The Product Owner (PO) is the pivotal role in enabling the seamless flow of development from value to product. This is the person who connects two key functions and associated groups of people: the ones who identify what value is needed (the Business) and the ones who determine how and implement it (development team).

Alternate or related roles:

• Business Analyst
• Business Lead
• Business SME (Subject Matter Expert)
• Release Product Owner (RPO)

Explore this role in the Product Owner Reading Path.

Resources related to Product Owner

Acceptance Test-Driven Development (Article)
Agile Product Management | FLEX from Product Management to the Team (Article)
An Executive’s Guide to Agile | Effective Agile at Scale (Blog Entry)
Carry-Over Work (Article)
Choosing Requirement Format (Article)
Controlling Work-in-Process (WIP) (Article)
DA VSC - Quick Reference (Blog Entry)
Daily Standups (Article)
Decomposing a Feature Into Stories (Article)
Decomposing an MBI into Features (Article)
Designing the Kanban Board (Article)
Estimation (Article)
Example RACI Chart for Lean-Agile Roles (Article)
Groupthink and Fear as Team Killers (Blog Entry)
How Do We Align People / Teams to the Work To Be Done? (Article)
How Should We Manage the Number of Items in the Portfolio? (Article)
How Small Are Our Stories? (Article)
How Will Teams Work and Deliver Together? (Article)
How Will UX Work With the Teams? (Article)
How Will We Make Visible Our Work at the Program Level? (Article)
How Will We Make the Work at the Portfolio Level Visible? (Article)
Identifying Classes of Service (Article)
If We Do Estimate, What Estimation Method Should We Use? (Article)
Iteration 0 - Conduct (Article)
Iteration 0 - Facilitate (Article)
Iteration Planning Meeting (Article)
Iteration Planning Meeting - Facilitate (Article)
Iteration Retrospective - Conduct (Article)
Iteration Retrospective - Facilitate (Article)
Lean Portfolio Management (Blog Entry)
Lean-Agile Budgeting (Blog Entry)
Management and Trust (Blog Entry)
Meetings for Lean-Agile (Article)
Metrics (Article)
Middle Management and Lean-Agile (Blog Entry)
Overview of Roles (Article)
Product Demonstration and Review - Facilitate (Article)
Product Demonstration and Review - Plan (Article)
Product Owner (Article)
Product Owner: Acceptance TDD (Article)
Product Owner: Alternatives for the Role (Article)
Product Owner: Daily Stand-ups (Article)
Product Owner: Estimation (Article)
Product Owner: Iteration 0 (Article)
Product Owner: Iteration Planning Meeting (Article)
Product Owner: Iteration Retrospective (Article)
Product Owner: Meetings (Article)
Product Owner: Operational Metrics (Article)
Product Owner: Practices (Article)
Product Owner: Product Demo and Review (Article)
Product Owner: Product Demo and Review - Plan (Article)
Product Owner: Responsibilities (Article)
Product Planning and Review - Conduct (Article)
Product Portfolio Management: Essential for Agile at Scale (Blog Entry)
Scrum of Scrums (Article)
Should We Estimate Our Work? (Article)
The Need to Improve Clarity of a Requirement (Article)
The Net Objectives Guardrails System (Blog Entry)
The Role of the Business Analyst in an Agile World (Article)
To What Extent Will Test-First Methods Be Used? (Article)
Using Guardrails to Tie Business to Technology (Blog Entry)
Using Visual Controls (Article)
What Design Method Will Be Used? (Article)
What Is Required at Scale | Effective Agile at Scale (Blog Entry)
Writing a Capability (Article)

Podcasts related to Product Owner

• DA VSC – Quick Reference
• The Net Objectives Guardrails System
• Lean-Agile Budgeting
• Middle Management and Lean-Agile
• Management and Trust
• Product Portfolio Management: Essential for Agile at Scale
• Lean Portfolio Management

Webinars related to Product Owner

• Using Guardrails to Tie Business to Technology
• What Is Required at Scale | Effective Agile at Scale
• An Executive’s Guide to Agile | Effective Agile at Scale