Interim Product Owner: Backlog Governance, Prioritization and Stakeholder Alignment
Product development without clear prioritization leads to feature sprawl and missed deadlines. As a PSPO-II-certified Product Owner, I take responsibility for backlog governance, stakeholder alignment, and value focus - interim, pragmatic, and results-driven.
When to Engage
- Product Owner role vacant or temporarily unoccupied
- Backlog without clear prioritization and value logic
- Stakeholder conflicts blocking decisions and releases
- Scrum team needs experienced PO leadership for a critical period
Deliverables
Working Approach & Alignment
Stakeholder Alignment: Regular alignment with business, IT, and management - ensuring requirements are clearly prioritized and decisions are traceable.
Backlog Governance: Transparent prioritization by business value, risk, and dependencies. No feature without clear acceptance criteria.
Decision Transparency: Prioritization decisions are documented - traceable for stakeholders and transferable to successors.
Regulatory & Compliance Interfaces
Product ownership in regulated environments requires special diligence. I ensure that:
- Regulatory requirements are visible and prioritized as backlog items
- Acceptance criteria account for compliance requirements
- Release decisions are documented with full traceability
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Last updated: February 2026