Rules to Better Product Owners

• Do you know how to be a good Product Owner?
• Does your Scrum Master support the Product Owner?
• Agreements - Do you book the next Sprint ahead of time?
• Agreements - Do you join the team as a "tester"?
• Agreements - Do you know who pays for 'bugs'?
• Agreements - Do you provide a Product Owner?
• Agreements - Do you have 1 or 2-week Sprint?
• Agreements - Do you use an experienced Scrum Master (or Project Manager)?
• Communication - Do you make sure you are specific in your requirements?
• Communication - Do you read and manage your emails carefully?
• Communication - Do you respond to queries quickly?
• Communication - Do you know how to communicate product progress?
• Triaging - Do you remember that any changes you request will impact on budget and time?
• Triaging - Do you understand deadlines often move or scope has to change?
• Triaging - Do you understand that all feedback will be worked on in the next Sprint?
• Watch - Do you disclose existing issues?
• Watch - Do you conduct user acceptance testing thoroughly?
• Do you include Acceptance Criteria in your PBIs?
• Watch - Do you get regular updates on costs and progress (aka Project Progress, Burndown, etc.)?
• Watch - Do you get Sprint forecasts?
• Watch - Do you know what is going on?
• Do you know the costs of old versus new technologies?
• Do you know how to manage the Product Backlog?
• Do you estimate “Business Value”?
• Do you give your emails a Business Value?
• Do you know the importance of paying back Technical Debt?
• Do you use "Stories Overview" report to find out where the project is at?
• Product Owner - Do you know how to build/update the backlog?
• Triaging - Do you correctly triage additional item requests?
• Stakeholder Management - Do you know how to disagree with powerful stakeholders?