Certified Scrum Product Owner®

Product Owners - Delivering Business Outcomes

Delivering value isn't just about following a set of requirements or a process. It's about engaging customers, discovering their needs and sequencing work to optimize outcomes rather than just outputs. Product Owners are central to maximizing the flow of value produced by the product delivery teams. Not just in person, but even when the whole team is online and virtual.

If you're ready to learn how to deliver value with Scrum in a fun and engaging way via pragmatic techniques you can apply immediately, this course is for you. From deep study of brain science and adult learning, we've learned what it takes to be effective in a virtual environment and avoid "Zoom fatigue."

Ready to register?  Use this link to enroll.

Learn the Nuts & Bolts of Great Product Ownership

A great PO skillset spans:

• facilitating & negotiating internal and external stakeholder needs
• translating needs into actionable requirements in the product backlog
• supporting product and project development teams throughout their planning, development and release activities
• ensuring teams and stakeholders exercise frequent feedback cycles to guide future plans
• managing expectations and projections from vision all the way through product release

Such skills are hard to learn via lecture alone - so this workshop is hands-on and interactive. This is no Powerpoint snoozefest. Short presentations cover concepts. Immersive team-based exercises are interwoven into each lesson to get you hands-on practice. Delivered in three half day sessions, with brief orientation and closing sessions with the instructor.

Orientation:

• 11/28: Noon - 1p CT / 10a - 11a PT

Workshop Hours:

• 11/29: 10a - 2p CT / 8a - Noon PT

• 11/30: 10a - 2p CT / 8a - Noon PT

• 12/1: 10a - 2p CT / 8a - Noon PT

Closing Session:

• 12/2: Noon - 1p CT / 10a - 11a PT

Schedule doesn’t fit? See this link for other dates / times.

The workshop includes all the material required by the Scrum Alliance for its Certified Scrum Product Owner CSPO® certification, along with stories, tips, tricks and practices to make your product backlog sing and your user stories tap dance their way to "done." It lays the foundation for Business Agility using the Scrum framework.

Get a taste of the engaging instruction style you'll experience with this short tip to help delivery effectiveness:

By the conclusion of this dynamic workshop - you will be prepared with the skills, knowledge, and experience to not only explain Scrum to colleagues, clients or interviewers, but also to put Scrum into action with your team. Become a catalyst for change by helping your teams and programs apply these concepts to become resilient, learning organizations able to thrive in today’s emerging markets.

Here's what students say about these online workshops:

"It's absolute genius as a learning paradigm for people who will be coaching teams to self-organize." -- Kelley D.

"Thorough in concepts (with real-time experiences), focus on value, good time management, and most importantly kept the class engaged." -- Siddarth Modali, Scrum Master | Systems  Analyst at Fidelity Investments

"You're a fantastic teacher and I sincerely appreciate the time, skill, and empathy that you apply to your teaching. I've learned way more than I bargained for! :)"  -- Dina R.

"Bernie’s classes are inspiring, engaging, some of the most fun I’ve had in a classroom while learning and practicing leadership. I highly recommend this course." -- Michelle Weiss, Project Manager - Business Analytics at Cambridge Health Alliance

Use this link for even more student evaluations.

Get your CSPO® and More!

This workshop includes:

• Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Product Owner CSPO® certification fee

• Two-year membership in the Scrum Alliance, the largest, most established and influential professional membership and certification organization in the Agile community

• 14 PMI PDUs for PMPs

• 14 of the 21 contact hours needed for a PMI-ACP credential

Who Should Attend

This course is appropriate for Product Owners, Product Managers, Managers, Business Analysts and others involved in facilitating the journey of a great customer-centric idea to the realization of a solution ready for delivery.  It's equally valuable for Scrum Masters, Scrum Team Members and not-so-innocent organizational bystanders wanting to collaborate with the "product folks" on agile approaches to product planning, requirements management, and release planning.  This course is appropriate for folks new to the world of Agile/Scrum, as well as people whose organizations have been practicing some form of Agile for a while and need a "reset."

Meet Bernie, Your Instructor: 

Bernie's career started with a flash and a bang. Literally. His first position was designing devices that protect telephone networks from lightning strikes. A few career pivots later, he had a flash of insight: it was possible to tap into latent potential in every person, every team, and every organization. 

The teams he’s worked with have grown businesses to beyond $100 million, delivering products from consumer electronics to network infrastructure to services & payments at firms including TiVo, Cisco, Wells Fargo and more. He consults and teaches workshops including Agile Product Development and Agile Leadership at Stanford Continuing Studies.

As an Agile Leadership Coach, Bernie helps clients achieve performance breakthroughs with their teams, their organizations and themselves. More, he believes that Accelerating Genius℠ is possible in every person and business, and leads both to outrageous effectiveness, and a whole lot more fun.

The Fine Print

FAQ

• How soon can I get my CSPO® certification?  On completing your participation in the full workshop, we will let the Scrum Alliance know of your successful completion of the course.  You'll receive an email from them to setup your profile on the Scrum Alliance website and then you'll be a bonafide, official CSPO®!

• Wait!  Don't I Need to Take an Exam to be Certified as a CSPO®?   No. Currently the only requirement to become a CSPO® is the successful completion of the course.  The Scrum Alliance is hard at work to develop an online exam for the CSPO®.  So if you love taking tests, wait a bit to enroll in a CSPO® workshop. Otherwise - get it now with us! 

• Can I Miss Several Hours of the Workshop and Still be Certified?  No.  Because Scrum Alliance requires 14 hours of instruction, if you miss more than 15 minutes of the workshop, you will not be eligible for certification, and you will be welcome to attend the rest of the workshop.  Don't worry - if something big comes up, we'll move you to a future workshop at no cost.

• What do I need to bring to class?  You'll need a computer with microphone, camera & speakers.  Use https://fast.com to test your internet connection.  After the download numbers stop, use the "more" option to calculate your upload speed.  You'll need 5 down / 1 up - and more is better.  Now, while in class, you'll be actively using your computer to participate in exercises, so plan to peek at your email only during a break or at lunchtime.

Cancellation Policy

We understand that things can change, and we strive to be as agile as possible with respect to registrations.  Please email us no later than 5 business days before the start of the workshop and we'll arrange a refund or transfer to a future date.  Cancellations received within 5 full business days of the start of the course will receive a credit (no cash value) towards a future workshop.  Please request changes by emailing [email protected].

Questions?

Drop us an email at: [email protected]