As organizations embark on agile transformation, many traditional project managers or business and technical leads are thrown into the Product Owner role after reading a book or two and, perhaps a few days of CSPO training. In the midst of changing environments, conflicting mindsets, and other change-related issues, they are expected to start operating within a Scrum team. Alicia Cyrus compares the responsibilities of product ownership and traditional project management—similar roles, same goal of achieving working software (or services) and productive teams, but very different approaches...Learn More
Alicia Cyrus
Enterprise Knowledge
A senior consultant with Enterprise Knowledge, Alicia Cyrus has nearly a decade of experience as a successful product owner, business analyst, and project manager. She provides agile coaching to C-suite business/IT leadership and project teams. Alicia is passionate about solving problems and fostering agile culture; leading organizations through enterprise-wide agile transformation to form collaborative and innovative teams that deliver timely, effective solutions; and firmly believes Product Owners are the often overlooked key to driving that success. When not focused on agile research, she’s usually playing in SketchUp and honing her interior design skills. Find Alicia on LinkedIn and Twitter.