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Product Owner Interview Guide: The Product Mindset

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Interacting comes in many different forms, from exercising control to pursuing goals (probably also personal agendas) to being kept in the loop. Invite users to collaborative exercises, for example, user story mapping, etc. Align with them on roadmaps, Product Goals, and other near- and mid-term planning exercises.

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Escaping the Feature Factory

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Short-Term Focus : Driven by quarterly results or immediate performance metrics, these organizations push for quick deliveries, often at the expense of long-term value or sustainable development. Exercise Empirical Process Control : In your Retrospectives, identify instances where the feature factory mindset prevailed.

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Scrum Master Power-Ups

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Mike Cohn describes a high-performing team as one that “sustainably exceeds expectations in achieving clear goals. You feel your Product Owner understands and honors the concepts of sustainable pace, the importance of setting the vision and Product Goal, and the radical collaboration that Scrum encourages.

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The Three — Wait: Four — Elements of Empiricism

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At the team level, most important is one thing where the Scrum team exercises decisive influence: the regular delivery of valuable Increments within the given constraints while contributing to the organization's sustainability. Everyone trusts a successful team. .

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Minimum Viable Library (2) — Product Owner Edition

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Jeff Patton presents a practical approach, guiding you through story lifecycles and offering exercises for quick understanding. It introduces a sustainable approach to product discovery, addressing the challenge of aligning customer value with business value.

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We are hired to give our clients solutions that work. Aren’t we?

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A directive telling approach might leave the client in awe of the consultant’s depth and breadth of knowledge; a coaching approach will leave behind a more capable, stronger, and resilient client who can implement a more sustainable change. The objective is to build sustainable change. What have you learned through those exercises?

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The Agile Manifesto from a Lean Perspective

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Could it be that the authors were influenced by a “lean” gestalt which they saw no reason to explicitly acknowledge? Agile processes promote sustainable development. Overloading the team in an attempt to compensate is not sustainable over time. However, it’s the exercise itself which is important.

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