Certified Scrum Product Owner®

Group Discounts:

3 Participants 7% Discount

5 or more Participants 12% Discount

10 or more Participants please contact us at [email protected] or +1-361-998-9988, +1-249-500-3143

Course Outline

• 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
• Defining the Scrum Framework

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

Defining the core scrum artifacts

• Creating the Product Backlog
• Implementing the Sprint Backlog
• Defining the Definition of Done
• Developing potentially shippable product increment

The core scrum ceremonies

• Product Backlog
• Sprint Planning meeting
• Daily Scrum
• Demonstrating products in Sprint Reviews
• Participating in the Sprint Retrospective
• 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 your 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

Building and refining the Product Backlog

• Building the Product Backlog
• Continuously refining and ordering the Product Backlog
• Turning ideas into action

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
• Owning the Product Backlog

Developing the Product Backlog

• Evolving product requirements with stakeholder engagement
• Developing products with progressive elaboration
• Decomposing epics, features and stories
• Defining appropriate acceptance criteria

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

Refining product delivery

• Comparing iterative and incremental delivery
• Releasing products with Minimal Marketable Features
• Facilitating frequent product release

If you want to reap the benefits of a strong Agile Methodology and Scrum foundation, including how to effectively implement them to maximize your team's and your organization's values, principles and practices then register for an upcoming class. If you enjoy learning in experiential and Socratic ways - this is your best option. You will increase your understanding of Scrum through active involvement in hands-on activities applicable to software and non-software product development situations.