My First Days As a Product Owner (Business Analyst)

[@nimishan1547]

Could you make a video on stakeholder collaboration and dealing with difficult people?

[@Njooo5]

Congratulations on your new job 👏

[@theagilebusinessanalyst]

Thank you :)

[@rajeshchandragurram2250]

"Hi, I’m really curious about the PO role and feeling a bit tense about it. I have some doubts and would appreciate your help. Could we talk about it?"

[@DavidSillah]

This is very interesting. I can relate to this as a BA I also recently lead my squad through an Agile Transformation, supporting my PO. We’re having our first BL refinement today. My tasks were to set up jira, create a ticket creation guide, help devs create their tickets etc…good experience. One question, I’ve been at the company for 7 months now, I’m a BA & SM my goal is to be a PO after a year in, what’s the best path and/or how did you plan your path to become a PO? (Lessons learned etc) Ps. I noticed you had to join a new company I’m interested to know why. Maybe a video on this could be useful. Thanks again. Keep up the good work

[@theagilebusinessanalyst]

Hey David. Great to hear that you are taking up important stuff! My advice for becoming a PO if you are a BA & SM is to look even more for the connection with your PO. BA & SM is a great starting position for becoming a PO. actually it was my position, too. Ask your PO which of his responsibilities you can support or take over, so you get 1 foot into the PO door step. E.g requirements prioritisation and more requirement interviews with business side stakeholders instead of only IT stakeholders. Step by step you are becoming a PO on s skill level then. When you are able to perform all activities your PO is doing, then you are ready. You can look internally for a PO position, when you have the skillset and have proven that a couple of months. I switched companies because I also wanted to capitalize on my new skills regarding a higher salary. Internal moves often have low or no salary adjustment. I‘ve made a video on why I left my ex company too. Internal moves are often better for learning, external moves for making capital gains.

[@Marius-kr9nz]

Congrats on the job! It's pretty bad that your company didn't hire Agile Coaches / Scrum Masters: and you havs to do part of their job too. Are there many techniques / tools a P.O and BA have in common? Can you make a video on explaining them?

[@theagilebusinessanalyst]

Thanks Marius! Indeed, with me they hired a Business Analyst, Product Owner, Scrum Master and an agile coach all-in-one, that was probably my competitive advantage over others 😂. Just kidding. In the beginning I will carry these responsibilities, as everything is going more smooth I can Delegate some tasks and focus more on the others, I guess.😄 Let me think about a video on the Business analyst - product owner comparison👍🏼