Following up on the previous episode, let’s dive into to the sprint backlog. Did you know there are three parts to the sprint backlog? Often times product owners and agile or scrum teams forget about that part. These three basic elements make up the full cycle, so we’re gonna decompose some stuff today! Help me stay Ad-Free! https://coff.ee/planetproductowner
Glad to be back with this episode! And yes, I. AM. BACK ! The agile mirror is one that we often take for granted. Sometimes it’s nice just to reset, realign and just get back to the center. This episode will set up the next 3 to 5 episodes for the product owner, scrum master, team member and even leadership to help reorient and get back to the center. Why are we even doing agile development? Have we thought about that? Let’s dive in!! I would be grateful if you would help me keep the podcast ad-...
We are in the business of exploring, defining and solving the unknown. But that does not mean we blindly commit to work. How can we help the product owner and product manager in the agile development space to become more proactive? How can we better qualify what we’re asking the team to do? How can we shore up our commitments? Today, let’s focus on three topics that we need to address as a product owner or product manager with the agile or scrum teams input and feedback to make sure we are ready...
Too many times we fall into habits that we carry over from the days of old. There’s nothing wrong with the days of old, in fact, we can learn a lot from the old days. But what we want to learn from the past and we are actually apply new techniques from thinking patterns we develop. This episode is beneficial for the agile product owner, product manager, agile team, and anyone in your release train or program. if you have ever been in the position of taking the really large document and transitio...
In this episode I’ll wrap up and summarize the six keys for a successful practice. If you are a product owner or a product manager in the agile space, this episode will summarize the skills covered with a reminder of why we want to develop them and how to tie them back to protect your team, your backlog and the health of your practice.
With this episode, we are finally through the six keys of success for the product owner or product manager in the agile development and delivery space. Hooray! This episode will close out those six keys that we talked about. Sometimes you can equate the skills to more than just product, owner and product manager roles. We just wanna make sure that we are working on the right thing and that we are doing the right thing right. Combining these six keys will make you a very successful product owner ...
The old saying for the agile or scrum team is to be close to the work. We hear this a lot, but what does that really mean? Especially if we are a product owner or a product manager trying to understand what problems we want to solve. When we were in the business of discovering the unknown and solving problems, we really need to understand what it is we are actually doing. By developing and practicing the keys or skill sets that I am outlining in these episodes, your practice as a product owner o...
This episode turns the corner for us as we journey through the last 3 of 6 keys for success in your practice. If you are struggling with getting alignment with the team during their working iteration or sprint, this key to success will help you keep that front porch clean! It is important for the agile product owner or product manager to continually refine and master some skills that will make you most effective. So if you’re looking for some help on how to improve your practice, you’ve come to ...
Key #3 of the 6 keys to having a successful agile product practice! How do we ensure that we are getting what we want? Putting the six keys together will definitely help us on the journey to becoming a better product owner or product manager in the practice of agile development. What are we focusing on? When we’re in a large scale development effort or even smaller ones, there are a few things that we have to make sure we are doing to ensure our success. Remember, we value working software, not ...
Being a successful agile product owner or product manager takes a little work. It’s not just doing what is in the book or described in the certifications. In my experience, there are 6 keys to success. This is key #2!
Well, I’m committed to going old-school Scott on the journey for the agile product owner and scrum team with this podcast. My plan is to teach, coach and mentor in a way that makes sense to you. I’m committed to getting back to the roots of this podcast and why it was successful to begin with. I’ll be your agile coach, your source of entertainment and your pal. I hope you like today’s episode that helps the product owner and product manager understand the first of six to success, in my humble op...
It’s a new format, it’s a new season, it’s still the Planet Product Owner podcast, which happens to still be the best coaching and training podcast for agile teams and of course the agile product owner. I’ve listened to your feedback and I’m re-factoring what I’m doing here. I’m getting back to the roots of the storytelling now and finally finding my groove. So if it’s been a while since you’ve been on the journey with me, I look forward to you joining up again! This is a conversation. It’s a co...
Sprint planning is probably one of the most underutilized ceremonies that we have in our toolbelt. This episode will focus on the inputs and output of sprint planning and would be a great episode for the entire agile scrum team to listen to. I’ll share some thoughts around the format of the event, some tips for agility and some interesting ways to help you set and manage expectations.
Often times we overprocess our sprint. This episode will explain more detail about what the sprint really is, why we have it, and how we can improve it. We all run into similar issues from what I have seen. I’d like to share some of the same issues that you have And obviously give you some insight and some helpful tips to help you make the most of your sprint. This is probably for agile or scrum product owners scrum masters and agile dev team. I’m sure that organizational leaders in agility or a...
Product owner let’s look at your flow. Why are you not flowing? Let’s get you going!
