spent 3 years as an Analyst for the Consumer Engagement business division • In June of 2015 Sara moved to the Business to Business division and became a Business Lead for that division • Sara has since been a strong champion of the Business Portal Applications (BPA)
- 8. nextupsolutions.com | #NextUpSolutions 08:00 – 09:00 09:00 – 10:00 10:00 – 11:00 11:00 – 12:00 12:00 – 13:00 13:00 – 14:00 14:00 – 15:00 15:00 – 16:00 16:00 – 17:00 A Day in the Life of a PO
- 9. nextupsolutions.com | #NextUpSolutions A Day in the Life of a PO Outward Refine Inward • Release Planning • Answer questions • Sprint Planning • Sprint Review • Validate items • Work with SMEs, stakeholders, customers, and their leadership • Understand needs • Validate product • Answer questions • Hone the Vision and Roadmap • Create PBIs • Refine PBIs • Manage the Product Backlog
- 10. nextupsolutions.com | #NextUpSolutions Scrum Team and Product Team Scrum Team • Product Owner • ScrumMaster • Developers • Coders • Designer • Testers • Analysts Product Team • Product Manager • Marketing • Sales • R&D
- 11. nextupsolutions.com | #NextUpSolutions Scrum Overview Product Vision Roadmap Day Sprint … … … Plan Day Day Daily Scrum Review Retro Sprint Plan Review Retro Idea Initiation Release Plan Release Release Plan Plan Time
- 12. nextupsolutions.com | #NextUpSolutions 1. Should the PO come from the business or the technical side? 2. Should the PO come from the client or the vendor? 3. Is the PO the same as a Project Manager? 4. Should I be a PO and ScrumMaster? 5. Should I be a proxy PO? What do you think?
- 13. nextupsolutions.com | #NextUpSolutions Scrum Master • Continuous Improvement Product Owner • Building the right thing Dev Team • Building it right
- 14. nextupsolutions.com | #NextUpSolutions Training Courses – Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) – Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) – Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM) – Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner (A-CSPO) – Certified Scrum Developer (CSD) – Certified Team Kanban Practitioner (TKP) – Certified Kanban Management Professional (KMP I and KMP II) – Certified Agile Testing and Automation – SAFe courses See http://www.NextUpSolutions.com for more information NextUp Solutions Training
- 15. nextupsolutions.com | #NextUpSolutions Richard K Cheng [email protected] 703-967-8620 https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardcheng https://www.nextupsolutions.com https://www.linkedin.com/company/nextupsolutions/ https://twitter.com/RichardKCheng Contact Information