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Sharing Agile Product Owner experiences on a 3rd grade level. Use these thinking patterns and insights whether you are new or seasoned with scrum, agile, lean or SAFe methods, to any level of your journey. Don’t let the audio from the first few of episodes run you off. It gets better. Subscribe, follow and check for new episodes! Tell your friends! I guarantee you’ll enjoy the journey and get better. scott@planetproductowner.org Venmo J-G-1-222 YouTube @planetproductowner
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This is the first podcast which explores the life of an Intelligent Automation Product Owner. I work for a Fortune 50 company which used to be biggest company in the world a few years ago. This podcast represents my views only.
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The Product Owner Perspective interview series was created by me, Sjoerd Kranendonk (aka @sjoerdly), in an attempt to increase the amount of available stories, experience & knowledge for the Product Owner community. At irregular intervals I interview experienced practitioners to help share lessons and practices from the trenches.
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We are in the business of exploring, defining and solving the unknown. But that does not mean we blindly commit to work. How can we help the product owner and product manager in the agile development space to become more proactive? How can we better qualify what we’re asking the team to do? How can we shore up our commitments? Today, let’s focus on…
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Too many times we fall into habits that we carry over from the days of old. There’s nothing wrong with the days of old, in fact, we can learn a lot from the old days. But what we want to learn from the past and we are actually apply new techniques from thinking patterns we develop. This episode is beneficial for the agile product owner, product man…
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Wrapping up the keys for a successful Product Owner practice
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In this episode I’ll wrap up and summarize the six keys for a successful practice. If you are a product owner or a product manager in the agile space, this episode will summarize the skills covered with a reminder of why we want to develop them and how to tie them back to protect your team, your backlog and the health of your practice.…
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In this episode I am sharing with you my work which is quite advanced and can amaze anyone with its width and broad spectrum
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With this episode, we are finally through the six keys of success for the product owner or product manager in the agile development and delivery space. Hooray! This episode will close out those six keys that we talked about. Sometimes you can equate the skills to more than just product, owner and product manager roles. We just wanna make sure that …
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The old saying for the agile or scrum team is to be close to the work. We hear this a lot, but what does that really mean? Especially if we are a product owner or a product manager trying to understand what problems we want to solve. When we were in the business of discovering the unknown and solving problems, we really need to understand what it i…
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Product owner / manager Success Key #4
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This episode turns the corner for us as we journey through the last 3 of 6 keys for success in your practice. If you are struggling with getting alignment with the team during their working iteration or sprint, this key to success will help you keep that front porch clean! It is important for the agile product owner or product manager to continuall…
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Key #3 of the 6 keys to having a successful agile product practice! How do we ensure that we are getting what we want? Putting the six keys together will definitely help us on the journey to becoming a better product owner or product manager in the practice of agile development. What are we focusing on? When we’re in a large scale development effor…
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Being a successful agile product owner or product manager takes a little work. It’s not just doing what is in the book or described in the certifications. In my experience, there are 6 keys to success. This is key #2!
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Well, I’m committed to going old-school Scott on the journey for the agile product owner and scrum team with this podcast. My plan is to teach, coach and mentor in a way that makes sense to you. I’m committed to getting back to the roots of this podcast and why it was successful to begin with. I’ll be your agile coach, your source of entertainment …
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A conversation on conversational tools
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It’s a new format, it’s a new season, it’s still the Planet Product Owner podcast, which happens to still be the best coaching and training podcast for agile teams and of course the agile product owner. I’ve listened to your feedback and I’m re-factoring what I’m doing here. I’m getting back to the roots of the storytelling now and finally finding …
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Sprint planning is probably one of the most underutilized ceremonies that we have in our toolbelt. This episode will focus on the inputs and output of sprint planning and would be a great episode for the entire agile scrum team to listen to. I’ll share some thoughts around the format of the event, some tips for agility and some interesting ways to …
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Often times we overprocess our sprint. This episode will explain more detail about what the sprint really is, why we have it, and how we can improve it. We all run into similar issues from what I have seen. I’d like to share some of the same issues that you have And obviously give you some insight and some helpful tips to help you make the most of …
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How did I start being acceptable at developing intelligent automation?
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In this podcast episode, I am exploring the beginning of my RPA journey
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Product owner let’s look at your flow. Why are you not flowing? Let’s get you going!
