The Product Owner is involved with the other Team Members throughout the Sprint, but after the Sprint Planning meeting is completed, the Product Owner cannot add to the scope of […]
Scrum Rules: Your Product Owner Lets the Team Decide How Many Product Backlog Items to do in a Sprint
The Product Owner controls the order of the items in the Product Backlog, but not how many are done each Sprint. Instead, the team decides how many to do. This […]
Scrum Rules: Your Product Owner Has the Capacity to Respond Quickly to the Team’s Questions
The Product Owner needs to be highly available to the Scrum Team. If the Scrum Team has a question about a Product Backlog Item, then the Product Owner should be […]
Scrum Rules: Your Product Owner Can Veto the Inclusion of an Idea on the Product Backlog
The Product Owner is responsible for ensuring that the Product Backlog Items reflect and contribute to the vision of the product being built by the Scrum Team. Therefore, the Product […]
Scrum Rules: Your Product Owner Has Final Authority on Ordering Product Backlog Items
The Product Owner is the customer or its proxy. Since this is the case the Product Owner should have final authority on the order of the Product Backlog Items. At […]
Scrum Rules: Your Product Owner Is Knowledgeable About the Product and the Business
The Product Owner’s job is to be the customer or the customer proxy. He needs to know the most current information about the product and the business that the team […]
Scrum Rules: The Product Backlog Is Easily Visible to Every Stakeholder
The Product Backlog is a constantly changing artifact, owned by the Product Owner. Stakeholders need real-time visibility into the current state of the Product. Stakeholders should be able to discuss […]
Scrum Rules: Any Stakeholder Can Suggest a New Product Backlog Item
The Product Backlog is a list of potential work to be done for future Sprints. This list is most vibrant when as many people as possible contribute to it. Those […]
Scrum Rules: The Product Backlog Is Refined for Every Sprint Planning Meeting
A well-refined Product Backlog is one which is: ordered to maximize return on investment for the customer; provides enough clarity that the Scrum team can perform the work of their […]
Scrum Rules: Product Backlog Items Are Invitations to Conversations
Product Backlog Items are brief descriptions of a feature or function. Usually they are short enough that they could be hand-written on a small note card. This brevity is meant […]