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In the words of Marty Cagan in his book Inspired, a Product owner is the name of the role on an Agile team for the person responsible for the product backlog.

I’ve also heard on a Product Thinking podcast by Melissa Perri that she doesn’t not love the split of Product Managers and Product Owners.

Reason being is it that a Product Owner is a backlog grooming jockey for the Developers. And that there’s no critical thinking involved.

I asked Matt, Product Manager at Microsoft what the Product Owner has been for him before. Some key takeaways are:

1. The title/ responsibilities change from company to company
2. It becomes less nowadays. It’s basically a role that most people had in their early days, before they become a Product Manager