Scrum Product Ownership: Balancing Value from the Inside Out

by Robert Galen

When it was first published in 2009, Scrum Product Ownership was the first book to address the Product Owner role in detail. It was a breakthrough guide in how to drive high quality and customer value, while maintaining a singular focus on agile delivery principles. Fast forward to 2013 and much has changed.

Scrum and the other agile methods are dominating the mainstream and new success stories seem to be forthcoming daily. However, there are still challenges and many surround the Product Owner role: scaling Scrum, sustaining quality, delivering and measuring value, providing team leadership, being a part of organizational transformation, and simple survival are all still in play.

In other words, the role is still just plain HARD. The Second Edition of Scrum Product Ownership is being delivered to help with today’s challenges. It has more practical advice, real-world tactics, and more stories. It provides a framework of ideas to help today's Product Owners and their teams to better “Deliver the Goods”. However, it remains true to its heritage of guiding you towards becoming a GREAT Product Owner…from the Inside Out.

Genres: Nonfiction

252 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[void *ptr]

Overall a pretty good book with a lot of advice to try out and experiment with. There are however a couple practices that are not in line with the Scrum Guide (Sprint(s) Zero, Hardening Sprint(s), canceling planning, canceling the entire sprint just because the dev team is struggling, etc) and the author is not equally consistent in emphasizing that.

[Paul]

A perennial problem... Lack of good product ownership. Some good into and tips in this book but badly in need of an editor.

[Waleed Riaz]

A deeper dive into how a PO should function. A good read for functional managers and leaders who need a complete perspective of this role.

[Khurshid]

Too much fluff

[Matt]

Super dull writing but fantastic content. So it actually gets a full 5 for contender. Definitely read if you’re a software developer type. It loses the one star for being pretty blandly written.

[Etwein Geoffrey]

Simply, one of the best I've read about the Product Owner role.

[Bob Schatz]

Great book for Product Owners...short and to the point

[Jesus A.]

The best book to deeply understand everything about Product Ownernip in software development. Totally recommend it.

[Ulmas]

Terrible editing work. Filled with "I"s, opinions and anecdotes.

[Nick Zdunic]

My review at my blog http://wp.me/p1sqAh-6L