Mike Cohn

Have you ever considered becoming a product owner? Maybe you should. Product owners work with stakeholders to create a vision of the product they wish to create. They then work with the Scrum team and stakeholders to translate that product vision into an ever-evolving product backlog . Product owners have the tough job of choosing the highest priority work to do next to ensure they maximize the value they deliver to customers....

One of the most common struggles faced by agile teams is the need to split user stories . I’m sure you’ve struggled with this. I certainly did at first. In fact, when I first began using Scrum , some of our product backlog items were so big that we occasionally opted for six-week sprints. With a bit more experience, though, that team and I saw enough ways to split work that we could have done one-day sprints if we’d wanted....