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Seeking Advice

Last post 06:58 pm March 3, 2020 by Ian Mitchell
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Mai Nguyen
11:27 pm February 27, 2020

I work in higher education. Our former CIO decided to re-org, setting us up to be more agile. My position changed from IT project coordinator to product experience owner focusing on student experiences. This is essentially sprinklings of product owner, project management, portfolio management, and business relationship management responsibilities in one position. I'm excited to dive in and learn whatever I can to help drive change on our campus, but I also want to be intentional with my experiences for my own professional development? Any advice, recommendations, resources, etc.? 

Mark Adams
12:37 am February 29, 2020

Sounds like this is a great hybrid role between a Product Owner and a Customer Experience Consultant. You should start attending in-person certification trainings with Scrum.org and other Agile certification organizations. You will learn a lot from in-person trainings from your instructor and your peers. Look at both Product Owner and UI UX certifications from Agile organizations. Also have your company sponsor you for Agile conferences. There a few large ones organized by the Agile certification bodies and is always a learning opportunity for me.

Simon Mayer
12:31 pm February 29, 2020

Our former CIO decided to re-org, setting us up to be more agile.

What concrete changes have taken place in the organization, apart from renaming job titles and adjusting the responsibilities of you and others?

Your answer would most likely affect the kind of advice you receive.

Alfredo Alcantara
03:09 am March 2, 2020

We had in our company position like this, but to answer for your question I need to clarify, does your new position relates to Scrum or not?

Ian Mitchell
06:58 pm March 3, 2020

Our former CIO decided to re-org, setting us up to be more agile. My position changed from IT project coordinator to product experience owner focusing on student experiences. 

Is the former CIO still clearly accountable for that decision?

Does it allow you to be clearly accountable for defining and maximizing product value?

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