Build a Better Product Owner
Strengthen the product owner role in your organization by focusing on core capabilities and proper alignment.
RETIRED CONTENT
Please note that the content on this page is retired. This content is not maintained and may contain information or links that are out of date.Without understanding the product/service owner roles, organizations risk:
- Product/Service owners operating under an incomplete set of needed capabilities.
- Product/Service owners aligning to management structure rather than product and service needs.
- Individuals transitioning into a product/service owner role while lacking the key skills and activities to drive value in their products and services.
Focusing attention on the product/service owner role will result in a:
- Better understanding of product/service owner perspectives and how to scale product/service ownership to align to your operational structure and end-user needs.
- Capability map to define the role and provide a development path for product/service owners.
- Defined strategy to facilitate your transformation to product/service ownership and dedicated product/service owners.
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Module 1: Establish Product Owners
The Purpose
- This step assigns product owners to your product model and defines the primary, defines supporting product owner perspectives, and aligns milestone ownership.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Product owner mapping
- Product owner perspective matrix
- Milestone responsibility matrix
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 1.1 | Map owners to your products |
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| 1.2 | Map product owner perspectives |
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| 1.3 | Assign milestones to team roles |
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Module 2: Define Product Owner Capabilities
The Purpose
Product owners operate from a common capability model. This step will help product owners understand the four facets of product ownership and identify the key capabilities needed for their product.
Key Benefits Achieved
Product owner capability mapping
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 2.1 | Define product ownership capabilities |
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Module 3: Manage Stakeholder Influence
The Purpose
- Product owner capability mapping
Key Benefits Achieved
- Relationships among stakeholders and influencers
- Categorization of stakeholders and influencers
- Stakeholder and influencer prioritization
- Better understanding of decision-making approaches and delegation
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 3.1 | Visualize interrelationships to identify key influencers |
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| 3.2 | Group your product owners into categories |
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| 3.3 | Prioritize your stakeholders |
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| 3.4 | Delegation poker: reach better decisions |
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Module 4: Define Your Product Owner Scaling Principles and Model
The Purpose
- Relationships among stakeholders and influencers
- Categorization of stakeholders and influencers
- Stakeholder and influencer prioritization
- Better understanding of decision-making approaches and delegation
Key Benefits Achieved
- List of product owner scaling principles
- Product owner hierarchy model with product owners defined
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 4.1 | Define your product owner scaling principles |
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| 4.2 | Customize your model for scaling product owners |
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Module 5: Define Product Owners for Shared Service Products
The Purpose
- This step will help shared service product owners define a network map and strategy for managing demand from product owners who consume their product.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Product owner mapping for shared products and services
- Product owner categorization
- Product owner prioritization strategy
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 5.1 | Map dependent product owner relationships |
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| 5.2 | Group your product owners into categories |
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| 5.3 | Prioritize your product owners |
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Module 6: Develop Your Product Owner Vision
The Purpose
This step will help product owners align their roadmap and backlog strategy to match the level of their product or product family.
Key Benefits Achieved
Product roadmap strategy
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 6.1 | Define roadmap and backlog approach |
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