Time: Thursday, December 15th from 6:00-8:00 PM

Location: Okoboji Grill in Johnston (large meeting room)

Speaker: Kent McDonald

Topic: Four Things Product Owners Wish They Knew, But May Not Realize It

Agile teams look to product owners to make decisions about what the right things are to build, and in what order.  Unfortunately the Product Owners often do not come equipped with the techniques to do this effectively.  Kent will discuss four techniques that teams can use to help their Product Owners make decisions about what to include in the product and when to include it.

These techniques include:

• How to make informed decisions at the right time
• Understanding purpose to determine when to use a unique approach
• Determining multiple stakeholder’s perspective on priority
• How to look at value to help make decisions.

Along the way, we’ll also talk about other techniques that based on experience folks have found useful for their product owners.

Kent J. McDonald is an author, speaker, and mentor who helps organizations understand their problems and implement solutions.  His more than 15 years of experience include work in agile software development coaching, business analysis, strategic planning, project management, and product development in a variety of industries including financial services, health insurance, performance marketing, human services, nonprofit, and automotive. He is co-author of Stand Back and Deliver: Accelerating Business Agility and currently delivers business analysis training for B2T Training, and shares his thoughts on raising the level of business analysis at Beyondreqs.com.