Some quick summaries to “6 tips to align product owners to get fruitful design outcomes”

source: https://uxdesign.cc/6-tips-to-align-product-owners-to-get-fruitful-design-outcomes-1b3e8db51d7

Some quick summaries and my own understanding to this great article when working with designers and stakeholders.

🙅‍♀️ Generating ideas by showing options 1, 2 and 3

Don’t just show screens and ask PO to decide, show/convince them with justification by research/analysis.

💡 Engaging a time-poor Product owner

Book commitment times from PO so they treat the discussion important accordingly.

Clearly report delayed/cancelled calls, so project progress in RED is on everyone radar, especially higher management ones.

🙅‍♀️ Micro-management and attachment to product

Great design research takes planning, data gathering, synthesis…explain to PO what timeline should be expected from design realm.

💡 Multiple product owner, visions and objectives

Inevitable in larger product/organization, but keep common visions/objectives highly visible and update/review design/stories under that arch.

🙅‍♀️ Absence of product owner

Address the importance of having a ACTUAL product owner, not someone just assigned and is afraid of/unwilling to making decision, not really knowing what the requirement/team/technology is.

Product owner should NOT just show up in show cases.