Difference between revisions of "Strategic product owner"

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…collaborative product discovery of a large product or product portfolio in a complex and layered organization.

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Arlen Bankston explains: strategic product owners (a.k.a. Agile Product Managers) focus on iterative product management:

Manage competing stakeholders
Create strategic product vision for multi-team execution
Make program- and Release-level prioritization decisions
One per project or product family
Focus on Marketing Strategy and Strategic Planning
Spends most time in the field, facing customers and stakeholders, away from the office
Product vision and features, sales process, tools & collateral
Defining market opportunities
Customer acquisition & retention
Product pricing & marketing strategy development

Both strategic product owner and tactical product owner can be distinguished, yet are inseparable—you need both for successful collaborative product discovery.

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Sometimes, these roles are named chief product owner and product owner.

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