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When 2 Become 1: The Roles of Product Manager and Product Owner

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Since the Agile Manifesto first distinguished the roles in 2001, the same person has often been expected to serve as both PM and PO. Deals with release management, uses requirements to create detailed user stories, participates in scrums, etc. A subject matter expert (SME) on the product, providing daily support to engineering.