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Certified Scrum Product Owner®

Taught by: Michael Stuedemann

AgilityIRL

Advance your career with high-value product management skills. CSPO® delves into the scrum framework, agile principles, and relentless focus on delivering customer value. Scrum Alliance-certified trainers have exceptional qualifications, including extensive product management experience. A two-year Scrum Alliance professional membership is included with your successful completion of this course.

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4.94 out of 5.0 stars (189 ratings)

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16 hours |

Start August 8, 2019 CUT

Early bird pricing

Course details

Location

In-Person

7031 Vista Dr, West Des Moines, IA 50266, US

Schedule Details

Thursday, August 8 | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM CUT

Friday, August 9 | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM CUT

Course

Course Details:

During this two-day course, participants will have the opportunity to explore the most difficult role in Scrum – the Product Owner. Through exercises, discussions, and case-studies, participants will learn the fundamentals of Scrum, as well as the responsibilities of the Product Owner. Topics addressed include techniques for developing a Product Vision, how to create, maintain and order a Product Backlog, how to identify user needs and an overview of sizing (estimating) in Scrum.

Upon completion of the course, all students will be eligible for the Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) certification from the Scrum Alliance. Attendees will also receive a two-year membership in the Scrum Alliance, an organization that provides valuable materials and resources exclusively to CSPOs.

Details

For questions or to RSVP, please email [email protected]. Lunch will be provided, please let Courtney know of any food allergies or restrictions when registering.

Agenda

Participants will learn the following topics through exercises, discussions, and case studies based on the instructor’s real-world experience in working with Scrum teams. Each participant will receive a comprehensive student guide complete with examples and workshop solutions.

Introduction

Fundamentals of the Product Owner

Overview of Scrum
Role and Responsibilities
Common Product Owner Anti-Patterns
Scrum-Based Work Environments
Product owner contexts

Stakeholder Management

Stakeholders, Customers and Users
Types of decisions
Product Owner facilitation
Managing Dependencies

Product Strategy

The Importance of the Product Vision
Visioning Techniques

Roadmaps and Release Planning

Product delivery strategies
Answering the core questions of product development

Customer Research and Product Discovery

Customer segmentation
Gaining customer perspective
Designing the User experience
Generating new ideas
Developing Personas

Testing Product Assumptions

Assumptions and Hypotheses
Why Test?
Testing methods

Working with the Product Backlog

What makes a backlog a "backlog"?
Refinement

Defining Value

Output, outcome and value

User Stories

Foundation, Attributes
What if they are too big?

Ordering the Product Backlog

Identifying Releases

Minimum Viable Product(MVP)
User Story Mapping

The Product Owner and the Sprint

Selecting a Sprint Duration
The Sprint Events

Monitoring Progress

Monitoring Progress toward a Goal

agilityIRL is constantly improving their course offerings to ensure the best training possible and to keep you abreast of the latest industry trends. As a result, the outline is subject to change.

Who should attend

This 2-day class is suitable for those practicing or looking to serve as a Product Owner, but is also highly valuable for anyone involved in Scrum (Formal Leaders, ScrumMasters, Team Members, Product Managers, etc.).

Prior to attending this course, attendees must watch/read the following:

Reviews

4.94 out of 5.0 stars

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The course was engaging, useful, and the instructor had significant domain knowledge. The course was good for those new to Agile & Scrum. Those who already had experience in Agile & Scrum can get great take aways from his knowledge and deepen their skills.

Fast paced and very informative. This could have easily been a 3 day class. The instructor was very engaging and presented the material well.

Great instructor. He had a great way to add to the existing slides with his own anecdotes and alternative presentations of the material. He also excited me to look forward to future scrum alliance training.

Clear and concise instruction. Mike's experience and comparison to real-life example, his own and course members, made this engaging and an effective learning experience.

Michael did a really good job with the content and keeping the class engaged. His delivery of content was excellent and also very captivating.

The course was engaging, knowledgeable, and Mike is an excellent instructor.

I enjoyed the CSPO course with Mike Stuedemann. I appreciated his approach, instruction, examples and insights during the course. Mike was extremely knowledgeable, punctual and very well organized! I especially appreciated that he went above and beyond the class by sending meaningful communications and follow-ups. It was a win for me all the way around. I would highly recommend this course.

Michael’s instruction is arguably the best certification course I have ever taken. I am glad I had him to lead me through this process. He is engaging, interactive, and clearly knowledgeable.

Mike provided good knowledge on scrum and product related topics.

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