Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast: Agile storytelling from the trenches

The PO as a manager anti-pattern and its impact on Agile teams | Madhuri Korapati

11.26.2021 - By Vasco Duarte, Agile Coach, Certified Scrum Master, Certified Product OwnerPlay

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Read the full Show Notes and search through the world’s largest audio library on Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. The Great Product Owner: PO as the great motivator, a simple approach to motivating Agile teams Great PO’s are able to share the vision they have for the product. But how do they do it? In this segment, we talk about the approaches that help great Product Owners be clear about, and share the vision of the product in a way that motivates the team! The Bad Product Owner: The PO as a manager anti-pattern and its impact on Agile teams When PO’s take control and start acting like a manager, the team needs to stand back. This creates a series of anti-patterns that we explore in this segment. From the team being silent, to the PO starting to assign tasks to individual team members. Listen in to learn how Madhuri was able to help the PO and the team get out of this PO-as-a-manager anti-pattern. Are you having trouble helping the team work well with their Product Owner? We’ve put together a course to help you work on the collaboration team-product owner. You can find it at bit.ly/coachyourpo. 18 modules, 8+ hours of modules with tools and techniques that you can use to help teams and PO’s collaborate. About Madhuri Korapati Madhuri a self-motivated servant leader with 14 years of software industry experience across Payments and Banking sectors. She is a Scrum Master at Mastercard, and enjoys helping teams in their agile transformation and showcasing their improvements.  You can link with Madhuri Korapati on LinkedIn and connect with Madhuri Korapati on Twitter.

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