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Product owner

Meaning in project management, with examples

/ˈprɑːdʌkt ˌoʊnər/nounCore term

In project management, product owner means: In Scrum, the person responsible for getting the most value from the product, mainly by managing and ordering the product backlog and representing the needs of users and the business.

In Turkish: ürün sahibi

How it is used

One of the three Scrum accountabilities, with the scrum master and the developers. Often shortened to PO. The product owner writes or approves user stories, sets priorities and accepts the work at the sprint review.

Example sentences

  1. The product owner moved the payment feature to the top of the backlog after the client meeting.

  2. Ask the product owner whether this bug is more important than the new search filter.

Common collocations

  • act as product owner
  • product owner approval
  • check with the product owner
  • scrumA popular agile framework in which a small team delivers work in fixed cycles called sprints, with set roles such as product owner and scrum master and regular events like planning and reviews.
  • backlogAn ordered list of all the work that might be done on a product, such as features, fixes and improvements, with the most important items at the top.
  • scrum masterIn Scrum, the person who helps the team and the organisation understand and use Scrum well, runs or supports the events and helps remove obstacles that slow the team down.
  • user storyA short, simple description of a feature from the point of view of the person who will use it, often written as: As a [user], I want [something] so that [benefit].

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