This talk is about how I, as a Product Owner, can supercharge any scrum team by providing them with purpose. I'll talk about the tools and techniques I've learnt through experience and how you can use them to boost your teams performance.

As a product consultant I've had the privilege to work with over 50+ companies. Through my work I've observed teams at all levels and learnt the traits that separate the good from the best.

A strong culture enables the team to perform. Creating a culture of enablement means playing as a team. With transparency, trust and purpose. I'll talk about how to create a strong culture within the team with these these points:

* Vision & Purpose: Understanding not just where to play but how to win, is critical. 
* Trust & Psychological Safety: Nobody should fear getting involved, having a voice or an opinion and expressing disagreement.
* Accountability: In order to perform as a single cohesive unit, individuals must be diligent and disciplined in the role they play and its responsibilities.
* Co-creation: There are many ways to solve a problem, the best way is together.
* Celebrations: A motivated scrum team and the value of reward and recognition.

I'll be talking about the importance of storytelling, problem framing, crafting a compelling vision and prioritising techniques that take into account both business and customer value.

With this talk you'll learn 5 key ways to supercharge any scrum team through purpose:

1. Create alignment through vision and strategy.
2. Ensure a culture of psychological safety. Trust to empower teams.
3. Co-create and build together as one team.
4. Drive accountability and diligence in work.
5. Celebrate outputs and outcomes.

 
 

Outline/Structure of the Presentation

5 mins: Intro - Purpose
5 mins: Creating a culture that enables scrum teams
5 mins: Storytelling a motivating vision and strategy
5 mins: Driving ownership with co-creation
5 mins: Celebrate the wins and learning from failure.
5 mins: Conclusion / Summary

Learning Outcome

For Product Managers and/or Scrum Teams to know what it takes to re-align when things aren't going so well. How to re-energise your teams how to steer the ship back in the right direction and how to improve team efficiency and subsequently, product quality.

Target Audience

Product Managers or those that directly work with them. This will serve as a reminder to Product Managers on how to how to drive product development efficiency and as a reminder to others on what to expect from their Product Managers.

Prerequisites for Attendees

Attendees should have some knowledge of Agile/Scrum and the Product Development Process. They should also have some knowledge of the Product Management role.

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