Richard BloomfieldinProduct Owner StoriesWorking from home as a Product OwnerWith many companies around the world asking staff to work from home during the current COVID-19 virus outbreak, we’re all having to adapt…3 min read·Mar 23, 2020----
Richard BloomfieldinProduct Owner StoriesMario and Julia are new startsBoth are junior members of staff without much prior experience. Mario is taking on his first role as a Product Owner and Julia is a…2 min read·Feb 20, 2019----
Richard BloomfieldinProduct Owner StoriesAre my user stories too long?As a Product Owner its tempting to try and capture as much detail as possible on a user story. I might start with a simple requirement…3 min read·Feb 14, 2019----
Richard BloomfieldinProduct Owner StoriesHow can a Product Owner be on multiple teams?In an ideal world, there should be one Product Owner for one agile development team or squad. Or at a stretch, maybe one Product Owner for…5 min read·Jan 28, 2019----
Richard BloomfieldinProduct Owner StoriesBeing both Product Owner and Scrum MasterThe Scrum Master for my team left for a new role at the end of August, and since then we’ve been without a dedicated Scrum Master.3 min read·Nov 14, 2018----
Richard BloomfieldinProduct Owner StoriesBlockers to getting a story readyI like that we have a Definition of Ready for our stories. As a Product Owner it gives me confidence that I’ve done my job properly in…4 min read·Aug 9, 2018----
Richard BloomfieldinProduct Owner StoriesNever report on story pointsThe whole subject of measuring performance of agile teams is a divisive one.3 min read·Jul 15, 2018----
Richard BloomfieldinProduct Owner StoriesSprint CommitmentHow often does your sprint goal or stories change in the middle of the sprint? A late-breaking requirement or bug comes in, or a manager…2 min read·May 9, 2018----
Richard BloomfieldinProduct Owner StoriesWhat’s your Definition of Ready?Have you even been to sprint planning and realised that the so-called stories are a bunch of crap? One-line JIRA tickets that the team…2 min read·May 3, 2018----
Richard BloomfieldinProduct Owner StoriesHow are we developing junior Product Owners?In the olden days of waterfall development, you had teams of Business Analysts that all sat together. When a junior BA joined an…3 min read·May 1, 2018----