Product Owner

The Product Owner is the representative of all stakeholders. His/her focus is the business side of the product. He/she carries the product vision to the team, and formalizes a specific, measurable and reasonable Product Backlog and prioritizes it by business value.

Responsibilities

• Represent the voice of the customer
• Establish, nurture and communicate the product vision
• Achieve initial and on-going funding for the project by creating initial release plan
• Administer the Product Backlog
• Monitor the project against ROI goals and investment vision
• Update and prioritize Product Backlog (ensure that the most valuable features is built first and built upon)
• Make decisions about when to create an official release
• Ensure that the Scrum Team works with the right things from a business perspective

Skills

In no particular order, the following qualities may make life easier for all parties participating in a project.
Comprehensive knowledge in

• the Business area
• Business processes
• Marketing
• Engineering