May 27, 2020

Look at it, it's staring your poor Product Owner eyes down. It's relentless, unmoving, and completely in your way. You might be able to get around it some, but it's risky and could do something unexpected. That's right, it's another impediment. It's something that is stopping the team, the organization, or the customers from getting what they need to get done, done sooner, and without frustration. It's slowing you down so part of your needs, is to help remove it any way you can. In this episode, I'll share some hints, ideas, and strategies for dealing with, managing, and ultimately removing these pesky critters.

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Links:
PO Coaching and Consulting - seek taiju
Ben Linders - Handling Impediments: Why it matters
Ken Power - Impediment Busting: Designing an Impediment Removal Process for Your Organization
Mike Cotteyer - https://www.leadingagile.com/2008/09/you-are-the-impediment/
Hans Samios - Why Hasn't Our Agile Implementation Lead to Cost Savings?
Tarun Kohli - Why Product Managers need to be better at storytelling