Epic Owner

Overview:

The epic owner is responsible for understanding the overall vision and strategic goals of the project or product. They ensure that the epic aligns with these objectives and contributes to the larger mission.They collaborate with stakeholders to prioritize epics based on business value, customer impact, and other relevant criteria. This involves balancing conflicting interests and ensuring that the team focuses on the most important work

Responsibilities	Skills
Primary Responsibilities: Work with stakeholders and subject matter experts to define an epic using the ‘epic hypothesis statement Provide input for economic prioritization of Epic based on Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF), the Lean business case, and other relevant factors Create the Lean business case for Epic Collaborate with Product and Solution Management and System and Solution Architects/Engineering to decompose the epic into epics and capabilities and help prioritize these backlog items in their respective program and solution backlogs Work with Agile Teams that perform research spikes, create proofs of concept, mock-ups, etc Understand and report on the progress of the epic’s MVP with key stakeholders and LPM Secure funding for the epics Secondary Responsibilities: Participate in Program Increment (PI) Planning, System Demo, and Solution Demo, whenever there is critical activity related to the epic Facilitate, as needed, the implementation of the epic through the continuous delivery pipeline and release on demand Coordinate and synchronize epic-related activities with sales, marketing, and other business units	Technical Skills : Agile Tools and Methodologies Agile Budgeting Design Thinking Product Lifecycle Management Soft Skills: Effective Communication Consensus Building Stakeholder management Risk management Tool Skills: Sharepoint Jira, Jira Align PowerPoint Microsoft Visio Mural or any similar collaboration tool

Responsibilities

Skills

Primary Responsibilities:

Work with stakeholders and subject matter experts to define an epic using the ‘epic hypothesis statement
Provide input for economic prioritization of Epic based on Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF), the Lean business case, and other relevant factors
Create the Lean business case for Epic
Collaborate with Product and Solution Management and System and Solution Architects/Engineering to decompose the epic into epics and capabilities and help prioritize these backlog items in their respective program and solution backlogs
Work with Agile Teams that perform research spikes, create proofs of concept, mock-ups, etc
Understand and report on the progress of the epic’s MVP with key stakeholders and LPM
Secure funding for the epics

Secondary Responsibilities:

Participate in Program Increment (PI) Planning, System Demo, and Solution Demo, whenever there is critical activity related to the epic
Facilitate, as needed, the implementation of the epic through the continuous delivery pipeline and release on demand
Coordinate and synchronize epic-related activities with sales, marketing, and other business units

Technical Skills :