by The effectiveness of that role and of the overall Scrum implementation depends a lot on the type of person in that role

The Product Owner represents the customer to the development team in terms of conveying what they want, why they want it, and how that translates into a technical deliverable.

Product Owner is responsible for the product backlog, decomposing features into workable complete user stories, setting iteration goals, and working directly with the Scrum team to produce a shippable increment of the product with each sprint.

And to ensure that functionality will properly flow and integrate, the product owner needs to involve the team in product design.

Related Articles