Product Owner

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Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project.

—Agile Manifesto

Abstract

The Product Owner (PO) is the member of the team responsible for defining Stories and prioritizing the Team Backlog so as to streamline the execution of program priorities, while maintaining conceptual and technical integrity of the Features or components the team is responsible for. The PO has a significant role in quality and is the only team member empowered to accept stories as done. For most Enterprises converting to Agile, this is a new and critical role, which typically translates into a full-time job, requiring one PO ...

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