Scrum Product Owner

Product value is the sum of benefits users get by using the product and the degree to which it meets their needs. Learn how to increase it!

A/B testing is a way to compare two versions of something to figure out which performs better. While it’s most often associated with websites and apps, the method is almost 100 years old and it’s one of the simplest forms of a randomized controlled experiment. This testing method has risen in popularity over the last couple of decades as companies have realized that the online environment is well-suited to help managers, especially marketers, answer questions like, “What is most likely to make people click? Or buy our product? Or register with our site?”. It’s now used to evaluate everything from website design to online offers to headlines to product descriptions. The test works by showing two sets of users (assigned at random when they visit the site) different versions of a product or site and then determining which influenced your success metric the most. While it’s an often-used method, there are several mistakes that managers make when doing A/B testing: reacting to early data without letting the test run its full course; looking at too many metrics instead of focusing on the ones they most care about; and not doing enough retesting to be sure they didn’t get false positive results.

Within systems engineering, quality attributes are realized non-functional requirements used to evaluate the performance of a system. These are sometimes named architecture characteristics, or "ilities" after the suffix many of the words share. They are usually architecturally significant requirements that require architects' attention.[1]

The MoSCoW method is a prioritization framework used to help key stakeholders understand the significance of initiatives in a release.

Having a Definition of Ready means that stories must be immediately actionable. The Team must be able to determine what needs to be done and the amount of work required to complete the User Story or PBI.

When I recently asked a room full of people “What is the difference between Acceptance Criteria and Conditions of Satisfaction?”, I expected definitions

Good acceptance criteria will help get your agile development project from “It Works as Coded” to “It Works as Intended.”

In July 2016, the Scrum Values were added to The Scrum Guide.  These values include Courage, Focus, Commitment, Respect, and Openness. This poster provides a view of the Scrum Values with some descriptions to help you better understand them.

Empiricism means working in a fact-based, experience-based, and evidence-based manner. Scrum implements an empirical process where progress is based on observations of reality, not fictitious plans. Scrum also places great emphasis on mind-set and cultural shift to achieve business and organizational Agility. The three pillars of empiricism are as follows:

The following is a short extract from our recent book, Scrum: Novice to Ninja, available for free to SitePoint Premium members.

Scrum is a framework for developing and sustaining complex products. The Scrum Guide contains the official definition of Scrum as authored by Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland.

Scrum has not been immune to controversy, and the history of how and who invented it is a topic of frequent debate. Venkatesh Krishnamurthy describes this popular framework's confusing origin story.

2024 Agile People Operations: Transform HR with customer-centric methods and connect with global Agile leaders for career growth.

Learn the unique terminology used in Agile development from the experts at Agile Alliance.

In his mega bestseller, Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman, world-famous psychologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think.

The Effective Change Manager's Handbook helps practitioners, employers and academics define and practise change management successfully and develop change management maturity within their organization.

Great things don’t happen in a vacuum. But creating an environment for creative thinking and innovation can be a daunting challenge.

Learn how to apply agile concepts to your projects. This fully updated book covers changes to agile approaches and new information related to the methods of managing an agile project.

This is the definitive, realistic, actionable guide to starting fast with Scrum and agile–and then succeeding over the long haul

If you want to use Scrum to develop innovative products and services that delight your customers, Essential Scrum is the complete, single-source reference you’ve been searching for.

Scrum in easy steps provides an introduction to Scrum, then steps through how a team gets going on a project and how they sustain performance and continually improve.

Insights into the application of Agile across different areas of the enterprise and about Value Stream Management

The first article to mention the Scrum approach.

There is no one-size-fits-all, magic bullet for determining a sprint length that works well for every team. Originally, Scrum called for one-month sprints, but nowadays many teams have been successful with two-week or even one-week sprints. Choosing the right sprint length is about determining an appropriate stimulus-to-response cycle. In a sprint, the initial stimulus is the customer setting the priority of the stories. The response is the team building working software.

The Scrum Guide provided in HTML format on the web.

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Writing good user stories can be hard, however these ten tips will help you create powerful stories that direct product delivery.

XP teams have to manage stories and tasks. The INVEST and SMART acronyms can remind teams of the good characteristics of each.