Agile Scrum Project Roles
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Introduction to the Scrum Project Roles
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This article provides an ‘Introduction into the Scrum Project Roles’ and looks to discuss the different roles that are involved in an Agile Scrum Project.
Product Owner
A Product Owner is visionary. They have the vision of what they want to build and convey that vision to the team. The Product Owner is not equivalent to the project manager in the traditional project. Their job is to motivate the team with a goal and vision instead of managing the team.
A Product Owner is the builder and manager of the Product backlog. They provide guidance on which features to ship next. A Product Owner is the Voice of the customers. They express these requirements in the form of User stories.
A product owner is also a communicator who interacts with the team and other stakeholders, to make sure everyone understands the items in the product backlog. For the scrum project to succeed, the Product Owner must be empowered.
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Agile Scrum Project Roles
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User Stories Applied
A 59 Seconds Agile Book Review
User Stories Applied by Mike Cohn is one of our favourite books on Agile User Stories. The book starts with an overview into user stories, and details what a user story is and the different aspects of them. He then discusses how to go about writing a user story, and provides details of the INVEST criteria that can be used to determine if the story is meeting all of its objectives. Next Mike gives an in depth discussion of who user stories are written for and where to begin when gathering the details for them. The book then discusses acceptance testing user stories, including how to go about specifying these criteria and the responsibilities of the development team and customers during this process.
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The Agile Scrum Roles
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Agile Scrum Master Training Course
Our Favourite Agile Books
We found these books great for finding out more information on Agile Scrum: