In Scrum, one of the flavors of agile methodology of software development, there are three fundamental roles: the Product Owner, The ScrumMaster and the team. In current post let us talk about the Product Owner's role in detail.
The Product Owner represents the customer's interest and prioritizes the backlog of tasks according to the business needs. She/ he participates in the Sprint Planning meeting and evaluates the entire product backlog, prioritizes them and include in or exclude from the next Sprint. She/ he has the final say whether the task should be reprioritized or dropped. The team working on the product development can negotiate with the Product Owner on the priority of the task, but the final discretion lies with the Product Owner only. The Product Owner also decides the acceptance criteria for the potentially shippable product after the Sprint is completed.
