On: Scrum's “Product Owner” Problem

[imwillofficial]

I disagree with this premise entirely.

A product owner is the conductor of the symphony.

Unless you have a team of experienced senior engineers, the engineers will lack the perspective and wisdom to make the proper choices.

[ibejoeb → imwillofficial]

Surely you've worked with a product owner who's invoked one of those "I'm not technical, but..."

I don't know of any working conductors out there who predicate their directions by "I'm not very musically inclined, but..."

[imwillofficial → ibejoeb]

I have been fortunate to only work with technical product owners, or ones wise enough to listen to the more technical when deciding a path forward.