Minimum Viable Product Owners

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Description

Aim to create a product organisation with the least amount of Product Owners in order to maximise the “Scope of Accountability” of each Product Owner and allow for decisions that have a more holistic impact on the value-chain.

Rationale

A system of work with fewer Product Owners will:

  • Increase the relative “Scope of Ownership” for each Product Owner
  • Reduce the complexity of collaboration and coordination overhead
  • Reduce decision latency
  • Increase clarity and cohesion of the vision for the value stream

Reducing the number of Product Owners below a viable level for a given scale of programme will breach the Mental Workload and effectiveness of the Product Owners.

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