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The Stances of the Product Owner
Your stance against the world is more important than the stance of the world against you!
— Mehmet Murat Ildan
Quick Quiz
To connect to Part I, answer each of the following statements by checking the Agree or Disagree column. The answers are shared in the Part I Summary.
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Product Owners and product managers require the same knowledge, skills, and competencies to be successful. |
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A Product Owner should be concerned only with product development and is only a tactical and development-execution role. |
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A Product Owner is essentially an Agile project manager with subject matter expertise or product development skills. |
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The Product Owner accountability is implemented in the same, consistent way across organizations. |
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Being an effective Product Owner requires versatility. You can’t be a great Product Owner unless you take different stances in different situations. |
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If you are not responsible for contracts, governance, pricing, budgeting, or marketing, then you do not need to learn about and demonstrate ownership for these topics. |
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A Product Owner is a product manager. A product manager can be a Product Owner. |
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