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Product-Owner: Are you a chicken?

March 2, 2009 by Peter Stevens

Picture courtesy of Kevin Hutchinson@Flickr

One key to success in any development project is the collaboration between the customer and the team. As Product Owner, you are either the customer or the conduit to the customer. Your job is to guide the development effort to a successful conclusion. No one on the team is pulled in more directions at once than you are. You want your team to work effectively. You want your team to build the right product.

You must allocate the right amount of your time between team, customers, management and other duties. Are you spending enough time with the team? How much time is enough? Does the team even want you to be present at their meetings? If not, why not? And what are the implications of not spending enough time with your team? Three suggestions for better collaboration with the team.