Product Owner
Assessment Template Details
Product Owner
This template focuses on the core competencies and characteristics of a great Product Owner. Influenced by many Agile, Lean, and Product Management thought leaders, this template provides an opportunity for a Product Owner to reflect and improve on the behaviors, qualities, and practices required to create valuable products that customer love.
References
Works of thought leaders that influenced the Practice's Technique Criteria, assigned Agility Stage, and impacted Business Outcomes.
Questions/Practices by Practice Dimension
16 total practices
Value Driven
• PO - Backlog Refinement
• PO - Envisioning & Ideation
• PO - Focus on Value
• PO - Goal Setting
• PO - Product Demo
• PO - User Stories
Quality
• PO - Technical Enablers
Adapt
• PO - Release Plans
• PO - Roadmaps
Improve
• PO - Agile Mindset
• PO - Continuous Learning
• PO - Cultural Enablement
• PO - Self-Care & Sustainability
Leadership
• PO - Agile Leadership
• PO - Communication
• PO - Mentoring
Practice Technique Criteria Example
PO - Focus on Value
Starting (0)
Focuses only on deliverables and output
Developing (1)
Actively manages, and sees the Product Backlog as a dynamic list that is prioritized by business value
Includes in the Product Backlog a majority of the items that the team works on (bugs, technical debt, infrastructure, etc.)
Includes the team in prioritization and valuation
Emerging (2)
Leverages Value Poker and other collaborative techniques to create a broader view of value
Utilizes measures such as NPS, customer usage, and sales targets to make value-based decisions
Articulates the "WHY" behind a decision to stakeholders in terms of value and outcome
Ensures release success criteria include ROI measures and customer usage actuals
Utilizes Lean Startup's innovation accounting in decision-making
Adapting (3)
The Product's organization effectiveness is measured in customer usage and ROI
In Agile at-scale environments, ensures Portfolio & Program valuation techniques (cost of delay, WSJF, etc.) are being used
Coaches peers on the importance of value measures, and value-based decision-making
Optimizing (4)
Coaches Product leadership on the importance of value measures, and value based decisions
Revisits all approaches to valuation techniques, value data gathering, and value-based decision-making to continuously improve effectiveness of decision-making