Day-To-Day within an Iteration

Let’s take a look at the events we hold at the team level as it will provide the foundation for what we largely replicate in a fashion at the ART level. We will look at the events role by role to ensure we align with the basic expectations for teams on the ART.

Iteration Events and the Product Owner

As we discovered in Chapter 2, the Product Owner (PO) is critical to the team. The PO spends a lot of time working with Product Management, Stakeholders, and customers to understand the direction the ART is headed, and then with the team to identify, plan, and coordinate that work. It’s a constant balance of today’s versus tomorrow’s work.

Figure 3.1 outlines the key responsibilities of the PO; however, let’s look at how the PO executes these responsibilities through the various team events.

Figure 3.1 – Product Owner Responsibilities (© Scaled Agile, Inc.)

During the iteration...