Tech for Better
Product Owner Workshop
Welcome back!
What have we done so far?
Discovery Workshop
User research
Definition Workshop
Paper prototyping
The plan for today:
Product owner introduction
User stories
Github onboarding
Sprint planning
What comes next?
Week 1 - Design
Sprint planning
User testing of prototype/wireframes
Week 2 - Build
Sprint review and planning
Week 3 - Build
Product Handover
The Product Owner
The Product Owner
The product owner is the person who ensures that the client gets the best from the development process.
She stands between the success and failure of a project.
The Process
7 Traits of an Effective Product Owner
Clarity of Purpose
Responsiveness
Authority to Make Decisions
Efficient Communication
Domain Knowledge
Proximity to Users
Courage
How will we communicate?
Github provides us with three distinct advantages:
A single source of truth
Transparency
Access to source code
Avoid Email
User Stories
Capturing the "Who? What? Why?" of a requirement
As a ...
I want ...
So that ...
User Journeys vs User Stories
A user story defines a single testable interaction.
A user journey describes all the interactions required to achieve a user goal. It is made up of multiple user stories.
Project Start
In your teams:
Review your project goals
Decide on a user journey
Break the user journey into user stories
Sign up for GitHub
Get a quick guided tour
Put all of the user stories into GitHub
Before you go!
Schedule your project meetings
Suggested dates
Week 1:
Prototype user testing: Thursday 3pm - 5pm
Week 2:
Optional user testing
Week 3:
MVP user testing: Thursday
Product handover: Friday 11am-1pm