{"id":12088,"date":"2014-03-17T10:14:01","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T08:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mozaicworks.com\/?p=6488"},"modified":"2022-02-01T17:58:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T15:58:35","slug":"learning-resources-for-product-owners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mozaicworks.com\/blog\/learning-resources-for-product-owners","title":{"rendered":"Learning resources for Product Owners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few days ago I published a&nbsp;<a title=\"Learning resources for ScrumMasters\" href=\"\/blog\/learning-resources-for-scrummasters\">blog post with resources for ScrumMasters<\/a>. I was saying how, since it\u2019s a relatively new role, it requires new skills to get it right, so people often ask me for learning resources. Well, the same goes for the Product Owner role.<\/p>\n<p>In the past, things were clear: we had product managers and business analysts. All of a sudden, Scrum brought into the spotlight a new role for managing a product,&nbsp;<strong>the Product Owner<\/strong>. And it too requires additional skills. To help you overcome the initial challenge, in this post I share a few resources that you\u2019ll hopefully find useful.<\/p>\n<h2>The Product Owner Role<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Product Owner<br \/>\nThe role, as described in the Agile Atlas.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"What does a Product Owner do? | MW blog\" href=\"\/blog\/what-does-a-product-owner\/\">What does a Product Owner do?<\/a><br \/>\nA view by my colleague Iuliana.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Agile Product Ownership in a Nutshell | YouTube\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=502ILHjX9EE\">Agile Product Ownership in a Nutshell<\/a>&nbsp;(video)<br \/>\nA very good video, highly recommended.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"The Product Owner poster\" href=\"http:\/\/williamgill.de\/2012\/10\/01\/the-product-owner-the-poster\/\">The Product Owner poster<\/a><br \/>\nA broader view of the role. Comes with a nice poster.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Agile Product Management with Scrum\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Agile-Product-Management-Scrum-Addison-Wesley\/dp\/0321605780\" class=\"broken_link\">Agile Product Management with Scrum<\/a>&nbsp;(book)<br \/>\nThe role in depth, managing the product, working with the team.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Can the Product Owner and ScrumMaster roles be combined?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoq.com\/news\/2008\/12\/scrum-master-product-owner\">Can Product Owner and Scrum Master be Combined?<\/a><br \/>\nIs it advisable to combine the two roles?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Managing the product<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"User Stories Applied\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0321205685\">User Stories Applied<\/a>&nbsp;(book)<br \/>\nHow to write stories, work with users, estimate and plan work.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"The Lean Startup | Amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0307887898\" class=\"broken_link\">The Lean Startup<\/a>&nbsp;(book)<br \/>\nReduce the product risk by investing in minimum viable products.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Executable Specifications | MW blog\" href=\"\/blog\/executable-specifications\/\">Executable Specifications<\/a><br \/>\nA recent approach to specifying requirements, that emphasizes collaboration and automation.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"5 tips for better user stories\" href=\"\/blog\/5-tips-for-better-user-stories\/\">5 tips for better user stories<\/a><br \/>\n\u201cUse personas\u201d, \u201climit story size\u201d and others.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Invest in good stories and smart tasks\" href=\"http:\/\/xp123.com\/articles\/invest-in-good-stories-and-smart-tasks\/\">INVEST in Good Stories, and SMART Tasks<\/a><br \/>\nStories should be independent, negotiable, valuable, estimable, small and testable.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Patterns for splitting user stories\" href=\"http:\/\/www.agileforall.com\/2009\/10\/patterns-for-splitting-user-stories\/\">Patterns for Splitting User Stories<\/a><br \/>\nLearn how to make stories small enough to fit into a sprint.<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s all in how you slice<br \/>\nSplit your features into user stories based on priority and coherence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Working with the Scrum Team<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"A developer about Product Owner | MW blog\" href=\"\/blog\/a-developer-about-product-owner\/\">A developer about Product Owner<\/a><br \/>\nHow the PO role is viewed by a team member.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180909142124\/http:\/\/www.scrumcrazy.com:80\/Tips+for+Effective+Backlog+Grooming\">Tips for Effective Backlog Grooming<\/a><br \/>\nThe grooming meeting is possibly the most important one for the Product Owner.<\/li>\n<li>Release Planning in Scrum<br \/>\nHow to handle longer-range planning.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Scaling the Product Owner\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140107211432\/http:\/\/www.romanpichler.com:80\/blog\/roles\/scaling-the-product-owner\/\">Scaling the Product Owner<\/a><br \/>\nHow to work on bigger projects.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.featureteams.org\/feature_team_primer12.pdf\">Feature teams<\/a><br \/>\nLearn the agile way of structuring teams.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Agile Estimating and Planning\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0131479415\">Agile Estimating and Planning<\/a>&nbsp;(book)<br \/>\nThe project management side of the role.