In Scrum, the one responsible for representing the customer and organizing the backlog so the team can bring the customers needs to life; is known as the Product Owner. Often times the Product Owner’s role is a solo act, where they individually work to represent the business’ needs to the team. In reality, one of the most important aspects of successful Scrum teams is the collaboration and unity between the Product Owner and its testers.
A more collaborative model, followed by some Scrum teams, allows testers to define and refine requirements carried over from the backlog to be implemented and urges Product Owners and testers to work in a communicative and mutual manner. It also provides testers with the opportunity to demonstrate completed features to customers.
Join Zenergy’s agile experts for a free webinar, A Tester’s Guide to Collaborating with Product Owners. In this webinar, Bob Galen and Shaun Bradshaw will explore various skills and techniques to enrich team connectivity to help your Product Owner and teams deliver higher-value products more quickly.
Takeaways
- Why it’s important to view the backlog as more than a list of requirements
- How to become an active member of the 3-Pillars
- Why serving as a bridge between Product Owner and the Team is your Prime Directive
- Why ensuring you’re building the right thing is MUCH more important than “testing’
Limited seating available, so register to attend this webinar on April 20, 2017 at 1:00 pm EST. Find out more details here, and stay tuned for our next webinar in the Zenergy series.
