This week we go back to basics and answer a listener's question (name and a bit of the context changed to protect the involved parties). In the essay this week we discuss why it is a rotten idea to have a functional product owner and a technical product owner. When it comes to product owners the old adage, "the more the merrier," does not hold. Also, we have an installment of Tony Timbol's "To Tell A Story" column. In this installment, Tony discusses how to synchronize team-level agile with a waterfall requirements process. This is one of those scenarios that when you run into it you will need to find a way to deal with it until more of the organization embraces agile. Re-read Saturday News This week we re-read Chapter 2 of Extraordinarily Badass Agile Coaching: The Journey from Beginner to Mastery and Beyond (Amazon Associate Link). Chapter 2, The Mindset of the Badass Agile Coach, focuses on the most important part of a coach's arsenal of superpowers: their mindset. This Week: Week 3: The Mindset of the Badass Agile Coach - http://bit.ly/3Eu0qJu Previous Weeks: Week 1: Logistics and Forewords - https://bit.ly/3zoAYlx Week 2: Introduction to Badassery in Agile Coaching - https://bit.ly/3hcEPMs A quick advertisement: Controlling work entry requires preparation and knowledge, building to establishing a path to control work entry (magic wands are normally not available), which is why Jeremy Willets and I have developed a work entry workshop. Interested? Please email us at [email protected] or [email protected] Next SPaMCAST The SPaMCAST 730 features our interview with Ramzi Marjaba. Ramzi and I discussed the role of a sales engineer and why this is a forgotten job path for people with deep technical acumen.