PAUL LIDDY
-Product Owner & Agile Aficionado-
Action oriented, adaptive professional with a passion for driving technology improvements to boost organization efficiency while enhancing the overall client experience. With a successful track record of project management and execution, I’ve leveraged Agile and Waterfall methodologies while remaining cross functional to ensure commitments are delivered on time with the intended impact.
Industry Exposure
Chemical | Mortgage | Title Insurance | Life Insurance | Insurtech
In his spare time, Paul enjoys the outdoors and traveling when possible. He likes finding a quiet place to fly his drone, even if he isn't the best at it (no crashes yet!).
There are a lot of opinions regarding Product Owners and what their responsibilities should entail. With the evolution of self-governing, cross-functional development teams, the role of a Business Analyst has dramatically changed, if not become extinct. The Product Owner from experience has shown to be an empowered Business Analyst with content and prioritization authority.
Communicates with stakeholders to understand business objectives
Creates a product roadmap
Keeps product in line with business goals
Considers needs and objectives of stakeholders
Juggles scope, budget, and time to prioritize projects
Creates a list of backlog items
Prioritizes items based on overall strategy
Maps out dependencies
Contributing to the planning, execution, and review of each sprint
Works with team to refine and improve the development process
Understands and anticipates client needs to manage the development process
Has deep knowledge of the market
Creates customer journey maps
Gains buy-in from stakeholders
Delivers clear instructions to the developers
Is accountable for each stage of the development process and final process
Inspects and evaluates product progress through each iteration
Determines whether the final project is acceptable