The Product Owner is responsible for ensuring the scrum team understands the project, and its result by having the expertise and knowledge about the product that has to be delivered.

The Product Owner is also accountable for effective Product Backlog management, which includes:

• Developing and explicitly communicating the Product Goal;
• Creating and clearly communicating Product Backlog items;
• Ordering Product Backlog items; and,
• Ensuring that the Product Backlog is transparent, visible and understood.

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