20 tips for product owners 2014 NewYearEdition
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This document provides 20 tips for product owners, including having a compelling product vision, defining personas, using story mapping to visualize stories, learning to say no, investing in continuous delivery, building surveys into software, testing hypotheses, using lean startup philosophy, regularly predicting releases, never using velocity as a KPI, trusting the team, grooming backlogs weekly, higher quality user stories enabling better estimation, integrating UX design agilely, committing to retrospectives, letting the team speak to customers, using personal kanban or GTD for organization, getting regular feedback using NPS, investing in removing technical debt, and throwing a party for the team.
20 tips for product owners 2014 NewYearEdition
- 1. 20 Tips for Product Owners 2014 New Years Edition Bj旦rn Schotte // @BjoernSchotte // bjoern.schotte@mayflower.de MAYFLOWER GmbH http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.de
- 2. Have a compelling Agile Product Vision Link: http://www.romanpichler.com/blog/product-vision/the-product-vision-board/
- 3. Define your Personas in a good enough way Link: http://www.romanpichler.com/blog/agile-product-innovation/persona-template-for-agile-productmanagement/
- 4. Use Story Mapping for visualizing and defining Most Important Stories Link: http://leanagilechange.com/leanagilewiki/index.php?title=Story_Mapping
- 6. Invest in Continuous Delivery (and release often) Link: http://puppetlabs.com/blog/continuous-delivery-vs-continuous-deployment-whats-diff
- 7. Build KANO user surveys right into the software Link: http://www.mindtheproduct.com/2013/07/using-the-kano-model-to-prioritize-product-development/
- 8. Test the business value of a story by hypotheses (and throw them away if they dont succeed)
- 9. Use Lean Startup philosophy even if youre Corporate Link: http://theleanstartup.com/
- 10. Regularly predict release with Product Burndown Chart Link: http://www.sw-engineering-candies.com/blog-1/howtouseproduct-burndown-chartsandsprint-burndownchartsnotonlyinscrumprojects
- 11. Never ever use Velocity as a KPI for rewarding/punishing the team
- 12. Trust the team (and give them slack time to create new things)
- 13. Groom the backlog with the team (at least weekly) Link: http://guide.agilealliance.org/guide/backlog-grooming.html
- 14. The higher the quality of a User Story, the better the estimation (but dont over-spec!)
- 15. Integrate UX/Design the Agile Way
- 16. Commit yourself to retrospectives with the team Link: http://pragprog.com/book/dlret/agile-retrospectives
- 17. Let the team speak with customers directly (less bugs in the software, higher quality)
- 18. Use Personal Kanban to organize yourself (or try GTD) Link: http://www.personalkanban.com/pk/
- 19. use NPS to get regular feedback from stakeholders and customers (and care for the passives and promoters) Link: http://www.netpromotersystem.com/book/index.aspx
- 20. Invest in removing technical debt (better quality, less bugs in the future)
- 21. Throw a party for your team!