Roman Pichler is an independent consultant and Scrum expert. He is a Certified Scrum Trainer and the author of Agile Product Management with Scrum: Creating Products that Customers Love as well as the bestselling Scrum book in Germany. Product ownership and agile product management form a focal point of his work.

Roman has nearly ten years experience in helping companies transition to agile. He has guided Scrum roll-outs in several companies, and he has a long track record in teaching and coaching Scrum product owners, ScrumMasters, managers, and teams. Roman led the Scrum Alliance effort to develop a curriculum for the Certified Scrum Product Owner training; he is the founder of the London Scrum User Group, and a regular speaker at international conferences.

To find out more, visit romanpichler.com, read Roman's blog, or follow him on Twitter.

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Upcoming Courses by Roman

Course Type Custom Title Date Range City
Certified ScrumMaster Certified ScrumMaster (deutsch) 14-15 Sep 2010 Hamburg
Other Scrum in der Praxis: Fragen Sie die Experten! 16 Sep 2010 Hamburg
Certified Scrum Product Owner Roman Pichler's Certified Scrum Product Owner Class 14-15 Oct 2010 London
Certified Scrum Product Owner 23-24 Nov 2010 Hamburg
Certified Scrum Product Owner 9-10 Dec 2010 Munich

Recent Articles by Roman

Common Product Owner Traps: A CST-Submitted Reprint 12 Apr 10

Product owners play a key part in creating successful products with Scrum: They are in charge of the product and lead the development effort. But this new, multi-faceted role can be challenging to apply. For many organizations, the path to effective product ownership is littered with traps and pitfalls. This article helps you recognize and avoid some of the most common traps.

Resources by Roman

Being an Effective Product Owner - Color version
2007 Fall Scrum Gathering: London Wednesday, 14 November, 13.30-15.00 “Being an Effective Product Owner” (Color version) Presenter: Roman Pichler, CST, Pichler Consulting, United Kingdom The product owner plays a crucia...
Being an Effective Product Owner - B&W version
2007 Fall Scrum Gathering: London Wednesday, 14 November, 13.30-15.00 “Being an Effective Product Owner” (Black and white version) Presenter: Roman Pichler, CST, Pichler Consulting, United Kingdom The product owner play...
Grooming the Product Backlog
Presented by Roman Pichler at the 2009 Orlando Scrum Gathering.

Recent Comments by Roman

On The Product Vision
Hi Tom, you are spot on: An effective vision helps us to decide if a requirement should be part of the release or not. If the requirement helps to fulfill the vision, it should be implemented. If not, it shouldn't. Roman
On The Product Vision
Hi Ryan, I would prefer Product Owner and team collaborating closely to create the product vision over trying to express requirements precisely. Remember: "The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a developmen...
On The Product Vision
Hi Alexey and Arvind, Thanks for the feedback and sharing how you create your product visions. You can read my suggestions for creating the vision in my new book called "Agile Product Management. Turning Ideas into Winning Products with Scrum." Th...
On The Product Vision
Hi Girish, I recommend to Scrum teams to revisit the vision in the sprint review meeting, to see if the vision is still valid or if it has to be adapted. As Ken Schwaber puts it in the Scrum Guide: "The entire group then collaborates about what it...
On Being an Effective Product Owner
Hi Rune, Thanks for your feedback. As you rightly point out, the product owner has some responsibilities that differ from the team's. But the product owner is part of the Scrum team, and developing a successful product is a team effort in Scrum...