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Product Teams in Scrum

Roman Pichler

Why the Scrum Team is Not Enough. Scrum is a popular agile framework. Its strength is, at least partly, based on its roles with the Scrum team being the fundamental unit. This team consists of a product owner , a Scrum Master , and several developers, which are also known as development team.

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Dealing with an Underperforming Development Team

Roman Pichler

Before I discuss how you can help an underachieving team, let’s briefly explore what good performance looks like, assuming that an agile, Scrum-based process is used. What’s more, an agile, self-managing team is collectively responsible for their performance. You would interfere with and damage the team’s self-management.

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Nine Agile Antipatterns That Lead To Disaster

The Product Coalition

Agile antipatterns or scrum antipatterns are (poor) practices that are utilized to enhance a process. Nonetheless, organizations fail to implement this fundamental rule when developing software and instead operate in a somewhat mushroom-management environment. The Scrum Master is not a team leader, but rather a servant leader.

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Five Product Owner Myths Busted

Roman Pichler

Instead, you should engage the stakeholders, leverage their expertise, and generate as much buy-in as possible , as I explain in more detail in my article “ Stakeholder Management Tips for Product People.” Myth #2: The product owner is a tactical role focused on managing the product backlog.

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What Should a Head of Product Do?

Roman Pichler

A head of product is someone who manages a group of product people—individuals who look after one or more products and who may be called product manager or product owner. Depending on the size and org structure of your company, the role might also be referred to as Chief Product Officer, VP Product, or Director of Product Management.

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How to Overcome 6 Key Product Leadership Challenges

Roman Pichler

Unlike a line manager, you usually don’t manage the development team and stakeholders as the person in charge of the product, and the individuals don’t report to you. While this can be a source of creativity and innovation, it can also give rise to arguments and conflicts. No Transactional Power.

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How to Overcome 6 Key Product Leadership Challenges

Roman Pichler

Unlike a line manager, you usually don’t manage the development team and stakeholders as the person in charge of the product, and the individuals don’t report to you. While this can be a source of creativity and innovation, it can also give rise to arguments and conflicts. No Transactional Power.