product owner

Prioritizes development work

A product owner is the person responsible for defining and prioritizing features in software development, particularly in Agile and Scrum frameworks.

They represent stakeholders and customers, maintaining the product backlog and deciding what gets built and in what order.

The role bridges business needs and technical teams, requiring someone who can translate user requirements into actionable tasks.

The product owner rejected the feature request because it didn't align with the roadmap.

stakeholder

customer

Buyer of goods

feedback · value · scope · delivery · collaboration · negotiation · alignment · communication · expectations · trade-offs

agile

backlog

Accumulated unfinished work

grooming · iteration · velocity · epics · refinement · retrospective · increment · standup · kanban · timebox

strategy

roadmap

Detailed plan forward

positioning · differentiation · metrics · KPIs · forecasting · go-to-market · opportunity cost · resource allocation · ROI

vision

roadmap

Detailed plan forward

guidance · objective · outlook · purpose · direction · north star · long-term · mission · value proposition · big picture

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role responsibility

product ownerdeveloper

One who builds things

development team · engineer · software developer · implementer · programmer

stakeholder orientation

product ownerend user

Ultimate product recipient

customer · consumer · client · recipient · stakeholder

decision authority

product ownerorder taker

One who records requests

executor · implementer · subordinate · team member · individual contributor

Family

product, owner, products, produce, produced, producer, producers, producing, production

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