Dear all

I suspect that members of this list half the age of the two commentators so far will consider the job offer and appreciate the opportunity. 

Am I alone in finding this quite a melancholically comic late, (non-)summer interlude - a kind of postponed midsummer’s night dream with old codgers pretending they can’t understand the latest jargon when really the novelty is just the same as when, once upon a time, they were young?

More seriously I find it embarrassing, as an academic, when non academics post here and a pile of traditional codswollop is poured on them by overly touchy senior academics, as if the outsiders are the enemy….. [visit Germany if you want to see how a modern country manages this with ease…..]

(PS - Don’t worry Kristy it’s the usual thing here - 99% of the list don’t put their head above the parapet but appreciate the broad range of offers and information provided here…..)

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On 21 Aug 2017, at 21:46, Michael Kenward <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

One way to reduce the obfuscation and risk of downright bafflement is to reply to Paul’s traditionally waspish comments, a response that arouses great sympathy with me, by explaining, rather than piling on, the terminology.

 

So what is a up “Product Manager”? 

 

What is a “Product Owner”?

 

How do they differ?

 

Equally baffling, what is Agile software development? And how did it earn that capital A?

 

Along those lines, what are “Agile ways-of-working”?

 

Perhaps more important, what are any of those terms doing in a discussion of Public Engagement in Science and Technology?

 

Oh, and is there a difference between fuzz and fuss?

 

MK

 

 

 

 

 

 

From: psci-com: on public engagement with science [mailto:[log in to unmask]UK] On Behalf Of Olle Bergman
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Subject: Re: [PSCI-COM] New Vacancy - Product Owner, London

 

The debasement is even worse that one can think in this case, as they seem to mix up “Product Manager and “Product Owner”. The latter is a very well-established role within Agile software development. Agile ways-of-working are spreading like wildfires right now from the software departments. Some corporations are going all Agile as we speak.

 

http://www.agilenutshell.com/

 

Personally, I have started to get even science people to understand what’s the fuzz is all about by starting an Agile Science Blog. Problem is, they don’t even hear the fuzz. (I have been very lazy this summer – I’ll try to write some more blog posts soon):

http://crastina.se/agile_science_blog/

 

Best,

 

O.

 

 

21 aug. 2017 kl. 15:53 skrev Paul G Raven <[log in to unmask]>:

 

"Product owner"? The debasement of language by commerce continues apace, I see...

 

PGR

 

On 21 August 2017 at 14:49, Kristy Collingbourne <K.Collingbourne@inspiredselection.com> wrote:

Dear List Members,

 

I am currently recruiting for an exciting opportunity for a health information product in Central London. Please see job details below, if you are interested please get in touch with Abigail Barclay at a.barclay@inspiredselection.com or 020 3668 6727. 

 

Online Product Owner, Health. 

 

We are looking for a talented and ambitious Product Manager to join our client to manage a consumer facing online product which is solely focussed on medical decisions for expecting parents.  

 

This role, based in central London and reporting into the divisional MD, will be a high profile position within the business and will be responsible for driving the growth of the already very successful product forward. 

 

The responsibilities will include: 

- liaising with external stakeholder groups of relevant professional groups and practitioners such as the Department of Health and medical Royal Colleges

- act as the business product owner of the website and its content management 

- lead on the product strategy

- commission relevant content 

 

You will need to be able to demonstrate the ability to work with sensitive, health based content for people this crucial time of their lives. This is a fantastic opportunity to work on a really exciting digital product and be the champion for it. The successful candidate will have experience in devising successful online engagement strategies, managing online products and team leadership. 

 

Best wishes, 

 

Kristy

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