From the course: Agile Foundations
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The product owner
- Many agile coaches believe that the product owner is the most important role on the team. If you step back a little, that makes a lot of sense. The product owner owns the product. They're responsible for setting the direction and prioritizing the work. There isn't really a role like this in most organizations. Some organizations have business analysts, which create project requirements, then they deliver those requirements to the team. A business analyst typically moves in between the business and the developers, so if the developers have a question, they have to go back to the customer and find an answer, but a product owner should have most of the answers. If the developers have a question, they shouldn't have to email someone for an answer. They own the product and have the authority to make real-time decisions. Other organizations might have a product manager. A product manager is closer to a product owner than a business analyst, but there's still some key differences. A…
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