Certified Scrum Product Owner

Though each CSPO course varies depending on the instructor, all Certified Scrum Product Owner courses focus on Scrum from a product owner's perspective. Graduates will receive the CSPO designation. All CSPO course are taught by Certified Scrum Trainers.

The Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) course is an in-depth two day immersion into the world of Scrum Product Management. The course is full of practical, real world techniques that can be implemented immediately at your workplace. This course will allow your organization to enjoy the many advantages Scrum has to offer. Hands-on exercises demonstrate key concepts and let you experience the benefits of Scrum firsthand.

COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• The advantages that Scrum Product Management brings to your organization
• A solid understanding of the Scrum framework
• Your roles and responsibilities as the Product Owner
• Developing a vision that serves as a guiding light for the product and the project team
• Predicting delivery dates and determining release plans
• Grooming the product backlog; how to effectively gather and document Agile requirements
• Establishing an effective measure of business value so that the right features can be implemented
• Embracing continuous planning throughout the project lifecycle 

BENEFITS
• Properly align your development efforts around building the highest business value features first
• Ensure that the right features are being implemented for the right reasons at the right time
• Effectively and efficiently incorporate new insights into the product during the project lifecycle
• Rapidly respond to changing market conditions 
• Increase customer satisfaction and time-to-market delivery
• Gain organizational trust and improve your team’s reputation for on-time and on-budget delivery by setting them up for frequent successes
• Achieve greater flexibility and bring value to your organization by adding another tool to your toolbox

TAKEAWAYS
• Thorough understanding of Product Management using Scrum
• A new outlook on the way you develop and prioritize features
• The knowledge necessary for incorporating Scrum practices into your working environment
• A one year membership to the Scrum Alliance
• The Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) designation

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTORS
Brian M. Rabon, CSM, CSP, MSEE, PMP
Brian is a Certifi ed ScrumMaster and Scrum Professional with over 13 years of software development experience. He is a regular instructor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, New Horizons Birmingham, The Solutions Cube Group, and a course designer for Samford University. 

Michele Sliger, CST, PMP
Michele is a Certifi ed Scrum Trainer with over 20 years of software development experience. She is the co-author of “The Software Project Manager’s Bridge to Agility”. Michele is a frequent conference speaker and regular contributor to software industry publications. She is a strong advocate of agile principles and value-driven development practices.

- What is Agile?

- What is Scrum? History and Origins

- The Scrum Framework

- Roles and Responsibilities on a Scrum Team

- Applying Scrum Practices:

1. The Importance of Sharing the Product Vision
2. Laying Out the Product Roadmap
3. Building and Maintaining the Product Backlog
4. Driving Release Planning
5. Guiding Sprint Planning
6. Tracking Progress
7. Learnings from the Sprint Review: The Demo and Retrospective

- Scaling Scrum

- Getting Started

• Product Managers/Business Analysts
• Project Sponsors 
• IT Leadership (Managers/Directors/VPs/CIOs/CTOs)
• Anyone interested in learning about the benefits of Scrum