Product Owner - Traps, Things not to do

From the Product Owner perspective:

• Delegate away their authority
• No decision making authority
• Not building the right software
• Not communicating back with "stakeholders"
• PO doesn't know what business wants
• Underestimate the size of the work
• Defining the wrong product
• Believe in business case too much
• Not checking back with customers
• PO does inspect and adapt
• Requirements "churn"
• PO not attending demos
• Disengaged PO
• PO not inviting stakeholders to demos
• Not grooming PB
• Not taking feedback from stakeholders

From the Scrum Master perspective:

• SM own Product Backlog (mechanics & Prioritization)
• SM compensates for poorly trained PO
• SM replacing disengaged PO
• SM ignoring PO
• SM not setting expectations
• SM folding to PO wishes

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