Process/AgileTable-stakes
Product Owner
Also written as PO
The Scrum role responsible for the backlog — deciding what the team builds next and in what order. Often confused with Product Manager, which is usually a broader commercial role.
Think of it like
Like the person who writes the kitchen's order tickets and decides which ones go first, rather than the one who designs the menu.
Junior or senior?
Junior sounds like
Writes tickets from someone else's decisions.
Senior sounds like
Can describe something they took OFF the backlog and defended, and how they handled the stakeholder who wanted it.
Ask them
“What did you decide the team would not build, and how did that conversation go?”