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Paul Welty, PhD AI, WORK, AND STAYING HUMAN

Eliminating the product owner_role

Discover why the Product Owner role is becoming obsolete and explore effective alternatives for agile teams to enhance collaboration and productivity.

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“The Product Owner role no longer exists” I recently announced to an entire department in a large company. A few POs looked a bit shocked and concerned. What would they do instead? Before I get into who or what would replace the PO role, let me offer a bit of background on this group….

Read full article at the publisher’s site: https://medium.com/@JoshuaKerievsky/eliminating-the-product-owner-role-be01cabc1f5b

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