This is part two of what we started in the last episode to help the overwhelmed agile or scrum product owner. This episode is beneficial for scrum masters, product owners, and scrum team. There is also quite a bit of insight for agile transformation leaders and upper management as well. Let’s talk about the scrum guide, what we are accountable for, what we’re responsible for and of course, we learn more about the art of all of these things as we continue our journey. This episode contains lots of tactical things that you as a product owner and as a scrum master can do to ensure we are meeting the goal of becoming more effective in our day to day journeys together. The podcast is still free so any help you want to provide via Venmo is always welcome of course! All your friends are doing it so you should join in on the fun.

Part one of the overwhelmed agile product owner. Let’s talk about how the scrum team can alleviate some pressure from the product owner, how to impact delivery and how the agile team developers can help the most! I’m giving a lot of love to the agile or scrum development team today because I just don’t give them enough. Many hands make light work, they say. We will talk about three metrics that the agile developers should be focused on and how they may be able to move that needle and improve your scrum or agile team’s trust and delivery. Remember to subscribe and share! Thank you for “all” your support! Venmo: @J-G-1-222 and email [email protected]

How do we apply behaviors that prove we are actually valuing “Individuals and Interactions OVER Processes and Tools”? Today’s episode explores some things that product owners can do to help us demonstrate that value. Take your hands off the hand offs.

As a product owner I want to create stories that paint a picture so that my development team can produce the right thing. Product owners and anyone in the agile space should enjoy this episode as we get back to fundamentals about user stories. Today’s episode will cover some of the good attributes of user stories as well as some traps or anti-patterns to defend yourself against. I’m certainly glad to be back to the fundamentals in this episode. Thanks for listening as always!

Hey agile Product Owner and Scrum Master! Does your burn down chart look like a cliff or a slope? This is episode we put on our explorer and captain hats and try to figure out how to avoid the cliff in our burndown chart by looking at causes, implications and solutions.

Are you feeling like you are one of the wagilefallen? This episode is for all…Product owners, scrum masters, traditional project managers and transformationalists (if that’s a thing). This episode has lots of topics for your transformation..

After a wildly successful episode last time, I have put together a few items and topics to follow up on for a product owner and your leadership in a scaled agile framework. But this episode may be a difficult conversation for organizational leaders who are considering moving toward that framework. There’s a lot of defense for the product owner that is often overlooked..which is a totally different episode.

Are you a product owner who has come from a single development initiative or a single project-based mindset and new to a scaled agile environment? If so this episode may be for you. This comes from a question submitted by a listener! Do you know how I love those LOL. Today we talk about the product owner and how to make some adjustments coming from your microcosm into the new macrocosm of scaled agile! I will explore some risks and some opportunities for you! This is a rather long episode But it has a little bit for everyone. We’ll talk about why we scale agile, what to expect at least a little bit, and what you bring to the table. I hope you find this helpful in navigating your new journey and adding value. Thanks for your emails, thoughts and prayers as we have made it through hurricane Sally on the Gulf Coast! I’m glad to be back and sorry for the delay.

This episode has a very important announcement in the first segment that I don’t want you to miss! The topic today is one from a listener who asked about moving into a product owner role from a QA role. Well maybe the jump seems impossible, but I’d like to share with you some good traits that will make you a great product owner as well as some bad traits that you just need to leave before making the jump. I discuss good qualities you have, ones to fix then provide a little insight to get yourself moving. This episode is not targeted to a specific audience. I think organizational leaders, product owners, scrum masters and team would benefit from this episode.

As a result of a recent topic posted on social media, I would like to give my thoughts on why we shouldn’t do away with the product owner role. This episode should give you some insight and clarity for not only to the role itself, but how you can maybe address some of those objections if they come to you from this trending topic. Email me at [email protected]. I’m also happy to accept donations if you are enjoying the cast and finding it helpful! Venmo: @J-G-1-222 and Cash app: $jsgscott