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.



 

Summary of the Course

Through a combination of immersive team-based learning, exercises, and real-world case studies, you will learn how to:

  • Plan, initiate and lead a Scrum project
  • Develop the initial Product Backlog
  • Improve the identification of Business Value
  • Establish a shared vision for the entire team
  • Generate an agile release plan utilizing user stories and story point estimation
  • Manage the Gap between customer expectations and the Team's ability to deliver
  • Improve business value engineering
  • Balance new features against digging out of technical debt
  • Refactor the Product Backlog continuously
  • Lead the Team and yet have the Team remain self-managing
  • Work with Stakeholders to make them more effective


CSPO training provides an applied understanding of the Scrum process and helps participants begin to develop the tools, insights, and skills required to apply Scrum on their projects and across their organizations.

Additional Information:
The course will run from 9am-5pm each day. A continental breakfast, breaks and lunch will be provided.

Following the course, each participant is enrolled as a CSPO, which includes a one-year membership in the Scrum Alliance, where additional Scrum materials and information are available.

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dates:

21-22 Sep 2009

Location:

Arlington, VA

Venue:

Marriott Crystal City at Reagan National Airport
1999 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, VA 22202

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Price:

$1400

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Course Material

Participants will receive course materials (not books) at the course. The CSPO course was formulated to train and certify Product Owners and is used worldwide for Product Owner training. In addition, participants should obtain (at their own expense) Agile Project Management with Scrum, by Ken Schwaber, which is required reading for the course. You may also wish to obtain the primary Scrum book, Agile Software Development with SCRUM by Schwaber and Beedle, on which the course is based.

Registration and Fees 

The course fee is $1400. Group discounts are available.  Please contact Melissa York for details or with questions.

Refund policy

  • 80% if 4 or more weeks prior to class date.
  • 50% if  between 1 and 4 weeks prior to class date
  • No refund within 1 week of class date.
  • Substitutions are free.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The CSPO is for managers, analysts, and product managers. For anyone interested in working on or with a Scrum team in a business or customer side role, this course is suited for you. You will leave with solid knowledge of how and why Scrum works. Through practical, hands-on exercises and small-group discussion you will be prepared to plan your first (or next) sprint immediately after this class. And you will be ready to be a strong Product Owner.

ScrumMasters need this course, because they must coach Product Owners in these skills.

PMPs: You can receive 16 Professional Development Units (PDUs) for this course.