Category Archives: product owner

Defect handling in an Agile approach

Software, as any complex product, will have defects. Plain and simple, no point in denying the facts. That said, the question is how can we handle them. First and foremost we should obviously strive to have as few as possible … Continue reading

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Retroflection

I’ve been following retroflection for a while now and I promised myself time and again that I would take some time out to write up an answer. But first of all, let me say thanks to Yves for doing this. … Continue reading

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don’t take it personal…

In the scrum world there are various roles. There are team members, a scrum master, a product owner and stakeholders. Each of these have their own specific aspect to deal with and all serve a distinct purpose. Obviously, it’s pretty … Continue reading

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Technical Debt

Technical debt is a concept which I never fully realized how accurately it is named. (I have to thank some colleagues for listening and discussing this subject on several occasions) For those not ‘in the know’…technical debt refers to dirty … Continue reading

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Product Ownership, in reply to Bramus!

My pal Bramus! (mind the exclamation mark) was so nice to post a long comment on the series. Instead of replying on the comment, I decided it deserved a full post. (I’ve snipped the comment, the original can be read … Continue reading

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Product Ownership (5)

Continuing the series on product ownership, here’s links to the previous parts: Introduction, part 2, part 3, part 4. Point 4: A "business sense" and a vision When I was first thinking about the qualities and how they fit together … Continue reading

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Product Ownership (4)

This post is part of a series on my view on essential qualities for a good product owner in scrum. If you just bumped into this post, here are the previous articles: the introduction, part 2 and part 3. Point … Continue reading

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Product Ownership (3)

In this article I’d like to elaborate on point 2 of my take on good product ownership qualities. The introduction can be found here, point 1 is here. Point 2 is: "A good enough technical background" I know this is … Continue reading

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Product Ownership (2)

Continuing on my earlier post about Product Ownership, I wanted to dig in a bit more in maybe the most obvious of the items on my list. "A deep understanding of the problem". The product owner is the main point … Continue reading

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Product ownership

I’ve been catching up on agile development lately, more specific, on the scrum methodology. After sorting through various books, course material and tons of useful talks to colleagues, peers and agile people (not necessarily claiming they are agile but definitely … Continue reading

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