A building-permits stakeholder committee casually reorders the Product Backlog between Sprint Planning sessions, undoing the Product Owner’s daily ordering. What should the Product Owner request?
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Short Explanation
If a committee can reshuffle the permits backlog overnight, the Product Owner is a figurehead with a stapler. Clear decision rights are the fence around the garden: stakeholders can advise, but one person still orders the work. Write that down so daily value ordering is not a hallway vote.
Full Explanation
Effective Product Ownership requires real authority to order the Product Backlog. Informal committee overrides destroy transparency, Sprint focus, and the ability to maximize permit value. Documented decision rights make stakeholder input legitimate without transferring ordering accountability. Two Product Owners, a freeze workshop, or asking Developers to ignore the business are not substitutes for a clear structural rule: the Product Owner orders the backlog.