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Product Owner

Combining BA, PM, and stakeholder management.

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About This Role

You own the product vision and backlog, combining business analysis with stakeholder management and agile delivery. You're the voice of the customer.

Key Skills to Develop

  • → Define and communicate a clear product vision and roadmap
  • → Prioritise the backlog using value-based frameworks (WSJF, MoSCoW)
  • → Write clear user stories with acceptance criteria that guide development
  • → Make rapid trade-off decisions and manage stakeholder expectations
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AI for This Role

Practical ways to use AI in your day-to-day work.

  • ▸ Use AI to draft epics and user stories from feature descriptions, including acceptance criteria
  • ▸ Ask AI to apply WSJF or MoSCoW to a backlog — describe each item's value, effort, and risk
  • ▸ Generate product roadmap narratives from a list of features organised by quarter or release
  • ▸ Use AI to prepare for sprint reviews by drafting release notes and demo talking points

Recommended Guides

📄 User Stories and Agile Requirements 📄 Business Requirements Guide 📄 Solution Design Guide 📄 Decision-Making Frameworks Guide

Next Steps

  1. 1 Earn CSPO or PSPO certification
  2. 2 Learn lean and Kanban practices for backlog management
  3. 3 Develop customer research skills (interviews, usability testing)
  4. 4 Build relationships with engineering leads and UX designers