Product Owner Role in City of Helsinki Agile Software Development
Tuomi, Anastasia (2018)
Metropolia Ammattikorkeakoulu
2018
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201805046429
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201805046429
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This Master’s Thesis focused to the product owner’s role in City of Helsinki environment. The City Administrative Office of City of Helsinki had developed its own agile experiment and implementation method for agile software development. The method was new and there was not yet much experience of using it. The objective of this Thesis was to find out the product owner’s ability to carry out the software development project by using the agile experiment and implementation method. Additionally, the organization’s current ability to support the product owner in that was under inspection. The research method used in this Thesis was case study and the case study project was information system renewal project.
After forming a conceptual framework of the subject, the case study was carried out by implementing the tasks of the product owner required in the agile experiment and implementation method. A Fit-GAP analysis was used for evaluating the product owner’s ability to carry out the tasks and to find the possible improvement targets.
The outcome of this Thesis was an evaluation whether the product owner was able to carry out the case project by using the agile experiment and implementation method. The analyzation of the fits and gaps of the implemented tasks offered a valuable information about the possible improvement targets of the product owner’s role in City of Helsinki environment.
The City Administrative Office benefits from the results of the Thesis by increasing their understanding of the product owner’s role in agile software development in the organization. Additionally, recommendations for improving the product owner’s role in City of Helsinki agile software development environment were proposed based on the Thesis results.
After forming a conceptual framework of the subject, the case study was carried out by implementing the tasks of the product owner required in the agile experiment and implementation method. A Fit-GAP analysis was used for evaluating the product owner’s ability to carry out the tasks and to find the possible improvement targets.
The outcome of this Thesis was an evaluation whether the product owner was able to carry out the case project by using the agile experiment and implementation method. The analyzation of the fits and gaps of the implemented tasks offered a valuable information about the possible improvement targets of the product owner’s role in City of Helsinki environment.
The City Administrative Office benefits from the results of the Thesis by increasing their understanding of the product owner’s role in agile software development in the organization. Additionally, recommendations for improving the product owner’s role in City of Helsinki agile software development environment were proposed based on the Thesis results.