Learn the essentials of working as a Product Owner in this two-day class.

This two-day Product Owner certification course provides everything you need to be an effective customer to a Scrum team. On completion, participants are registered as Certified Product Owners (CPOs), which includes a one-year membership in the Scrum Alliance, (www.scrumalliance.org) where valuable materials and information are available exclusively to CPOs.

You will learn the essential concepts and tools of Scrum, differences between agile processes and traditional "waterfall" methodologies, and how your particular role as a business customer will change when interacting with Agile teams. Participants will learn how to effectively manage and prioritize product backlogs, plan releases and sprints, track and report progress, and scale Scrum to program-level efforts.

This course is taught by leading Agile practitioners with decades of real-world industry experience at companies ranging from small businesses to the Fortune 100. Exercises, demonstrations, facilitated discussions, case studies, tool and template examples and more are interwoven throughout the course to illustrate the principles being taught in a comprehensive fashion interactively tailored to each class’s particular needs.

Bonus Offerings

Attendees will receive:

  • A discounted copy of Sanjiv Augustine's book, Managing Agile Projects
  • 16 PDUs towards PMI continuing certification requirements
  • A printed certificate for completion of the course
Dates:

28-29 Jul 2008
Location:

Herndon, VA

Venue:

MicroTek Dulles Facility
12950 Worldgate Drive
Monument II Building, #200
Herndon, VA 20170
http://www.mclabs.com/facilities/dulles.aspx

Price:

$1495.00

Introduction to Agile

  • A Case for Change
  • Scrum Process Overview The Scrum Process
  • Agile Planning Overview
  • Discovery Sessions
  • Product Backlog
  • Sprint Planning
  • Sprint Backlog
  • Sprint
  • Sprint Review
  • Sprint Retrospective
Managing Requirements in Scrum
  • Introduction to User Stories
  • Creating Effective User Stories
Release Management in Scrum
  • Agile Estimation & Velocity
  • Minimum Marketable Feature Sets
  • Prioritizing to Maximize Value
  • Fixed Dates, Scopes & Resources
Getting the Most Out of Scrum
  • Picking the Right Projects
  • Keeping Up with the Team
  • Using Feedback Effectively
  • Lean Resource Management
  • Leveraging Lean & Six Sigma
Business Customers, Product Managers and Line Managers aiming to maximize the benefit that they receive from their Agile projects by learning how to better prioritize and interface with Agile teams.