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How to appoint product owner

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In Scrum Process Canvas, the scrum tool, perform the steps below to appoint a scrum product owner for your scrum project. You may try the steps interactively by visiting the interactive product tour.

  1. In the Scrum Process Canvas, click on the gear button next to the work item Product Owner to configure product owner.
    To configure product owner
  2. To perform the step, click on the action artifact Product Owner.
    Product Owner action artifact
  3. Select the team member to be the product owner. Click on the cell to toggle the member list. (Hotkey: Ctrl-Space)
    Member list
  4. This lists the team members of this project. Make sure the members are added to this project in order to view them here. Click on a member to select him/her.
  5. Enter the responsibilities of product owner in this project. You may refer to the Instruction for ideas.
  6. Enter any additional information about this member as notes.
    Product owner form filled
  7. Go back to the work item page via the breadcrumb.
  8. When you are done, click on Commit at the bottom right corner, and then select Complete from the popup menu.