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Great books for business analysts that work in products

Analysts Corner

Whether you’re collaborating with, or acting as, a product owner, there are product management approaches that are useful for conducting business analysis. Here are some book recommendations covering everything from the product process and discovery interviews to problem framing and documentation.

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3 Empowerment Levels in Product Management

Roman Pichler

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Introduction To discuss empowerment in product management, I find it helpful to distinguish three main levels of decision-making authority, product delivery, product discovery, and product strategy, as the model in Figure 1 shows. [1]

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The 5 Best Agile Books for 2021

Vitality Chicago

I am frequently asked about the best books for learning about agile and Scrum. I have nearly 100 books on agile-related topics and there are so many new agile books published every year that it is difficult to keep up! As we head into 2021, I thought I would share my lists of best agile books.

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Modern Product Management on the Modern Agile Show

EBG Consulting

In my recent Modern Agile Show interview with Joshua Kerievsky, we discussed product management in an agile context, product discovery and delivery, collaboration, and more. The book Requirements by Collaboration (2002) first introduced the “6Ps”: Purpose, Participants, Principles, Products, Place, Process.

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10 Tips for Effective Product Management Meetings

Roman Pichler

Additionally, as the person in charge of the product, you typically have to contribute to the meeting, share your expertise, and actively shape product decisions. This might be your Scrum Master or an agile coach. For a more detailed discussion, see my article Use Decision Rules to Make Better Product Decisions.).

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Product Manager vs. Product Owner

Roman Pichler

As you may know, the product owner originated from Scrum, where the role is responsible for maximising the value the product creates. This sounds like a text-book product management responsibility to me. Additionally, some approaches like SAFe employ a separate product manager and product owner role.

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Business analysis tips for effective Product ownership

Analysts Corner

A view from business analysis reference guides It’s not new that a good application of business analysis practices (traditional or agile) helps Product Owners improve their day-to-day work. This article explores practices proposed by the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA®) that make Product Owners excel in their work.