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#TestCulture ๐Ÿฆ… Episode 26 โ€“ #TestAutomation for Product Owner

A ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ข๐˜„๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ (๐—ฃ๐—ข) is the person responsible for the outcome of the project in a Scrum team. His goal is to maximize the value of a product by optimizing its backlog.

In many organizations, the product owner is responsible for several projects and thus works with several teams. The #ProductOwner is not involved in every step of the development process, but must pay attention to different groups and stakeholders.

Today, all teams developing software have to make sure they are able to deliver quality at speed. With Test Automation, it reduces time to market, and testing is no longer a bottleneck.

Given the responsibility of the job, they face many challenges in their daily tasksโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ“ƒ

๐’๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ. The responsibility for maximizing product value requires a great deal of cooperation with other teams, customers, and management.
๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ It requires the ability to align multiple stakeholders to make decisions and converge on a single understanding of the product.
๐Ÿ’ก It is important to know how to say no and decide between several ideas.

๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ. The PO sometimes faces a lack of trust and feedback from the team, poor communication, misalignment, low commitment, and slow progress. Therefore, they need to be able to keep their teams on track. ๐Ÿคผโ€โ™‚๏ธ

๐€๐ ๐ก๐จ๐œ ๐ซ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ. Ad hoc requests are unexpected. They may be the result of an obstacle or an unforeseen event, and their completion is rather urgent.
๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿป The realization of an ad hoc request may involve another person in the team, which makes the request complicated, as this person may not finish his or her sprint tasks on timeโ€ฆ
With test automation, collaboration within the team is facilitated and a fast and regular delivery is made possible. Teamwork can thus be an ally for the most difficult tests, such as exploratory tests.


๐Ÿ“š Sources:

๐ŸŒ https://productnerdz.com/product/the-challenges-of-being-a-product-owner/

๐ŸŒ https://lucidchart.com/blog/7-biggest-pain-points-for-product-owners

๐Ÿฆ… https://www.agilitest.com/solutions/product-owner


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