Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project - Agile Manifesto
Summary
A Product Owner in SAFe:
Primary advocate of the customers
Champions strategy for an agile team
Part of the larger Product Management function
Maintains alignment with the Solution Vision throughout development
Aligns the Agile Team's effort with the organisation's strategic goals from the lens of the customers and stakeholders
Manages the needs of customers and stakeholders
Guides the evolution of the Solution to deliver maximum value
Requires vision, excellent communication skills, and exception decision-making
Who is a Product Owner in Scaled Agile Framework?
Product Owner in Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) is the Agile team member (SAFe Scrum Team / SAFe Kanban Team) responsible for maximising the value delivered by the team by ensuring that the team backlog is aligned with customer and stakeholder needs.
What are the roles and responsibilities of a Product Owner in Scaled Agile Framework?
A SAFe Product Owner acts as the 'voice of the customer' within the Agile Team. Thus, representing the needs of the customers, users, stakeholders and business. A successful SAFe Product Owner is proficient in managing relationships, synthesising data, maintaining business alignment in the team backlog, and communicating with various stakeholders. A key goal of a SAFe Product Owner is to obtain insights and delivery results quickly. In collaboration with the Product Management function, a SAFe Product Owner ensure that product strategy and implementation align within an agile team and across agile teams.
The role of a SAFe Product Owner is critical in an organisation moving or working in Agile Ways of Working as a SAFe Product Owner acts as a bridge between an Agile Team and its customers. A SAFe Product Owner represent multiple, diverse and differing views of the customers and decided on what the most important work to complete inorder to maximum value and achieve business goals. A SAFe Product Owner acts in order to better business outcomes by managing the team backlog, gather feedback, promote teamwork, communicate effectively, and keep the team focused on the highest-value work.
The key responsibilities of a SAFe Product Owner includes:
Maximising value of the Agile Team
Contributing to the product vision and product roadmap
Define and prioritise the team backlog
Ensure alignment with business goals
Collaborate with product management
Refine business requirements and acceptance criteria
Participate in PI (Program Increment) planning
Engage with agile teams daily
Support continuous delivery and deployment
Work with stakeholders for feedback
Drive Innovation and Customer Value
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