Nerd Stalker

As part of our Agile in business series, we get Agile expert Erich Bühler to explain how we (the product owner) should best prioritize a backlog and more. Erich Bühler is the founder director, main mentor and trainer at Innova1st. He began his professional career in 1993 and spent several years in positions of different global enterprises in Uruguay, Spain, London, Malta and New Zealand before establishing his own company. His beginnings were in software, which gave him the bases to know in depth the problematic and transition towards a digital and agile organization. He has helped several private and governmental initiatives, he is a Certified Scrum Master, Certified Scrum Professional, outstanding youth 2002 in Uruguay, has several publications (McGraw-Hill) as well as he is the creator of Enterprise Social Systems. He usually collaborates with Scrum Alliance and runs seminars around the world.

In this episode I talk to Erich Buhler about the in's and out's of being an agile product owner and when and how to say no to the stakeholders. Erich Bühler is the founder director, main mentor and trainer at Innova1st. He began his professional career in 1993 and spent several years in positions of different global enterprises in Uruguay, Spain, London, Malta and New Zealand before establishing his own company. His beginnings were in software, which gave him the bases to know in depth the problematic and transition towards a digital and agile organization. He has helped several private and governmental initiatives, he is a Certified Scrum Master, Certified Scrum Professional, outstanding youth 2002 in Uruguay, has several publications (McGraw-Hill) as well as he is the creator of Enterprise Social Systems. He usually collaborates with Scrum Alliance and runs seminars around the world. As an international presenter, he has gained recognition of different types of aud...

The Product Owner must continuously engage the customer and stakeholders to ensure the Team is building the right product, in this interview Chris Gagne tells us just how to do that. Chris Gagne is an experienced Agile Coach, senior product leader, and meditation teacher in San Francisco, CA. He guides teams through the Agile transformation so that they can complete twice the work—with twice the joy—in half the time. He also designs, develops, and ships innovative products that delight customers, create value, and do good in the world.

Some say a product owner’s most common challenge is saying no to the stakeholders. Chris Gagne , a seasoned former product owner and now agile coach seems to take issue with this belief. Often times a stakeholder can feel as if the process of defining value is resistance from a product owner. Listen in as Chris explains his approach to turning the no scenarios into win-wins. Links: chrisgagne.com agilepotluck.com