The Product Owner's holiday is causing total chaos
The system that helps my teams manage work during PO holidays.
“Two weeks ???”
In 2011, this was my team’s reaction when our Product Manager announced an impromptu vacation days before a major release.
By day 2, the backlog was frozen, and devs were guessing priorities.
Have you ever had a Product Owner go on holiday and suddenly, everything comes to a halt?
I'm quite sure you have... well, at least most of you.
When this happens, the question in everyone’s mind is, “Who’s steering the ship?”
After running into this problem more than once, I realized that the answer isn’t just to “hope for the best.”
My team and I developed a system to help us stay focused during such situations.
In today’s post, I’ll walk you through this system so you can help your team keep everything running smoothly, even when the PO is on a beach somewhere.
Let’s get started.
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