Product Owner

The Scrum team member responsible for maximizing the value of the product and the work of the development team. The product owner owns and manages the product backlog — ordering items by priority based on business value, user needs, and strategic goals. They communicate the product vision to stakeholders and translate stakeholder needs into backlog items with clear acceptance criteria. The product owner is the single point of contact for product decisions; the development team should not receive conflicting directions from multiple stakeholders. They actively participate in sprint planning, sprint reviews, and backlog refinement, but do not direct the team's day-to-day technical work.