Scrum Pattern: Chief Product Owner

 

  
ContextA Product Owner Team manages the Product Backlog
ProblemMultiple persons cannot be accountable for the same product

Usually a team does not agree all the time, so the ROI will not be driven towards an optimum results for the product.

Forcestoo little/too much hierarchy
SolutionChoose a Chief Product Owner

The Chief Product Owner is the “single wrenchable neck” being responsible for the work of the Product Owner Team. If there are several products managed by the team, the Chief Product Owner is responsible to choose which Product Backlog Items are realized in which Sprint.

Resulting ContextThe Product is managed efficiently.

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