Product Owner
The person accountable for maximizing product value and managing the product backlog.
In Scrum and hybrid environments, the Product Owner is the single person accountable for maximizing the value the team delivers. This role owns the product backlog — defining, ordering, and communicating its items — and is the final authority on accepting completed work. The PMP exam often tests the Product Owner versus Scrum Master boundary: the Product Owner decides what gets built and in what priority, while the Scrum Master protects the process and removes impediments. Assuming a project manager simply replaces both is a common distractor.
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