Season five unbelievable. Everybody needs a good retrospective for the team and I do as well. This episode is for scrum masters, and product owners. In this episode, I’ll share a quick retrospective and insight to the upcoming season 6 of Planet Product Owner. I’ll also recap and summarize a previous episode for the 3 C’s of coaching for the scrum master, Amd finally, I’ll introduce three focus areas for the product owner. Product Owners can have lots of distractions that take away from adding v...
This episode will be helpful to agile product managers and product owners when figuring out a plan on how to slice the feature, epic or larger body of work. One of the challenges I see alot with teams is the never-ending story. The other big challenge is not understanding the scope of testing. We need quality checks that are built in and the agile development team needs to understand a few things about this body of work when they are testing the solution.
Does your agile team need a definition of ready? Let's explore some things to consider first because we don't want to over-process anything. Maybe you need it, maybe you don't. You be the judge. If you decide that it may be of benefit, here are some tips on what to look for, including some 'artful' ideas as well.
One of the biggest things we can do as a product owner, and even as an organizational leader in the agile space is to value relationships over transactions. This episode should be a good one for anyone in agile leadership or execution as it will give some insight to the many challenges that the product owner and the agile development team face day-to-day. Challenges require a strategy to help overcome what we’re facing. Let’s revisit a few strategies that I’ve touched on in the past, but this ti...
Do you have that feeling that you are losing the team or worse...you've lost the team? The Agile Product Owner and Scrum Master can help pull the engagement up to all time highs if we know what to look for! This episode is for everyone in the agile team makeup and I hope it helps you!
Stick to audio or move to video? That is the question I have for you guys. I have a good start on some videos already to help take this journey a little deeper so I am only testing this one. I would love your feedback. Remember, Patrons get access to ALL the video content as well as the files I use for templates to accompany the videos that are published. I look forward to your feedback and your continued support!
The agile development team, the product owner, and the scrum master will benefit from this episode. Acceptance criteria with user stories is a popular topic in our community. In this episode, I would like to help you understand what makes for good acceptance, criteria, and some of the anti-patterns to avoid. The prize we seek is a shared understanding. So how can we prove that we got what we asked for? Tune in to this episode to get introduced to some thinking patterns around acceptance criteria...
Let’s explore 3 areas of responsibility that relates to right-sized user stories, a few patterns to help and of course a little help with the INVEST model! Don’t forget to check out the new @planetproductowner YouTube channel! Tell a friend or two…!
What are agile team working agreements? Why do we need them? And how do we put them together? I get this question a lot and I’m happy to talk about it in this relatively short episode. I’m also very happy to make an exciting announcement for the community and you don’t wanna miss it!
Agile or scrum product owners and scrum masters need to focus some time on coaching. Not just pushing items through the sprint or iteration. This episode outlines “3C’s” of coaching aspects to help promote the team. Of course, the “real world” examples are part of this episode. Remember to tell your friends and keep up the good work of encouraging listeners and subscribers!
This episode is primarily for the agile product owner and even leadership. Whether you are in some scaled agile environment like SAFe or non-distributed world, this episode may be helpful in understanding the great debate. Do I commit then write the stories, or do I write the stories, then commit? There’s probably a time for each method while on our journey, but there’s something bigger I don’t want you to miss. Tell a friend, subscribe and stay tuned as the journey unfolds. The planet is popula...
Finding my groove again to help you with the good stuff. I hope this helps your practice! In this episode for agile product owners, we will talk through some things that we have to stop doing, and some things to maybe start doing. In the spirit of the retrospective, we always need to inspect and adapt in the effort to improve what we do and how we do it. There are more than just 3 things, but these are the big ones to me. Remember to tell 3 friends, subscribe, and follow!
Code sitting on the shelf means we’re not getting the value. Value is in the hands of the customer. This episode targets agile product owners and leaders to help them limit code that sits in the shelf. Agile development is sometimes a complex system, but are we making it harder than it should be? Of course, this episode gives you 3 considerations to help you plan better and prevent code that sits on the shelf. Tell 3 friends about the Planet Product Owner podcast! Thank you for sharing, supporti...
Don’t scroll past. This is a really good episode for the agile product owner, scrum master and team. Even the managers will like it. For one or more reasons you are not getting value from your daily scrum or daily standup. Let’s get some ideas around how to extract more value from this critical feedback loop. This episode speaks to some ways to leverage the daily standup and get some big time results out of your team work, collaboration and delivery! Reorientation is important and we can always ...
Along our journey we find ourselves needing to “safely” transition work items at the scaled agile program level. This episode provides some insight and thinking patterns to help you move work from left to right. This episode should help the agile or scrum product owner, product manager and scrum master with some ways to effectively manage the transitions of the work for the program, PLUS a special message from your host! Thank you again for the support!
