The Art of Agile Product Ownership: A Guide for Product Managers, Business Analysts, and Entrepreneurs

© Allan Kelly 2019

A. KellyThe Art of Agile Product Ownershiphttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5168-3_21

21. Mission Impossible

Allan Kelly¹ 

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London, UK

 

The perfect Product Owner probably doesn’t exist. The role is hard to fill at the best of times. Frequently things are made more difficult by the constraints and extra demands organizations impose. That does not mean that one should give up trying, nor does it mean that one cannot be a good Product Owner.

It helps if one understands some of the potential conflicts and tensions inherent in the Product Owner role—if only so you don’t feel alone! More importantly, if you know some of the potential pitfalls, you might be able to avoid them.

Skills

Look again at the Product Owner skills diagram (Figure ...