Product Owner
The person accountable in Scrum for product value, the Product Goal and effective backlog management.
What does a Product Owner do?
In Scrum, the Product Owner is accountable for product value and effective management of the Product Backlog. This includes an understandable Product Goal, clear items and their ordering. The role belongs to one person, not a committee. Tasks can be delegated, but accountability remains.
In a fictional portal project, the Product Owner prioritises reliable request processing before an extra animation and discusses needs with users and operations. Developers assess the work and decide how to build the required outcome. The Product Owner is therefore not simply a boss prescribing every technical task. Different interests need to become traceable product decisions; an ordered wish list alone does not establish actual benefit.
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Related terms
- ScrumA framework for working together incrementally on complex product challenges.
- Product BacklogThe ordered, continually evolving collection of improvements needed for a product.
- User storyA short description of a user role, a need and the goal behind it.
- Definition of DoneThe shared description of the quality conditions a completed product Increment must meet.
- Product discoveryInvestigating needs, constraints and risky assumptions before settling on a product solution.
- Agile software developmentDeveloping software in verifiable increments and adapting the plan based on feedback.
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