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3 focus aReas for the Product Owner (and a retro)
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Season five unbelievable. Everybody needs a good retrospective for the team and I do as well. This episode is for scrum masters, and product owners. In this episode, I’ll share a quick retrospective and insight to the upcoming season 6 of Planet Product Owner. I’ll also recap and summarize a previous episode for the 3 C’s of coaching for the scrum …
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This episode will be helpful to agile product managers and product owners when figuring out a plan on how to slice the feature, epic or larger body of work. One of the challenges I see alot with teams is the never-ending story. The other big challenge is not understanding the scope of testing. We need quality checks that are built in and the agile …
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How can you use you PC as a wealth and status machine: Data Based Fashion Reviews
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In this episode I am exploring again how can you use intelligent automation to create value that will be transformed into wealth and status: creating the first world data based fashion review For the full blog post: https://fanaca.wordpress.com/2023/10/20/milan-fashion-week
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Does your agile team need a definition of ready? Let's explore some things to consider first because we don't want to over-process anything. Maybe you need it, maybe you don't. You be the judge. If you decide that it may be of benefit, here are some tips on what to look for, including some 'artful' ideas as well.…
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Automation transforms the personal computer from the entertainment media it is today to a wealth and status creation machine
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In this episode after almost 2 years break, I explore the seriousness of intelligent automation which has the possibility of transforming the outcome of using a personal computer. From being mostly an entertainment machine, intelligent automation will without doubt transform it into a money and status creation machine…
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One of the biggest things we can do as a product owner, and even as an organizational leader in the agile space is to value relationships over transactions. This episode should be a good one for anyone in agile leadership or execution as it will give some insight to the many challenges that the product owner and the agile development team face day-…
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Do you have that feeling that you are losing the team or worse...you've lost the team? The Agile Product Owner and Scrum Master can help pull the engagement up to all time highs if we know what to look for! This episode is for everyone in the agile team makeup and I hope it helps you!
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First attempt at video! Re: Acceptance Criteria
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Stick to audio or move to video? That is the question I have for you guys. I have a good start on some videos already to help take this journey a little deeper so I am only testing this one. I would love your feedback. Remember, Patrons get access to ALL the video content as well as the files I use for templates to accompany the videos that are pub…
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The agile development team, the product owner, and the scrum master will benefit from this episode. Acceptance criteria with user stories is a popular topic in our community. In this episode, I would like to help you understand what makes for good acceptance, criteria, and some of the anti-patterns to avoid. The prize we seek is a shared understand…
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Let’s explore 3 areas of responsibility that relates to right-sized user stories, a few patterns to help and of course a little help with the INVEST model! Don’t forget to check out the new @planetproductowner YouTube channel! Tell a friend or two…!
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What are agile team working agreements? Why do we need them? And how do we put them together? I get this question a lot and I’m happy to talk about it in this relatively short episode. I’m also very happy to make an exciting announcement for the community and you don’t wanna miss it!
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Agile or scrum product owners and scrum masters need to focus some time on coaching. Not just pushing items through the sprint or iteration. This episode outlines “3C’s” of coaching aspects to help promote the team. Of course, the “real world” examples are part of this episode. Remember to tell your friends and keep up the good work of encouraging …
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This episode is primarily for the agile product owner and even leadership. Whether you are in some scaled agile environment like SAFe or non-distributed world, this episode may be helpful in understanding the great debate. Do I commit then write the stories, or do I write the stories, then commit? There’s probably a time for each method while on ou…
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Finding my groove again to help you with the good stuff. I hope this helps your practice! In this episode for agile product owners, we will talk through some things that we have to stop doing, and some things to maybe start doing. In the spirit of the retrospective, we always need to inspect and adapt in the effort to improve what we do and how we …
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Code sitting on the shelf means we’re not getting the value. Value is in the hands of the customer. This episode targets agile product owners and leaders to help them limit code that sits in the shelf. Agile development is sometimes a complex system, but are we making it harder than it should be? Of course, this episode gives you 3 considerations t…
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Don’t scroll past. This is a really good episode for the agile product owner, scrum master and team. Even the managers will like it. For one or more reasons you are not getting value from your daily scrum or daily standup. Let’s get some ideas around how to extract more value from this critical feedback loop. This episode speaks to some ways to lev…
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Along our journey we find ourselves needing to “safely” transition work items at the scaled agile program level. This episode provides some insight and thinking patterns to help you move work from left to right. This episode should help the agile or scrum product owner, product manager and scrum master with some ways to effectively manage the trans…
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I’ve learned many things that successful agile product owners do. I’ll share my top 10 list of things to help you with so you can become a successful Product Owner in the agile and scrum arena. I know that you have your own list too and I hope to get your feedback on that! Happy Holidays and I hope you enjoy this episode!…
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This is part two of what we started in the last episode to help the overwhelmed agile or scrum product owner. This episode is beneficial for scrum masters, product owners, and scrum team. There is also quite a bit of insight for agile transformation leaders and upper management as well. Let’s talk about the scrum guide, what we are accountable for,…
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Part one of the overwhelmed agile product owner. Let’s talk about how the scrum team can alleviate some pressure from the product owner, how to impact delivery and how the agile team developers can help the most! I’m giving a lot of love to the agile or scrum development team today because I just don’t give them enough. Many hands make light work, …
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How do we apply behaviors that prove we are actually valuing “Individuals and Interactions OVER Processes and Tools”? Today’s episode explores some things that product owners can do to help us demonstrate that value. Take your hands off the hand offs.
