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DESCRIPTION:As Agile become mainstream increasingly organizations are looki
 ng to double down on the role of the Product Owner encouraging them to man
 age the intersection between technology and the business. But Product Owne
 rship is a difficult role as it tries to balance the needs of the business
  with the reality of software delivery. Also\, for many organizations ther
 e is some ‘confusion’ with existing roles of business analyst\, produc
 t manager or even project manager. What does the product owner do anyway? 
 In this talk Dave West\, Product Owner and CEO Scrum.org\, the home of Scr
 um\, describes the genesis of the Product Owner role and how many organiza
 tions are dealing with the challenges of slotting this key role into exist
 ing product\, project and release roles. He will introduce some techniques
  such as user-centric design\, hypothesis based development and describe h
 ow approaches such as Lean Startup and pragmatic marketing are providing p
 roduct owners with a tool box to do their job.\n\nYou can earn 1.5 hours o
 f IEEE Professional Development Hours (PDH) equivalent to 0.15 Continuing 
 Education Units!\n\nSpeaker(s): Dave West\, \n\nAgenda: \n6:30 PM - 7:00 P
 M Networking and Refreshments\n\n7:00 PM - 7:05 PM Announcements and Intro
 duction of Speaker\n\n7:05 PM - 8:30 PM Talk with Q and A\n\nRoom: Meeting
  Room 2\, Bldg: Tysons-Pimmit Library\, 7584 Leesburg Pike\, Falls Church\
 , Virginia\, United States
LOCATION:Room: Meeting Room 2\, Bldg: Tysons-Pimmit Library\, 7584 Leesburg
  Pike\, Falls Church\, Virginia\, United States
ORGANIZER:murtyp@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:6
SUMMARY:Who is the Product Owner Anyway? 
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/200616
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 !important\; float: none\;">As Agile become mainstream increasingly organi
 zations are looking to double down on the role of the Product Owner encour
 aging them to manage the intersection between technology and the business.
  But Product Ownership is a difficult role as it tries to balance the need
 s of the business with the reality of software delivery. Also\, for many o
 rganizations there is some &lsquo\;confusion&rsquo\; with existing roles o
 f business analyst\, product manager or even project manager. What does th
 e product owner do anyway? In this talk Dave West\, Product Owner and CEO 
 Scrum.org\, the home of Scrum\, describes the genesis of the Product Owner
  role and how many organizations are dealing with the challenges of slotti
 ng this key role into existing product\, project and release roles. He wil
 l introduce some techniques such as user-centric design\, hypothesis based
  development and describe how approaches such as Lean Startup and pragmati
 c marketing are providing product owners with a tool box to do their job.<
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 itial\; text-decoration-color: initial\; display: inline !important\; floa
 t: none\;">You can earn 1.5 hours of IEEE Professional Development Hours (
 PDH) equivalent to 0.15 Continuing Education Units!<br /></span></p><br />
 <br />Agenda: <br /><p>6:30 PM - 7:00 PM Networking and Refreshments</p>\n
 <p>7:00 PM - 7:05 PM Announcements and Introduction of Speaker</p>\n<p>7:0
 5 PM - 8:30 PM Talk with Q and A</p>
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