What is a Product Owner?

What is a product owner?

A product owner is a member of an agile team whose primary responsibility is grooming the product backlog, defining user stories, and being the customer and product representative within the agile team. The product owner is typically assigned to an agile team to ensure that the user stories meet the user acceptance criteria and meet the definition of done.

What are the responsibilities of a product owner?

Maintain Agile team's backlog
Planning sprints and increments
Accepting user stories
Represent the customer in the agile team
Contribute to the vision of product management

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