Certified Scrum Product Owner®

Learning Tree

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Agenda Workshop Activities

Approximately 50 percent of class time is spent in immersive activities. Most of the exercises are team-based, reflecting the realities of Agile work on real products. You engage in a variety of workshops that include:

• Creating the product vision

• Developing and refining product backlogs

• Estimating and prioritizing user stories

• Minimizing organizational dependencies

• Adapting to changes in the product lifecycle

Workshop topics are estimates; exact activities may vary according to the needs of each class.

Course Content

Introducing Agile Principles

• Defining Agile values and principles

• Contrasting Waterfall and Agile product development philosophies

• Confronting the challenges of adopting Agile

• Creating a cross-functional team Embracing scrum

• Defining the core Scrum Framework

• Core Scrum team, artifacts and ceremonies

• Adapting traditional business process to Scrum

• Applying core Scrum Values

• Leveraging checks and balances

Scrum Ceremonies and Artifacts

• Creating the Product & Sprint Backlogs

• Defining the Definition of Done

• Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Daily Scrum

• Facilitating successful Sprint Retrospectives

Defining the Product Owner Role

• Becoming accountable for product success

• Holding the product vision and strategy

• Integrating Agile and Waterfall Teams

• Estimating product scope and delivery

Communicating throughout the organization

• Engaging Stakeholders, customers and end users in product development and delivery

• Developing positive and strong working relationships with Scrum teams

• Tracking, managing and communicating through the right Agile metrics

Building and refining the product backlog

• Creating a product vision

• Leveraging your customers and users

• Distinguishing between product vision and product strategy

• Articulating clear and measurable outcomes

• Validating and revising your product vision through research

• Constructing a cover story or vision box

Prioritizing the Product Backlog

• Ranking product backlog item priority at the release, product and project level

• Utilizing MoSCoW and other prioritization techniques

• Applying the Pareto principle to release planning

• Identifying high-priority items for sprint planning

Refining the Product Backlog

• Sizing user stories, features and epics

• Estimating business value through relative measurement

• Continually refining and reordering your product backlog

Developing a Product Roadmap

• Planning for long-term product success

• Comparing Agile product release strategies

• Adapting to changing requirements

• Focusing on continuous program, product/project improvement

• Comparing iterative and incremental delivery

• Releasing products with Minimal Marketable Features

• Facilitating frequent product release

Course content is flexible; exact content will according to the needs of each class. Please discuss with your instructor before the start of the class if there are specific topics you are interested in.

What background do I need?

A basic knowledge and some experience with Agile is preferred, but not required.  The basic rules of the Scrum Framework are reviewed in the opening of the course, and the Scrum Framework is explained in detail throughout the course.

Who will benefit from this course?

This course has the highest value for practicing Scrum Masters, but can also be useful to Product Owners, members of Scrum Development teams, managers, Human Resource (HR) specialists and anyone else who needs to appreciate the role and competencies required of a Scrum Master. Agile Coaches using approaches other than the Scrum Framework (e.g., XP, Lean) may also find the course valuable. Beyond that, the course is useful to those who may have obtained a Certified Scrum Developer (CSD) qualification from the Scrum Alliance, or other Agile certifications from scrum.org, IC Agile or Scaled Agile.