How to become a strong Product Owner

Be careful! A Product Owner is not a waiter, you should not take orders from stakeholders. You should solve the end-users problems.

The Product Owner is part of the Scrum Team. Scrum has no hierarchy. To succeed as a Product Owner, you cannot behave as a boss.

The Product Owner is not responsible for planning the solution upfront. Actually the Product Owner is the one to find problems that worth solving.

Introduction to the Communication Module

What are the different audiences Product Owners should communicate to?

Starting with the why is vital to have a proper communication.

How can you communicate efficiently? SUCCESs framework can make it easier for you.

How should you empathize with your customers?

How can you establish a meaningful partnership with your stakeholders?

How should you communicate efficiently with the Tech Team?

What should be your approach to meetings as a Product Owner?

A framework for effective meetings.

Let's create a plan for an effective communication.

Introduction to the module Decision-Making.

What are the challenges of making decisions?

Why is it so important to make decisions fast?

What should you consider before making decisions?

Some traps to avoid once you are making decisions.

Finding the right person to make the decision is vital to thrive.

What are the traits of good decisions?

Let's reflect on the decisions you have  made. How could you evolve to make them better next time?

Introduction to the focus module

To focus on what matters the most is challenging. Let's explore how you can identify opportunities to focus on.

To be able to focus, you need to have a goal to pursue.

Which techniques can help you prioritize?

What are the most common problems with prioritization?

An example of a strong vision.

Outcome vs output

How can you handle multiple stakeholders?

Let's create a Product Vision to practice.

Introduction to the module Problem-Solver.

Not all problems are worth to solve. The secret of successful Product Owners is the ability to identify meaningful problems to solve.

Who should talk about problems and who should talk about solutions?

You should always focus on the problem; not on the solution.

Let's practice creating a Canvas Value Proposition

What will we discuss during the curiosity module?

Successful Product Owners are curious people.

What are your daily opportunities to learn?

As a Product Owner, you cannot stop learning if you want to remain relevant.

It's never about providing answers; it's all about asking more questions.

How can you foster your curiosity?

What will you learn during this module?

What are your responsibilities for the Product Backlog Management?

Be careful with the traps ahead of you while you manage the Product Backlog.

What are the best practices to have an effective Product Backlog?

What are the items inside the Product Backlog?

What are User Stories?

What are Spikes?

What are bugs?

What is a technical debt?

What are tasks?

What is the Product Backlog Refinement?

What are the traps awaiting you during the refinement sessions?

How can you estimate the Product Backlog Items?

How can you use Story Points?

How can you use the T-Shirt size estimation technique?

How can you estimate your Product Backlog Items based on effort?

An estimate technique to foster collaboration and gain different perspectives.

A dynamic way of estimating multiple items in a short period of time.

Now that you understand how to manage the Product Backlog, you should also be able to understand how to start efficiently.

A technique to ensure you focus on the big picture and can define the minimum viable experience.

Brief introduction to the module Sprint.

Theory what is the Sprint.

How to start the Sprint in a meaningful way.

Be careful! The Sprint Planning is full of pitfalls. Let me share with you what not to do during this event.

Be careful! Segmenting the Sprint will put the team in a tough situation. Divide & conquer is not the Scrum Goal!

What should you NOT do during the Sprint cycle?

Be careful! Maximizing the features delivered has nothing to do with real value.

Understand what is the real value you have to focus on.

Understand how you can measure the value.

What is a conversion funnel? Why is the conversion funnel important?

Let's understand some of the most common KPIs for digital products.

Let's explore the most common Mobile KPIs.

Let's understand the most common web KPIs.