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As a product owner I want to create stories that paint a picture so that my development team can produce the right thing. Product owners and anyone in the agile space should enjoy this episode as we get back to fundamentals about user stories. Today’s episode will cover some of the good attributes of user stories as well as some traps or anti-patte…
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Hey agile Product Owner and Scrum Master! Does your burn down chart look like a cliff or a slope? This is episode we put on our explorer and captain hats and try to figure out how to avoid the cliff in our burndown chart by looking at causes, implications and solutions.
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Are you feeling like you are one of the wagilefallen? This episode is for all…Product owners, scrum masters, traditional project managers and transformationalists (if that’s a thing). This episode has lots of topics for your transformation..
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Regional trains (RPA) or high speed trains (API) ?
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In this episode, I am analyzing some data on the use of TGVs versus regional trains in France as an analogy of why RPA cannot be overtaken by API anywhere soon in the digital transformation battles of the tools. Actually, the industry already knows that RPA includes API and other tools and is the real strategic choice, as I read what the industry s…
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In this episode, I am exploring different views on what will be the next step for RPA or intelligent automation, from various sources within business, IT, or the automation consultancy marketing materials.
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How to improve software robots production efficiency?
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In this episode, I am exploring different views on how to improve the production of bots, both from IT and business side. Production of bots should ideally be done mostly in Agile team at the moment, as it is the standard of the IT operations, or in a close co-operation of IT and business
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Interview with UiPath MVP Chaitanya Kulkarni
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In this episode, I am starting a series of interviews with people in this industry, especially around UiPath, but not limited to this vendor. Chaitanya is an UiPath MVP and currently a consultant for T-Systems in India. He started his careers as software developer in 2016 and is eager to share his knowledge to my questions.…
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Will intelligent automation result in improved customer service?
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In this episode, I am exploring different arguments for why intelligent automation results in improved customer service together with some arguments on why RPA is not the only tool in the kit. In the end, I collect a couple of industry arguments on why and how intelligent automation leads to improved customer service…
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In this episode, I am telling three stories of how business people have sabotaged my team's efforts to help them be more productive with intelligent automation. As funny and self-sabotaging as this is, around half of business people are doing it on a daily basis
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Why intelligent automation governance is key
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In this episode, I am exploring a key pillar of my recommendation framework, something I found key to a successful implementation of intelligent automation and a great success of its managing program later on.
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How will success be measured, and are there ways to mitigate investment risks?
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In this episode, I am exploring different views on how to measure the success of intelligent automation or RPA implementation. From enabling reflection of the standardization of the process to trust, opinions vary a lot. In the end, I did a quick survey of what does the industry say about this aspect Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Adrian-Fanaca…
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Can robotic process automatic deliver a quick ROI?
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In this episode, I am exploring different views on the returns intelligent automation can bring to yours business. I am then writing a couple of industry views on what are the size and challenges of getting a quick return on investment Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Adrian-Fanaca-104495404719783 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrian-fana…
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Does the bot replace a human, or assist a human?
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In this episode, I am exploring some different views on the future automation of human white collar jobs, who are polarized between those who reject automation and therefore are more inclined to think that human is not replaceable, and those who embrace automation, usually the winners of this change, who think bot replace human 100% Facebook: https…
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In this episode, I am exploring some perspectives on how employees see the impact of automation. These perspectives are based on proprietary research and is unique and very valuable. Then, I explore the only study I have found on the Internet that touches the views of employees on automation Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Adrian-Fanaca-10449540…
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