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b'This week we go back to basics and answer a listener\\u2019s question (name and a bit of the context changed to protect the involved parties). In the essay this week we discuss why it is a rotten idea to have a functional product owner and a technical product owner. When it comes to product owners the old adage, \\u201cthe more the merrier," does not hold. Also, we have an installment of Tony Timbol\\u2019s \\u201cTo Tell A Story\\u201d column. In this installment, Tony discusses how to synchronize team-level agile with a waterfall requirements process. This is one of those scenarios that when you run into it you will need to find a way to deal with it until more of the organization embraces agile.\\xa0 \\xa0 Re-read Saturday News This week we re-read Chapter 2 of (Amazon Associate Link). Chapter 2, The Mindset of the Badass Agile Coach, focuses on the most important part of a coach\'s arsenal of superpowers: their mindset.\\xa0 This Week: Week 3: - \\xa0 Previous Weeks: Week 1: - \\xa0 Week 2: \\xa0 - \\xa0 A quick advertisement: Controlling work entry requires preparation and knowledge, building to establishing a path to control work entry (magic wands are normally not available), which is why Jeremy Willets and I have developed a work entry workshop. Interested? Please email us at tcagley@tomcagley.com or willetsjm@gmail.com Next SPaMCAST\\xa0 The SPaMCAST 730 features our interview with Ramzi Marjaba. Ramzi and I discussed the role of a sales engineer and why this is a forgotten job path for people with deep technical acumen.'