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In this podcast recorded at Agile 2019, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Steve Adolph about the role of the product owner, the rock crusher for user stories and bridging the gap between \u201cthe business\u201d and IT\nTags: Agile, Agile 2019, Agile conferences, product management, product ownership, business agility, user stories, MVP, MMF\n\nWhy listen to this podcast:\n\n\u2022\tThe role of the product owner often hides the complexity of product management and upstream activities designed to ensure we build the right product \n\u2022\tA product backlog should not be like a stack of plates \u2013 every item the same size \u2013 rather it is like a rock crusher where large items are further away and as they get closer they are broken down into more granular pieces \n\u2022\tA good minimum viable product is an experiment designed to answer a specific set of questions about the value and utility of some aspect of a product \n\u2022\tMinimum marketable feature set is what is the minimum set of features that we can put out there that people will actually buy and use\n\u2022\tThe artificial divide between IT and business in many organizations is an inhibitor to generating real value\n\nMore on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ https://bit.ly/2BrWI5p\nYou can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq\n\nSubscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq\nLike InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8\nFollow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ\nFollow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq\nCheck the landing page on InfoQ: https://bit.ly/2BrWI5p