Comments on: An Agile Experience: My first product backlog http://www.bridging-the-gap.com/an-agile-experience-my-first-product-backlog/ Helping business analysts become leaders and advance their careers. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:00:42 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Laura Brandau http://www.bridging-the-gap.com/an-agile-experience-my-first-product-backlog/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Laura Brandau Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:39:38 +0000 http://www.bridging-the-gap.com/?p=363#comment-130 Yes, on this project I am not the product owner, but I own the product backlog in terms of defining backlog items and writing the stories. So, I develop the backlog and often facilitate it's prioritization. All of this happens with buy-in from the business stakeholders. Complete control of the backlog comes with a set of responsibilities that are a bit beyond, in my opinion, those of a "BA". As a BA you should be working with a stakeholder for business priorities and with a PM or development team for implementation priorities. Yes, on this project I am not the product owner, but I own the product backlog in terms of defining backlog items and writing the stories. So, I develop the backlog and often facilitate it’s prioritization. All of this happens with buy-in from the business stakeholders.

Complete control of the backlog comes with a set of responsibilities that are a bit beyond, in my opinion, those of a “BA”. As a BA you should be working with a stakeholder for business priorities and with a PM or development team for implementation priorities.

]]> By: Jake Calabrese http://www.bridging-the-gap.com/an-agile-experience-my-first-product-backlog/comment-page-1/#comment-124 Jake Calabrese Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:12:38 +0000 http://www.bridging-the-gap.com/?p=363#comment-124 I think the primary challenge for the business analyst (BA) as product owner is that often the BA does not have control of the product backlog. If the BA has complete control, they are set. If not, then they are probably not real product owner. Ask these questions: - Do they develop the backlog? - Do they prioritize the backlog? - Jake Calabrese www.vimstreet.com/blog I think the primary challenge for the business analyst (BA) as product owner is that often the BA does not have control of the product backlog.

If the BA has complete control, they are set. If not, then they are probably not real product owner. Ask these questions:
- Do they develop the backlog?
- Do they prioritize the backlog?

- Jake Calabrese
http://www.vimstreet.com/blog

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