DESCRIPTION
The Product Owner is the key member of the Scrum Team and shoulders the responsibility of leading the project strategically, collaborating with customers and team on a daily basis, and managing the business value. Though he doesn’t need to be an expert in the process, the Product Owner must have sufficient understanding of the Agile Manifesto and enough knowledge to assist the ScrumMaster if the need arises.
Our two-day Certified Scrum Product Owner Course is delivered by Scrum Alliance Certified Trainers (CSTs) and offers blended-learning combining classroom study, group discussions, and hands-on practice exercises, to give you a keen understanding of Scrum from the point of view of a Product Owner, enabling you to be an effective customer to the Scrum team and maximizing ROI.
Our CSPO Course Agenda varies according to the CST delivering the training, and can vary slightly from the Agenda listed below.
- Scrum Basics
- Understand the Scrum Flow, the core components of the Scrum framework, and the Scrum vocabulary
- Understand the principles/legs of empirical process control
- Understand the work culture Scrum creates
- Roles & Responsibilities
- Understand the scope of the Product Owner, ScrumMaster and the team role in detail
- Understand why there is no project manager and no agile product manager
- Product Vision
- Understand the importance of having the product vision as an overarching goal galvanizing the entire Scrum team
- Understand the desirable qualities of the vision and how it can be shaped
- Understand the importance of carrying out just enough prep work
- Understand the relationship between vision and product roadmap
- Estimating
- Understand the different estimation levels in Scrum
- Understand that the accuracy of an estimate is more important than the precision of the estimate
- Understand that estimates of size and duration can be done separately
- Understand the impact of pressuring team members to provide low estimates
- Understand the difference between estimating and committing
- Product Backlog
- Understand what the product backlog is, and what it is not
- Understand product backlog grooming
- Prioritizing
- Understand the importance and benefits of prioritizing the product backlog
- Understand the implications of saying everything is mandatory
- Understand who should have input into prioritization decisions
- Understand that proper prioritization of a product backlog is based on multiple factors
- Understand and know how to apply formal approaches to prioritizing (i.e. beyond just ‘gut feel’ or intuition)
- Understand how much latitude to give a team in adjusting the sequence of work
- Release Management
- Understand the goals and how tos of release planning
- Understand that planning is adaptive, iterative and collaborative
- Understand why quality is frozen and the concept of technical debt
- Understand why software should be released early and frequently
- Understand and measure velocity
- Understand release burndown charts
- Understand how a release plan can help predict the future
- Sprints
- Understand the product owners role in Scrum meetings, and how the Product Owner and Team collaborate
- Understand why sprints are timeboxed and protected
- Understand the concept of sustainable paceUnderstand team commitment\
From the course:
- Boost Product Owner capabilities
- Optimize Agile teams as well as interaction with stakeholders and customers
- Increase Scrum functionality
- Realistic planning and scheduling
- Gain practical, proven techniques
- Improve estimating skills and results
- Maximize delivery capabilities
- Reduce risk
- Improve ROI
- Leverage proven experience
From the workshop:
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Training by experienced Scrum Alliance Certified Instructors (CSTs)
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14–16 PDUs , and correspondingly 14–16 SEUs (Varies according to the CST)
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Scrum Alliance Certification
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2 years Membership with Scrum Alliance
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Scrum Alliance approved courseware
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Hands-on Activities, Group Discussions, Real-life examples
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Disclaimer:
Individual workshop deliverables may be subject to change.
This course will be useful for professional in the following roles, among others:
- Associate Project Managers
- Project Managers
- IT Project Managers
- Project Coordinators
- Project Analysts
- Project Leaders
- Senior Project Managers
- Team Leaders
- Product Managers
- Program Managers
- Project Sponsors
- Developers
- Product Owners
- Managers-Software development
- Architects-Software development
- Software developers
- Software coders
- Software testers
- Team leads or team members who are interested in learning more about Scrum and leading Agile projects
Eligibility:
Your successful completion of the 2-day CSPO course provided by our Certified Scrum Trainer makes you eligible for the CSPO Certification from Scrum Alliance.
Process:
There is no process. Following successful completion of this course, you will receive a Certificate from Scrum Alliance designating you as Certified Scrum Product Owner. The certification includes a two-year membership in Scrum Alliance.
