Belkis Vasquez-McCall

PO RoleCan you hear me now?

BelkisBelkis – Senior Product Owner / Agile leader in IT

Application Development Group

“I work with end users, sponsor groups and development teams to deliver high quality solutions. A main part of my work is determining the value, priority and details of work done by an Agile team.”

Belkis Vasquez-Mcall

Backlog of PO practices from former BAs and PMs that helped them be responsive to evolving users needs and develop better products

• As a PO, I use the concept of ‘Adapting to change’ to…

• As a PO, I am empowered to set expectation….

• As a PO, I use Release Roadmaps to….

• As a PO, I use Scope Burn Down charts to….

• As a PO, I use simple vision document. personas and user stories to….

Vision and goalsVision and goals

“Getting our voices heard at the product level!”

Vision: Highlight how the PO role has helped former Business Analysts and Project Managers exercise their influence beyond project execution into product experience.

Goals

• Creates collective ownership of the product vision and roadmap

1

• Empowered to make decisions and helps the team adapt to evolving users needs

3

• Works with stakeholders and team to manage scope and priorities

2

As a PO, I use simple vision

Document, personas and

User stories to

Personas in this presentation:Personas in this presentation: Perspectives from former BAs and PMs that have transitioned to the PO role and from IT leadership

Business Analysts

Director of Application

development

Project Managers

As a PO, I use , personas to

PO practices from former BAs and PMs that helped them be responsive to evolving users needs and develop better products

As a PO, I use…

PO practices from former BAs and PMs that helped them be responsive to evolving users needs and develop better products (2 of 2)

• As a PO, I use the concept of ‘Adapting to change’to adapt to the evolving needs of the users so that we can add value to the business

•• As a PO, I am empowered to As a PO, I am empowered to

set set expectation with expectation with the the

stakeholder during the project stakeholder during the project

kickkick--off so that everyone is off so that everyone is

on the same pageon the same page

•• As a PO, I use As a PO, I use Release Release

RoadmapsRoadmaps to align team to align team

with vision so that we with vision so that we

collectively as a team collectively as a team

own the release visionown the release vision

•• As a PO, I use As a PO, I use Scope Scope

Burn Down chartsBurn Down charts to to

manage scope and manage scope and

priorities so that sponsors priorities so that sponsors

can have flexible with the can have flexible with the

release daterelease date

• As a PO, I use simple vision document, personas anduse stories to communicate vision so that there is collective ownership of the product vision

Hear from IT leadership how the PO role has impacted the success of our organization As a Director of Application

Development my perspective on

the PO role is that….

Product Owner role productproduct experience

Product Genesis Product Creation Product Evolution

� User research

� Rapid Prototyping

� Personas

� Vision

� High-level Backlog

� Business Case

�� Decision to move Decision to move

forward with solutionforward with solution

� Usage analytics

� User research

� User behaviors

� Enhancements

� Evolving needs of the Firm

� Next 2Next 2--3 future releases3 future releasesPlanning production releases

��Valuable functionality Valuable functionality available available to usersto users

PresentWork on activities from current sprint

2

PastClose-out open stories from previous sprints

14

FutureWork on preparing/ prioritizing stories for 2-3 sprints ahead

3Sprintcycle

activities

As a PO, start exploring how we can amplify our voices at the program and organization level

As a PO, I Adapting to changes in the role

Key ingredients for being a Product Owner that is heard and successful

• Creates collective ownership of the product vision and roadmap

1

• Empowered to make decisions and helps the team adapt to evolving users needs

3

• Takes accountability for quality of the product by being an innovative solution designer

4

• Works with stakeholders and team to manage scope and priorities

2

PO

Role

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You

Hear

Me

Now?

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Thank You!

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