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Professional Product Owner, The: Leveraging Scrum as a Competitive Advantage

by Don McGreal, Ralph Jocham

June 2018

Intermediate to advanced

384 pages

7h 31m

English

Addison-Wesley Professional

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QuizProduct Mindset versus Project MindsetWhat Is Product Management?The Product Management Vacuum and the Three VsVisionValueValidationProduct Management and ScrumThe Product OwnerDefining a ProductQuiz Review
QuizBusiness ModelingBusiness Model CanvasProduct VisionFocusedPractical versus EmotionalPervasiveVisioning with ScrumTechnical StrategyQuiz Review
QuizValue DefinedDelivering ValueValue MetricsEvidence-Based ManagementCurrent ValueTime to MarketAbility to InnovateTracking MetricsWhere Your Money GoesNegative ValueVisibleInvisibleValue NeutralityPerversion of MetricsQuiz Review
QuizStakeholder FeedbackMarketplace FeedbackMinimum Viable ProductMinimum Viable Product through KanoMVP PatternsPromotional MVPMining MVPLanding Page MVPWizard of Oz MVPSingle-Feature MVPPivot or PersevereQuiz Review
QuizIt’s a Complex ProblemCertainty QuizVisualizing ComplexityCynefinObviousComplicatedComplexChaosPutting It All TogetherTypes of ComplexityManaging RiskQuiz Review
QuizWhy a Framework?The Pillars of ScrumTransparencyInspectionAdaptationScrum RolesProduct OwnerDevelopment TeamScrum MasterOthersScrum ArtifactsProduct BacklogSprint BacklogIncrementOthersScrum EventsSprintSprint PlanningDaily ScrumSprint ReviewSprint RetrospectiveOtherIterative and IncrementalAgile Manifesto for Software DevelopmentQuiz Review
QuizWhat Is a Requirement?Product BacklogUser StoriesNonfunctional RequirementsEpicsAcceptance CriteriaSpikesProduct Backlog OrderingMeasuring Value, Risk, and Size“Done”Definition of “Done”Example Definition of “Done”“Ready” Is a MindsetGetting to ReadyLean Requirements ManagementStory MappingSteps to Creating a Story MapExplore the Story MapStory Maps and Product BacklogsThe Past and the FutureImpact MappingSuccess CriteriaSpecification by ExampleQuiz Review
QuizReasons to ReleaseRelease StrategyMajor ReleasesMinor ReleasesFunctional ReleasesEstimation and VelocityManaging Multiple TeamsScaling ProductsOne Product, One Development TeamSeveral Products, One Development TeamSeveral Products, Several Development TeamsOne Product, Several Development TeamsThe Nexus FrameworkReportingForecasting BasicsForecasting Across Multiple ProductsPercentage of CompletionMonte Carlo SimulationWhich Color Is Your Velocity?BudgetingGovernance and ComplianceKickoffQualityDefinitionsTypes of QualityKeeping QualityQuiz Review
Understanding Product Owner SuccessThe Receiving Product OwnerThe Initiating Product OwnerYouSkills and TraitsMeasuring Success

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7 PRODUCT BACKLOG MANAGEMENT

QUIZ

To set the stage for this chapter, try answering each of the following statements with Agree or Disagree. Answers appear at the end of the chapter.

Statement	Agree	Disagree
The Product Backlog replaces the need for any other requirement documents.
Agile requirements must be no more than a few sentences.
User story is synonymous with Product Backlog item.
Defects should not be in the Product Backlog ...

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ISBN: 9780134686639

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PRODUCT BACKLOG MANAGEMENT