Product Owners: Available positions

FOLIO is looking for Product Owners

Joining FOLIO as a product owner is a great way to make a big impact on the project. You will:

Get involved in the FOLIO community
Build your network
Expand your analytical and communication skillset
Contribute to the development of a platform that IS changing libraries

Interested? Please review the below list of long-term opportunities. If you would like more information, please contact, Lead FOLIO PO, Khalilah Gambrell

Long-term Projects and Opportunities: Product Owners Needed

We are always looking for good POs for the following areas. Time commitment is a minimum of 6 months.

Need	Description	Required skills	Minimum - Time frame
Course Reserves app	Triage bugs and refine backlog. Document workarounds Currently, there is no team assigned to the Course Reserves app so your primary objective will be to prioritize bugs that can be assigned to a team with capacity. Bugfest support Write/revise test cases in Test rails Triage user feedback Prioritize bugs Support the community's use of the Courses app	Likes conducting reference interviews Has used Course Reserves software (FOLIO or other software), or applied/defined Course Reserves workflows Wants to develop/hone prioritization skills Likes testing features	5-8 hours a week
Circulation: Loans, Circulation rules and loan policies, Check-in, Check-out, Loan information on Item Details	Support circulation needs for checking items out, checking items in, recording information for troubleshooting and other resource access functions. Primary objectives Triage critical issues Knowledge transfer: Work with current PO(s) to document key functionality and workflows Document workarounds Refine backlog Per release - Refine one feature Will work with several POs responsible for various circulated functionality/workflows Will present requirements to a development team Bugfest support Write/revise test cases in Test rails Triage user feedback Prioritize bugs Support the community's use of FOLIO circulation functionality	Likes conducting reference interviews Great familiarity/expertise with circulation workflows Wants to develop/hone prioritization skills Likes testing features	10-15 hours a week
Circulation: Fees/Fines	Current product owner will be leaving the project and we are looking for a person who wants to continue to support FOLIO's fees/fines capabilities. Primary objectives Triage critical issues Complete implementation of fees/fines features Knowledge transfer: Work with current PO(s) to document key functionality and workflows. Becomes Fees/Fines SME. Document workarounds Refine backlog Per release - Refine one feature Work with several POs responsible for various circulated functionality/workflows Present requirements to a development team Bugfest support Write/revise test cases in Test rails Triage user feedback Prioritize bugs Support the community's use of FOLIO circulation functionality.	Likes conducting reference interviews Great familiarity/expertise with circulation workflows Wants to develop/hone prioritization skills Likes testing features	10-15 hours a week
Item States	Primary objectives Triage critical issues Becomes Item States - SME Refine backlog Document workarounds Work with several POs responsible for functionality/workflows in circulation and metadata management Present requirements to a development team Bugfest support Write/revise test cases in Test rails Triage user feedback Prioritize bugs Support the community's use of item state functionality	Likes conducting reference interviews Great familiarity/expertise with circulation workflows. Wants to develop/hone prioritization skills Likes testing features	5-8 hours per week
Circulation: Requests app	Looking for a person to manage the requests app and workflows. Primary objectives Triage critical issues Learn about app and workflows from community members and POs familiar with the app Document workarounds Refine backlog Per release - Refine one feature Work with several POs responsible for various circulated functionality/workflows Present requirements to a development team Bugfest support Write/revise test cases in Test rails Triage user feedback Prioritize bugs Support the community's use of FOLIO circulation functionality	Likes conducting reference interviews Great familiarity/expertise with circulation workflows including integrations with discovery/opac systems Wants to develop/hone prioritization skills Likes testing features	10-15 hours a week
Circulation: Lost items	We are looking for a product owner who can Primary objectives Triage critical issues Refine backlog Document workarounds Work with several POs responsible for various circulated functionality/workflows Present requirements to a development team Bugfest support Write/revise test cases in Test rails Triage user feedback Prioritize bugs Support the community's use of FOLIO circulation functionality	Likes conducting reference interviews Great familiarity/expertise with circulation workflows including integrations with discovery/opac systems Wants to develop/hone prioritization skills Likes testing features	5-8 hours a week
Circulation: Patron/Item blocks	Current product owner will be leaving the project and we are looking for a person who wants to continue to support FOLIO's fees/fines capabilities. Primary objectives Triage critical issues Knowledge transfer: Work with current PO(s) to document key functionality and workflows. Becomes a SME. Document workarounds Refine backlog Per release - Refine one feature Work with several POs responsible for various circulated functionality/workflows Present requirements to a development team Bugfest support Write/revise test cases in Test rails Triage user feedback Prioritize bugs Support the community's use of FOLIO circulation functionality	Likes conducting reference interviews Great familiarity/expertise with circulation workflows Good familiarity with discovery system/opac workflows Wants to develop/hone prioritization skills Likes testing features	10-15 hours a week
Service Points and Locations	Current product owner will be leaving the project. This is an area that is fairly well developed and relatively small in scope - an excellent place for someone who is new to product owner work to learn with a less stressful area. Primary objectives: Triage critical issues and refine open issues Knowledge transfer: work with departing PO to learn about area Work with cross-functional POs as service points and locations support multiple workflows Refine one feature per release and present requirements to a development team(s) Bugfest support Help validate environment for testing Write/revise test cases in Test rails Triage user feedback Prioritize bugs	Likes conducting reference interviews Familiarity with circulation workflows and background in or willingness to learn metadata management workflows Wants to develop/hone prioritization skills Likes testing features	5-8 hours a week, depending on if they are responsible for active development
Accessibility	Need a product owner who can lead efforts for POs/development team to implement/think about accessibility organize accessibility testing manage accessibility dashboard and backlog write requirements / defects and present requirements to a development team(s) lead effort to define greater shortcut keys advise teams regarding accessibility	Likes conducting reference interviews Great familiarity with accessibility guidelines and best practices. Great familiarity/experience implementing accessible features. Familiar writing accessibility testing scenarios/tasks Can test features with web accessibility compliance tools and screenreaders Enthusiastic in building an accessible FOLIO and staying current on changing guidelines.	5-8 hours per week
Inventory Search Enhancements	Need a product owner who can define inventory search requirements now that the app's search is powered by Elastic Search. Primary objectives Triage critical issues Learn about current inventory search implementation and proposed development Documentation Refine backlog Per release - Refine one feature Work with several POs responsible for various cataloging functionality/workflows Present requirements to a development team(s) Bugfest support Help validate environment for testing Write/revise test cases in Test rails Triage user feedback Prioritize bugs	Likes conducting reference interviews Good familiarity in defining search requirements OR strong willingness to learn how to define search requirements Bonus if you are familiar with Elasticsearch Wants to develop/hone prioritization skills Enthusiastic about search!!!	10-12 hours a week
Patron APIs for discovery systems	Need a person to reviews current APIs used by discovery systems/opacs is a SME for teams that develop or enhance circulation workflows to ensure e2e workflows are supported Documentation Refine backlog Triage bugs Per release - Refine one feature Work with several POs responsible for various circulated functionality/workflows Present requirements to a development team(s) Bugfest support Help validate environment for testing Write/revise test cases in Test rails Triage user feedback Prioritize bugs	Likes conducting reference interviews Great familiarity/expertise with circulation workflows Good familiarity with discovery system/opac workflows Good familiarity with APIs OR strong willingness to learn. Wants to develop/hone prioritization skills Likes testing features	8-10 hours a week