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Program Product Owner

The Program Product Owner sets the program's strategic goals and prioritizes epics and features so the program delivers the highest-value outcomes.

Key Points

  • Owns the program vision and aligns objectives with organizational strategy.
  • Prioritizes the program backlog based on value, risk, dependencies, and stakeholder feedback.
  • Collaborates with program leadership and stakeholders without managing teams' day-to-day tasks.
  • Defines success measures and acceptance criteria for program-level outcomes.

Example

In an enterprise e-commerce program, the Program Product Owner targets a 20% lift in conversion, prioritizes the one-click checkout and fraud prevention epics ahead of cosmetic UI updates, sequences work across web and mobile teams, and adjusts priorities each planning increment based on customer data and technical constraints.

PMP Example Question

During quarterly planning, which action best reflects the Program Product Owner's responsibility?

  1. Assign developers to specific teams to balance capacity.
  2. Set strategic goals for the program and rank epics/features to maximize value.
  3. Track daily burndown and remove team-level impediments.
  4. Approve all individual user stories before each sprint starts.

Correct Answer: B — Set strategic goals and prioritize epics/features to maximize value

Explanation: The Program Product Owner defines the program's strategic objectives and determines priority across the program backlog; staffing, daily tracking, and story approvals are not their primary duties.

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