Product Owners

Helps you break down large, ambiguous features into small, well-defined, and sprint-ready user stories with clear acceptance criteria.

Helps you craft a diplomatic, clear, and respectful response to a stakeholder request that you need to decline or postpone.

Guides you in applying an objective framework to prioritize your product backlog, helping you make defensible decisions based on value and effort.

POs often just write "happy path" ACs, but developers must build for all edge cases, error states, and non-functional requirements.

Backlog management involves managing epics, features, and user stories and handling constantly changing priorities from multiple stakeholders.

A critical skill for a PO is the ability to say "no" to stakeholders who try to bypass the PM's strategy and inject work directly into a sprint.

A vaguely written user story is a primary source of development waste, leading to rework and features that miss the mark.

The PO is responsible for preparing the backlog for the meeting and demonstrating the completed work at the end in the Sprint Review.

Refine user stories into clear, actionable work items that meet INVEST criteria.

Plan effective stakeholder communication that keeps stakeholders informed and aligned.

Prioritize product backlog items using frameworks like RICE, Value vs Effort, or MoSCoW.