Review notes/Action points  

• Implement time blocking into work days.
  • Protect the working day from constant interruptions, never ending questions and request that make the backlog of tasks even longer.
  • Dedicated time for tasks/responsibilities as a Product Owner like testing, planning, scoping, prioritisation etc, thus further aiding professional development.

• Set boundaries.
  • Define the acceptance criteria for incoming requests/tasks/questions – only commit to work that has clear brief and clear expectations of when it needs to be done.
  • Do not hog all the tasks and responsibility - delegate tasks to those better equipped, the second it becomes clear the task is outside my depth and/or requires hours of research/investigation. Minimize the amount of “side quests” when the main story line is levels behind.
  • Helping should not equal free housekeeping – train and/or guide those who require constant hand holding, sharing the knowledge and the skills buys back free time.

• See the bigger picture.
  • Get into the mind set of taking a step back away from the implementation details (no matter how intriguing or fun) and ask the necessary questions of what else can be done to increase the value or impact.
  • Start with defining the objectives and align them with business needs to ensure you start with benefits and value in mind already.
  • All things big and/or vague can and should be broken down into smaller SMART items.

• Prebuilt site map/landing pages following best practises for candidate attraction.
  • Time with designer to fully incorporate branding colours – full customer support.
  • Job board with unlimited number of job listings - single place to manage consultants, jobs, applications, and CVs.
  • DIY content population with our in-house CMS