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7. Scrum and the Product Owner

Allan Kelly1 
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London, UK
 

Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It’s not about money. It’s about the people you have, how you’re led, and how much you get it.

—Steve Jobs1

The title Product Owner comes from Scrum, so it makes sense to go to the source, the latest (2017) Scrum Guide:

The Product Owner is responsible for maximizing the value of the product resulting from work of the Development Team. How this is done may vary widely across organizations, Scrum Teams, and individuals.

The Product Owner is the ...

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