#9:focus – Saying NO: two variations – Robbin Schuurman (Prowareness)

Hey everybody! We’re back with freshly recorded insights and practical tips for Product Owners, this time discussing two ways to say ‘No’. In this chat with Robbin Schuurman, he shares practical insights and tips from his own experience as a Product Owner, Professional Scrum Trainer and Agile Transformation Lead. One of the most important skills […]

Hey everybody! We’re back with freshly recorded insights and practical tips for Product Owners, this time discussing two ways to say ‘No’. In this chat with Robbin Schuurman, he shares practical insights and tips from his own experience as a Product Owner, Professional Scrum Trainer and Agile Transformation Lead.

One of the most important skills of a Product Owner when working with Stakeholders is simply saying ‘no’. Because of this, Robbin is working on a book for Product Owners together with Willem Vermaak. The book describes 50 shades of ‘No!’, and as a sneak preview, Robbin shares two of those with us. Even more importantly; how they will help your mandate and Stakeholder collaboration as a Product Owner.

This Episode is the first of a new experimental format: we have a longer, in depth audio recording, and somewhere in the middle of it, we put a short focused topic, which is also released as a video. If you want to learn more about Robbin’s experiences, tips & tricks, please check out the FULL podcast interview on iTunes or in Soundcloud AND check the resources section below.

Soundcloud: #9 Robbin Schuurman: Responsibilities of Product Owners and how to say NO by The Product Owner Podcast
iTunes Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/nl/podcast/product-owner-podcast-powered/id1183369330

In the full interview we discuss many more topics, ranging from Scrum Team collaboration to Stakeholder management to Value steering (closing the feedback loop by implementing metrics and end-user validation). Also, we discuss the relevance of Scrum for non-IT environments with some examples. Finally, Robbin shares his highlight of the Scrum Guide, as well as explains why he loves his Apple products so much & what Product Owners can learn from Apple.

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Links & resources from this episode 

Robbin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robbinschuurman
All Robbin’s blogs: https://www.scrum.nl/author/prorobbinschuurman/

Subscribe to the podcast & find previous episodes

FULL interview on Soundcloud: #9 Robbin Schuurman: Responsibilities of Product Owners and how to say NO by The Product Owner Podcast
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/productownerpodcast/
iTunes Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/nl/podcast/product-owner-podcast-powered/id1183369330?l=en&mt=2
TuneIn: http://tunein.com/radio/Product-Owner-Podcast-p941555/
ALL video interviews: https://www.prowarenessondemand.nl/category/podcast/

Learn more about Product Ownership at the Prowareness Agile Academy 

Product Owner training: https://www.agileacademy.nl/training/?eventtitle=professional-scrum-product-owner-training
Product Owner Advanced training: https://www.agileacademy.nl/training/?eventtitle=product-owner-advanced
SAFe Product Management/Product Owner training: https://www.agileacademy.nl/training/?eventtitle=safe-product-management-product-owner-training

Credits

Audio & Video recording at Prowarenss Studio Delft by Matthijs van Vliet
Audio Podcast editing by Sjoerd Kranendonk
Video editing and production by Matthijs van Vliet
Music from Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) under Creative Commons ‘By Attribution 3.0 License’