Certified Scrum Product Owner®

Frequently Asked Questions

• When do we start and end each day? 

The classroom opens at 8:40 AM each day and the class will begin promptly at 9:00 AM. We will end at 6:00 PM each day. (Time Zone: SGT)

• Is there will be any breaks?

Of course Yes, you will get enough breaks to keep you energized! Designated Mind breaks, lunch breaks and stretch breaks!

• What should I wear? 

Wear anything that makes you comfortable. There are no rules!

• What should I bring? 

Just yourself. You don't need a laptop, although you are free to bring one.

•  I'm an introvert who is not so big on the whole audience participation thing. Will this class make me uncomfortable?

Participation in any physical exercise is, of course, optional--in fact, the role of "observer" is quite valuable, so feel free to participate at your ability and comfort levels. Remember, people are different and we value that!

• What if I have more questions?

Feel free to contact NTUC at +65 6336 5482 or write it to [email protected]

Our unique way of learning will keep you engaged and focused, which will make your efforts fruitful! The Agenda is divided into three parts Pre-workshop, Workshop, and Post-Workshop. Find out below the interesting way to learn Product Ownership!

We want you to make the most of the time you spend with our trainers and other participants. Learning maximizes the perspective of others. So we expect you to go through the following material on leanpitch.com, which will be accessible once you register.

• Agility Essentials Course
• Scrum Essential Course
• Set of Product Management introduction videos
• Blogs
• Scrum Framework Overview

We will be learning Product Ownership using Scrum. The whole course is split into 4 Sprints & we will pick up a sample Product and apply Discovery techniques to learn Product Discovery and run the workshop using Scrum to learn Scrum.

Learning Sprint 1: Getting Started as a Product Owner

Value Proposition

• What is a Value Proposition?
• Different types of user needs
• Product Positioning based on needs
• Activity: Pickup a Product Idea to work on

Product Strategy & Vision

• Product Strategy Overview
• Crafting Product Vision
• Activity: You will craft a vision for your Product

Empiricism

• Empiricism as a Key to Agility
• Activity: Analysis of failed Products
• 3 fitments needed to build a successful Product
• Activity: Choosing the right amount of research to gather empirical evidence

Learning Sprint 2: Learn to do User Research

User Research

• Discovery Overview
• Dealing with Cognitive Biases
• Crafting Hypothesis
• Activity: Call out assumptions you have made about your product and identify the riskiest assumption
• How to choose a specific user research technique
• Designing & Running Experiments
• Activity: You will design two experiments to test one of the riskiest assumptions

Running Experiments

• Preparing for the interview
• Activity: You will prepare questions to conduct an interview of your potential customer
• Conducting experiments
• Activity: You will conduct an interview of your potential customer

Learning Sprint 3: Learn about the Product Owner's role

Concluding Experiments

• How to conclude experiments
• Pivoting
• Activity: You will use the insights from your interview to conclude one of your experiments.
• Prioritizing User needs
• Activity: You will use the Opportunity Matrix to prioritize the user needs gathered from the field

Product Owner Role

• Product Management Overview
• Product Life Cycle and evolution of PO role
• Activity: Map products to product life cycle; Map PO Focus areas to Product life cycle
• Product Owner Career Path
• How to Get into Product Owner's Role

User Story Mapping

• Creating Functional Workflow
• Activity: Create a functional workflow for your Product idea and expand the workflow
• Splitting user stories
• Identifying Release Content
• Activity: Practice splitting techniques and identify the release content
• Creating and communicating Roadmap

Learning Sprint 4: Learn about the PO's role in Development

Product Backlog Refinement

• Product Backlog Refinement
• INVESTing Product Backlog
• Writing Acceptance Criteria

Prioritizing Product Features

• Prioritization Process and Principles
• Activity: Work on prioritization scenarios
• Calculating Business Value
• Incorporating the voice of all stakeholders during Prioritization
• Activity: Practice Prioritization Framework

Running Sprints

• How to set Sprint Goal
• Treating Sprints as experiments
• How to effectively do Sprint Reviews
• Activity: Discuss a Sprint Review case and learn to improve it

Our relationship doesn't end with the workshop. We have created more learning opportunities:

Get Access to:

• Product Thinking Labs to practice Product Management at no extra cost

• The Leanpitch Community for endless learning and opportunities!

• Life-long support if you get into the challenges while practicing Product Ownership at your workplace!

• Expert Speak Series - This will help you to keep accruing knowledge and know the trends!

• Attend Webinars at no extra cost! 

• Product Owner Knowledge Assessment - assess your learning!

• Blogs!

• Case Studies

Feel free to contact NTUC at +65 6336 5482 or write it to [email protected]

This course is designed for anybody and everybody who represents the end-users, customers, or sponsors and is responsible for maximizing the value of the product. The representative list includes:

• Product Managers
• Product Owners
• Business Analysts
• Directors
• Program Managers
• Project Managers
• CXOs
• ScrumMasters who coach Product Owners

Feel free to contact NTUC at +65 6336 5482 or write it to [email protected]