Agile Product Owner: Techniques

with Angela Wick

Typical Day of a Product Owner

Time Activity

8:00 a.m. Attend the daily standup meeting for the team. Listen to the development
team share progress and barriers. Share your barriers and progress. Offer to
help or collaborate to remove the barriers with the team. Listen for the team’s
understanding of value.

8:15 a.m. Prepare for the day by thinking about what you heard in the standup and what
will provide the most value today.

8:30 a.m. Review user stories and requirements submitted by others. Analyze where they
fit into the value and the roadmap. Determine if they should be added to the
backlog.

9:00 a.m. Plan backlog refinement session for the following week. What activities will you
facilitate to get the best engagement? How will you ensure the team is focused
on value and the roadmap?

10:00 a.m. Catch up on the latest industry and company news. Think about how the events
(internal and external) may impact the product, the roadmap and release plan.
Do the priorities change based on news events, internal company happenings,
or industry news?

11:00 a.m. Review and test mid-sprint stories, and give feedback to the team. Feedback
should be focused on user-centered thinking, design, and will the user value
the new functionality?

1:00 p.m. Prep for tomorrow’s story writing session. How will you set the stage and
context for a productive story writing session that aligns with the product
vision?

1:30 p.m. Meet with the development team to talk about the stories currently in progress.
Discuss the context, acceptance criteria details, and factors that contribute to
minimum viable product (MVP).

2:00 p.m. Attend the sprint planning session to provide context and minimum viable
product information for story estimating.

3:00 p.m. Test the latest updates of user stories from the development team. Provide
feedback to the team and update the acceptance criteria if needed.

Agile Product Owner: Techniques with Angela Wick