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Sprint Planning Meeting\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mountaingoatsoftware.com\/agile\/scrum\/sprint-planning-meeting\">Sprint Planning<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150905114408\/https:\/\/www.scrumalliance.org\/community\/articles\/2009\/april\/the-sprint-review-mastering-the-art-of-feedback\">Sprint Review<\/a><br \/>\nDetails about the two meetings that start and end the sprint.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Working with Customers<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Innovation Games | Amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0054KOKFC\">Innovation Games<\/a>&nbsp;(book)<br \/>\nMake decisions during interactive activities with your customers (\u201cserious games\u201d).<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Personas\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usability.gov\/how-to-and-tools\/methods\/personas.html\">Personas<\/a><br \/>\nModel your users needs, for a more relevant product.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Product owners and web analytics\" href=\"http:\/\/agilewisdom.net\/?p=106\" class=\"broken_link\">Product owners and web analytics<\/a><br \/>\nGather data to better understand your users.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.theteamw.com\/2011\/01\/16\/100-things-you-should-know-about-people-52-people-create-mental-models\/\">100 Things You Should Know About People: #52: People Create Mental Models<\/a><br \/>\nUse mental models to understand your customer\u2019s worldview.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>User Experience<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"The Design of Everyday Things | Amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Design-Everyday-Things-Revised-Expanded-ebook\/dp\/B00E257T6C\/\">The design of everyday things<\/a>&nbsp;(book)<br \/>\nA classic on product design and a precursor of the usability movement.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Don't Make Me Think | Amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dont-Make-Think-Revisited-Usability\/dp\/0321965515\/\">Don\u2019t make me think<\/a>&nbsp;(book)<br \/>\nThe key to a consumer product\u2019s success is making it intuitive to use.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Lean UX | Amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lean-UX-Applying-Principles-Experience-ebook\/dp\/B0074KA0A4\">Lean UX<\/a>&nbsp;(book)<br \/>\nA new discipline combining agile, lean startup and user experience.<\/li>\n<li>Twelve emerging best practices for adding UX work to Agile development<br \/>\nThe title says it all.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Other resources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Scrum Guide\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scrum.org\/Scrum-Guide\">Scrum Guide<\/a><br \/>\nThe guide is&nbsp;written by Scrum\u2019s creators: Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Succeeding with Agile\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Succeeding-Agile-Software-Development-Using\/dp\/0321579364\/\">Succeeding with Agile<\/a>&nbsp;(book)<br \/>\nOne of the reference books about Scrum and Agile.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Inspired | Amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Inspired-Create-Products-Customers-Love\/dp\/0981690408\/\">Inspired: How To Create Products Customers Love<\/a>(book)<br \/>\n\u201cWhy do some products make the leap to greatness while others do not?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>List of books<br \/>\nI\u2019ve created a list of books for Product Owners on Amazon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Our services<\/h2>\n<p>We\u2019ve got a few workshops where you could learn more about the Product Owner role:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Acceptance Test Driven Development Workshop\" href=\"\/public-trainings-and-workshops\/acceptance-test-driven-development\/\">Acceptance Test Driven Development Workshop<\/a>&nbsp;(2 days)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Certified Scrum Product Owner Course\" href=\"https:\/\/mozaicworks.com\/product\/certified-scrum-product-owner\/\">Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) training<\/a>&nbsp;(2 days)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"User Stories for Agile Requirements Workshop\" href=\"\/public-trainings-and-workshops\/user-stories-for-agile-requirements-workshop\/\">User Stories for Agile Requirements Workshop<\/a>&nbsp;(1 day)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Agile Software Development Using Scrum\" href=\"\/public-trainings-and-workshops\/agile-software-development-using-scrum\/\">Agile Software Development using Scrum<\/a>&nbsp;(2 days)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Product Inception workshop (5-hours)\" href=\"\/public-trainings-and-workshops\/product-inception-workshop-5-hours\/\">Product Inception Workshop<\/a>&nbsp;(5 hours)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We could also offer you in-house assessment, coaching and consultancy on your needs. Our coaches have helped many Product Owners better understand their responsibilities, create a roadmap and the Product Backlog and prepare for the Scrum meetings.&nbsp;<a title=\"Assessment and recommendations\" href=\"https:\/\/mozaicworks.com\/contact\">Contact us<\/a>&nbsp;for more details.<br \/>\n\u2014<br \/>\nWhat are your preferred books or blog posts? Let me know about them in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few days ago I published a&nbsp;blog post with resources for ScrumMasters. I was saying how, since it\u2019s a relatively new role, it requires new skills to get it right, so people often ask me for learning resources. Well, the same goes for the Product Owner role. 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