The Product Owner
I think of the ScrumMaster as the person who ensures that the team is working well together, that impediments to progress are quickly removed, and that the team is moving efficiently toward its goal. I think of the product owner as the person who makes sure the team is aimed at the right goal. A good team needs both roles to succeed. The product owner points the team at the right target; the ScrumMaster helps the team get to that target as efficiently as possible.
Roman Pichler, author of Agile Product Management with Scrum: Creating Products that Customers Love, stresses the importance of the product owner: “The product owner has the authority to set a goal and shape the vision. The product owner is not just a project manager ...
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