Role of Business Stakeholders in Scrum
The term Business stakeholder creates a lot of confusion in Scrum. Usually the term creates confusion with the responsibilities of a Product Owner . Let us now clear all the confusion around it. Best definition of Business stakeholders is that they have legitimate interest in the project and another important point to be noted is that Business stakeholders are not always product owners but product owners are always Business stakeholders. Product owners help define the backlog the Scrum team and also help in prioritizing the work units of the Scrum Team and continually communicate the progress to the Business stakeholders. Business Stakeholders are the purpose for which a Product or service is created in the first place. They are the people who have certain necessities, wants and desires; thus in business terms they have certain requirements which needs to be fulfilled. It is the responsibility of the Scrum Team to fulfil the requirements of the Business Stakeholders. Usuall...