The document discusses tactical product ownership in agile development. It outlines 19 patterns for splitting user stories, including splitting by workflow steps, data boundaries, acceptance criteria, and roles. Tactical product ownership activities include writing user stories, collaborating with the team, attending meetings, and managing the product backlog. Product ownership is described as a cyclical process of planning, doing work, checking results, and making adjustments.

1. Agile Value Management
a tactical approach
to emphasize business value

2. What is a Product?
Needs vs Value
needs value

3. Product value
Components vs Capabilities
components
capabilities
To increase
gains
To reduce
costs
To improve
services

4. Product Ownership
Ideal PO vs tactical PO
vision
strategy
tactic
Ideal PO Tactical PO

5. Product Ownership
Tactical Product Owner
writes
user stories
collaborates
with team
attends
to meetings
manages
backlog

6. Product Ownership
Ideal Product Owner
manages
product roadmap
tracks forecast
and economics
manages
stakeholder
relationships
develops
Product vision
carries out all
tactical activities

7. Product Ownership
in practice
vision

8. Product Ownership
in practice
strategy

9. Product Ownership
in practice
tactic

10. Tactical Product Ownership
To write user stories
what whywho

11. OTactical Product Ownership
To manage backlog
To refine
user stories
To define
readiness and
done
To maximize
value
DOR DOD
X
value
effort

12. Tactical Product Ownership
To collaborate with team
DEV TeamPO SM
do
right
thing
do
Thing
right
do
It
fast
wow
what
how
Sometimes it works
but you can loose market
opportunities
High quality shit
It works well but
nobody want it
Sometimes it works
But probably in the future
many problems arise

13. Tactical Product Ownership
To attend to meetings

14. Product Ownership
in pratice
tactic
Story Map
process

15. Story Map Process
Step 1
Frame the product
Create the big picture
Unique User Story to represent the product
Focus on who – what – why

16. Story Map Process
Step 2
Build the backbone
Find User Activities
Define User Tasks
Create first User Stories
Move from the left to the right
according to business process
and from the top to the bottom
according to descending value

17. Story Map Process
Step 3
Discover the product
Create other User Stories
Explore what misses
Increase detail’s depth
Refine User Stories
Involve more people

18. Story Map Process
Step 4
Plan the releases
Split the product in several release
Mark a Goal for each release
Define check success metrics
for each Goal
R
1
R
2
R
3

19. Story Map Process
Step 5
Pian the sprint
Focus on first release
Create walking skeleton
Refine the most important
User Stories
Define DOR e DOD
Estimate User Stories
Plan the Sprint
R
1
R
2
R
3

20. Product Ownership
in pratice
tactical
User Story
Split

21. User Story Split
Pattern #1 – multiple “what”
As
a customer
I want
to create an order
and pay with
a credit card
I want to create an order
I want to pay with
a credit card
split

22. User Story Split
Pattern #2 – workflow steps
As
traveller
I want
to buy a vacation
package online
I want to search for
vacation
I want to select the
vacation I want in my
order
I want to confirm my
order
split

23. User Story Split
Pattern #3 – multiple option
As
traveller
I want
to buy a vacation
package online
I want to search for a
cruise
I want to search for a
railway tour
I want to search for a self
drive vacation
split

24. User Story Split
Pattern #4 – CRUD stories
As
blogger
I want
to manage articles
in my blog
I want to create a new
article
I want to edit an existing
article
I want to delete an
existing article
split

25. User Story Split
Pattern #5 – one/zero/many
As
restaurant owner
I want
to view the
customer’s orders
I want to view default
message page with no order
I want to view order details
if there is one order only
I want to view order list if
there are many orders
split

26. User Story Split
Pattern #6 – core and enhance
As
customer
I want
to view my previous
orders
I want to view all of my
orders
I want to view orders for
a given location
I want to view orders in
the past three months
split

27. User Story Split
Pattern #7 – major effort
As
customer
I want
to pay for my order
with a credit card
I want to pay for my
order with a Visa credit
card
I want to pay for my
order with a Visa, AMEX,
MasterCard or Paypal
split

28. User Story Split
Pattern #8 – acceptance criteria
As
customer
I want
to submit an order
to purchase something
I want to submit an order
with a invalid credit card
I want to submit an order
with an item not in stock
I want to submit an order
with both previous conditions
split

29. User Story Split
Pattern #9 – variation in data
As
content manager
I want
to publish a news
to my web site
I want to publish a news
in English language
I want to publish a news
in Japanese language
I want to publish a news
in Arabic language
split

30. User Story Split
Pattern #10 – data boundaries
As
customer
I want
to view the menu
item details
I want to view dish name
and description
I want to view dish
ingredients
I want to view nutritional
information
split

31. User Story Split
Pattern #11 – interface variations
As
customer
I want
to select menu
item I want to eat
I want to view items in a
drag and drop picture page
I want to download
menu in pdf format
I want to view items on
my smartphone
split

32. User Story Split
Pattern #12 – platform options
As
customer
I want
to view menu items
on my smartphone
I want to view items
on Android smartphone
I want to view items
on iPhone
I want to view items
on blackberry
split

33. User Story Split
Pattern #13 – business rules
As
vendor
I want
to check if
customer uses a
valid credit card
I want to check if customer
provide a valid cc number
I want to check if customer
provide the properly
expiration date
I want to check if customer
provide the right holder’s
name
split

34. User Story Split
Pattern #14 – roles
As
content manager
I want
to publish a news
to my web site
As publisher I want to
publish or unpublish a news
As editor I want to
create or modify a news
As admin I want to delete
a news
split

35. User Story Split
Pattern #15 – defer system qualities
As
analyst
I want
to run my
stochastic model
I want to run my
stochastic model
I want to run my stochastic
model within 5 minutes for
single scenario
I want to run my stochastic
model within max 15 minutes
for multiple scenarios
split

36. User Story Split
Pattern #16 – spikes
As
traveler
I want
to choose among
properly rental cars
in different cities
As team we want to discover
what rentals are in Rome
As team we want to discover
what rentals are in London
As team we want to discover
what rentals are in Paris
split

37. User Story Split
Pattern #17 – low fidelity/high fidelity
As
data entry
I want
to upload
business data
I want to upload business
data loading excel file
I want to upload business
data filling a web form
I want to upload business
data by transparent
system integration
split

38. User Story Split
Pattern #18 – parameters
As
analyst
I want
to run my portfolio
Stochastic model
I want to run my portfolio
stochastic model
I want to run my thermal
portfolio stochastic model
I want to run my hydro
portfolio stochastic model
split

39. User Story Split
Pattern #19 – error handling/logging
As
vendor
I want
to check customer’s
transaction
I want to register errors
in a log file
I want to view number of
errors in the customer list
I want to send an email
alert to the customer
split

40. Product Ownership
it’s a cyclical process
plan
do
check
actvision
strategy
tactic

41. And now...
...thanks a lot! 
Nico Spadoni
Lean & Agile Transition Agent
IT Project Manager
Risk Management Modeler
Blogger & Story writer
Email me:
spadoni.nico@gmail.com
Nico Spadoni
Lean & Agile Transition Agent
IT Project Manager
Risk Management Modeler
Blogger & Story writer
Contact me:
spadoni.nico@gmail.com