Re:Do we need a Scrum Master forever?
by ethbr0 on Friday July 30, 2021 @02:28PM
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> She perfectly walked the difficult line of knowing when to call BS on someone and knowing when to trust their explanation.
This, 100%. The best PM I ever worked with had exactly the same skillset.
If your PO / PM can't internalize the technical edges of the product quickly, it's better to have no one in the role.
And that's a difficult ask, because it's extremely hard to reason logically about something you had 12 hours to cram for, with people who are experts at it. But nonetheless, I've known people who can do exactly that!
Unfortunately, there are far fewer of them than open PO / PM job roles...
This, 100%. The best PM I ever worked with had exactly the same skillset.
If your PO / PM can't internalize the technical edges of the product quickly, it's better to have no one in the role.
And that's a difficult ask, because it's extremely hard to reason logically about something you had 12 hours to cram for, with people who are experts at it. But nonetheless, I've known people who can do exactly that!
Unfortunately, there are far fewer of them than open PO / PM job roles...