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Formulating the product vision

The results from analyzing and prototyping will prepare the product owner, the team, and the stakeholders for the product vision workshop. This is a collaborative session that focuses on formulating the product vision while formulating some of the features to be included in the product backlog.

Coming up with the Product Vision

When the coming up with the product vision, it must ultimately answer the following questions:

1. Who are the target customers and users? Are the two different?
2. What problems will the product solve?
3. What attributes of the product will satisfy the customer needs?
4. Who are the internal and external competitors, and how do they perform?
5. What are the timeframe and budget for the project?

Product Vision Template

This Product Vision template briefly captures the answers to the questions above in this simple statement:

● For [target customer],
● Who [statement of need or opportunity]
● The [product name] is a [product category]
● That [key benefit or reason to buy]
● Unlike [primary competitive alternative]
● Our product [statement of primary differentiation]

The purpose of the product vision is to be the overarching theme of the entire product backlog that gives an understanding of what value the product will deliver as a whole. By doing research, analysis, and validation of ideas, your product vision will give the team a clear direction as to what you are building together.

Recommended Further Reading

The following materials may assist you in order to get the most out of this course:

Section 2: Using the Agile Manifesto to Deliver Change

Section 3: The 12 Agile Principles

Section 4: The Agile Fundamentals

Section 5: The Declaration of Interdependence

Section 6: Agile Development Frameworks

Section 7: Introduction to Scrum

Section 8: Scrum Projects

Section 9: Scrum Project Roles

Section 10: Meet the Scrum Team

Section 11: Building the Scrum Team

Section 12: Scrum in Projects, Programs & Portfolios

Section 13: How to Manage an Agile Project

Section 14: Leadership Styles

Section 15: The Agile Project Life-cycle

Section 16: Business Justification with Agile

Section 17: Calculating the Benefits With Agile

Section 18: Quality in Agile

Section 19: Acceptance Criteria and the Prioritised Product Backlog

Section 20: Quality Management in Scrum

Section 21: Change in Scrum

Section 22: Integrating Change in Scrum

Section 23: Managing Change in Scrum

Section 24: Risk in Scrum

Section 25: Risk Assessment Techniques

Section 26: Initiating an Agile Project

Section 27: Forming the Scrum Team

Section 28: Epics and Personas

Section 29: Creating the Prioritised Product Backlog

Section 30: Conduct Release Planning

Section 31: The Project Business Case

Section 32: Planning in Scrum

Section 33: Scrum Boards

Section 34: Sprint Planning

Section 35: User Stories

Section 36: User Stories and Tasks

Section 37: The Sprint Backlog

Section 38: Implementation of Scrum

Section 39: The Daily Scrum

Section 40: The Product Backlog

Section 41: Scrum Charts

Section 42: Review and Retrospective

Section 43: Scrum of Scrums

Section 44: Validating a Sprint

Section 45: Retrospective Sprint

Section 46: Releasing the Product

Section 47: Project Retrospective

Section 48: The Communication Plan

Section 49: Formal Business Sign-off

Section 50: Scaling Scrum

Section 51: Stakeholders

Section 52: Programs and Portfolios

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