11. • How many projects have a Dedicated Product
Owner ?
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12. • How many projects have a Dedicated Product
Owner ?
– Only 24% of Agile projects have dedicated PO
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13. #1 Challenge
• How to win Product Owner (PO) and influence
them better
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14. Product owner at onsite,
team at Offshore
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15. Product owner at onsite, team at
Offshore
• Product Owner available for limited time
– Slows response time
– Introduces errors from both directions
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17. Proxy acting as Product Owner
– Proxy PO and PO having different visions
– Proxy PO not taking decisions (or not given
authority to take decisions)
– Decisions taken by Proxy PO are over-ruled
– Product Owner acting as Guest
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19. Product owner at onsite, team at
Offshore
• Increase Participation/Involvement by
– User Stories (Requirements in Business Language)
– Sprint Planning(PO defines Priority for
functionality)
– Informal Demo after User Story is done -don’t
wait till Sprint review (PO provides continuous
feedback)
Sivaram Athmakuri
siva_athma@yahoo.com
20. Proxy acting as Product Owner
• Find the Best fit from client’s side (to be
Proxy)
– Department Head (ZM-Sales if CRM is developed)
– End Users (focus groups)
– Domain Experts/Business Analysts from our side
(last choice)
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