6 Tips for Effective Product Ownership at a Distance

Overcoming common problems Product Owners encounter when working with distributed teams. Build shared understanding so that everyone knows what they’re building and why they are building it. Clarify Responsibilities for product and development, when team is complex with a modern product "core" team. Design a transparent view of your portfolio so your teams can identify and manage dependencies. Clear backlog refinement with full backlog items definitions. Clarify Communications.

by Luke Hohmann, Kent McDonald

Overcoming common problems Product Owners encounter when working with distributed teams. Build shared understanding so that everyone knows what they’re building and why they are building it. Clarify Responsibilities for product and development, when team is complex with a modern product "core" team. Design a transparent view of your portfolio so your teams can identify and manage dependencies. Clear backlog refinement with full backlog items definitions. Clarify Communications.

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Presenter(s)

Luke Hohmann

Luke Hohmann is the founder and CEO of Conteneo Inc. (formerly the Innovation Games® Company). Conteneo’s enterprise software platforms and professional services merge collaboration frameworks, data analytics, and domain expertise to help organizations optimize decision making in the areas of strategy, innovation, sales, product development, and market research. Luke is also cofounder of Every Voice Engaged Foundation (EVEF), a 501(c)3 nonprofit that that helps citizens, governments, and other nonprofit organizations collaborate at scale to solve technical and wicked problems. EVEF has been a leader in the Participatory Budgeting movement, helping citizens prioritize hundreds of millions of dollars through budget games. EVEF has also partnered with the Kettering Foundation to create Common Ground for Action, the first platform for scalable deliberative decision making. Supported by both Agile Alliance and Scrum Alliance, Luke is thankful for the thousands of colleagues from the Agile community who have donated their time to EVEF.

Kent McDonald

Kent McDonald's experience includes work in product ownership, business analysis, strategic planning, project management, and product development in a variety of industries including financial services, health insurance, performance marketing, human services, nonprofit, and automotive. Active in the business analysis and agile software development communities helping people share stories about what does and does not work. Expertly coordinates summits, conferences, and charity events. Apply advanced strengths in the intersection of analysis, discovery and agile software development.