Product Owner Review
at Fujitsu
Level 3 Apprenticeship
Information Technology
London
Review Submitted: February 2023
Overall Rating
3.7 /5
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4/5
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Overview of Role
5/5
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Skills Development
3.2/5
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Structure and Support
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:
4/5
A product owner's primary responsibilities are to define user stories and create a product backlog. They serve as a primary point of contact on the customer's behalf to recognize the requirements of the product for the development team. This product backlog acts as a prioritized set of customer requirements.
To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
4/5
Enjoyable experience overall. Working and leading multiple teams, managing stakeholder requests and seeing a difference in the account/new projects we take on because of my initiatives.
Challenges are workload, and work-life balance which can be overtaken by the high workload. Pay is also low at the time as I am still in the graduate scheme.
Challenges are workload, and work-life balance which can be overtaken by the high workload. Pay is also low at the time as I am still in the graduate scheme.
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
5/5
Skills I developed/learned:
Analytical skills. A Scrum product owner's priorities lie in managing, assessing, and approving the product backlog. ...
Communication skills. ...
Collaboration skills. ...
Technical skills. ...
Project management skills.
Analytical skills. A Scrum product owner's priorities lie in managing, assessing, and approving the product backlog. ...
Communication skills. ...
Collaboration skills. ...
Technical skills. ...
Project management skills.
Structure and Support
How well organised/structured is your programme?
3/5
training with multiverse could be more organized. Some coaches seem out of touch with the subject and cannot provide much input. Training as a whole is very high level so wouldn't recommend to anyone with previous knowledge in excel.
The graduate scheme at fujitsu overall also seems unorganized with loads of training announced last minute, with the sessions themselves not being very useful to the position you are placed in.
The graduate scheme at fujitsu overall also seems unorganized with loads of training announced last minute, with the sessions themselves not being very useful to the position you are placed in.
How much support do you receive from your employer?
5/5
A lot of support from within my account, line manager and immediate colleagues. If there is need or want from me to onboard in new trainings that is always welcome and I have an array of subjects I could choose from as well as given some time where possible to focus on my training subjects.
How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?
3/5
My immediate coach has been very good at supporting me with getting the required qualification, however the rest of the coaches as well as multiverse as a whole has a lot of useless sessions/meetings that really don't reflect what is needed for the qualification/do not help prepare you for the exams.
How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?
3/5
I have learned a few useful things around excel and powerBI . However they are very high level and do not help a great deal in developing my data analysis skills. There was a great part of the qualification that focused on theory rather than practical subjects, so cant be applied in real life. Also my role at the moment doesn't rely much on data analysis so what I've learned isn't applicable .
Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)
2/5
I work remotely so there aren't that many opportunities. There is a monthly meeting that some grads have taken upon themselves to organize as a team building activity but its an initiative from the grads themselves, so we have to pay from our pockets plus try and find time right after working hours to travel to enable this. Would be better if it was led as an onboarding activity by the company itself, but there has been none so far.
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Fujitsu to a friend?
Yes
Why?
Overall the pros outweigh the cons. If you are interested in technology/IT, want to work flexibly and from home, want to train in different new subjects and be in a workplace that is openminded/open to change then is a good company to be in. Lots of opportunities o move around the accounts/positions so there is space for growth. Cons is pay, work life balance and onboarding activities, as well as the grad scheme itself which doesn't offer much in terms of training and development.
What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Fujitsu?
Make sure you are really passionate about technology and IT as even the more business oriented roles have a close connection to understanding and talking about the technologies we offer and its unavoidable to become the biggest part of your role. So if you are not passionate about it you will not enjoy the roles as much.
