Anil was extremely knowledgeable. He kept the training engaging, and I felt a connection to Anil by the end of the class.
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My learning experience with Anil was extremely valuable and educational. He interjected real world scenarios along with his own personal experience, which I found insightful. I truly appreciated the concepts learned and his method of teaching. I would most definitely recommend his courses to anyone and also plan to continue my development journey with Anil in the future.
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It was a great class, and valuable information to learn from this call.
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Great course - paced well which helped me absorb the information!
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Anil was a fantastic instructor. This was the most interactive class I've attended. Very informative and fun!
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I recently attended the Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) training with Anil, and it was an incredibly engaging and motivating experience. Anil’s teaching style kept the entire class energized, and his ability to connect concepts to real-world examples made the material both practical and inspiring. The mock product development exercises were particularly valuable, allowing us to apply what we learned in a hands-on way.
The in-person environment made a huge difference, fostering great discussions and collaboration among participants. Anil’s depth of knowledge and enthusiasm for Agile and product ownership were truly contagious. I left the course feeling confident and excited to implement what I learned!
I would highly recommend any of Anil’s courses to my coworkers or anyone looking to grow their Scrum and product management skills. If you have the opportunity to learn from him, take it!
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I believe this product helps a great deal with my understanding of the Scrum team's importance and how to implement Product Owner methodologies into many different facets of work. It is even helping me tremendously with how we structure work within my own startup.
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Great value for in-person instruction! If you are a member of a Product team at your organizations, I highly recommend coming with your teammates to get the most out of this class.
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Certified Scrum Product Owner®
Taught by: Anil Jaising
Embark on a transformative product journey in our hands-on learning workshop. Deliver value by understanding your customers and needs, and thrive in Agile environments by learning from case studies. Sample video + reviews below. Learn by doing with an NYU instructor and elevate your career today!
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) Class: Lead the Product Journey
Product Owners - Delivering Business Outcomes
Every year, businesses launch products filled with potential, yet 95% of those products fail. Because they focus on outputs rather than outcomes. They deliver features, but not value.
As a Product Owner, your role is at the heart of this challenge. You are the catalyst who bridges the gap between customer needs, business goals, and development teams. But the question is:
How do you ensure your product delivers real value?
How do you move from simply “shipping features” to creating lasting customer happiness?
This journey requires more than just writing user stories or managing a backlog. It demands deep engagement, strategic thinking, and the ability to lead with impact.
Lead the Product Journey from Bright Ideas to Happy Customers
As a Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), your mission is to maximize value delivery. This means embracing a mindset shift:
Listen beyond the obvious to uncover the real needs of your customers and business.
Frame and validate hypotheses to ensure you’re building the right thing.
Strategically sequence work to optimize outcomes—not just outputs.
The best Product Owners don’t just manage tasks; they lead the product journey. From discovery to delivery, they are the driving force that transforms bright ideas into happy customers.
This Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) Workshop is designed to help you:
Move from theory to practice with real-world techniques you can apply immediately.
Engage deeply in hands-on team exercises that simulate the challenges of product ownership.
Build essential skills in a fun, supportive, and immersive environment.
Forget boring lectures and PowerPoint slides! This workshop is backed by brain science and adult learning principles, ensuring you’ll retain and apply everything you learn.
We’ve also eliminated the dreaded “Zoom fatigue” with an engaging virtual format that maximizes focus and participation.
Learn the Nuts & Bolts of Great Product Ownership
A truly powerful Product Owner skillset includes the ability to:
Facilitate and negotiate with stakeholders (even the difficult ones!).
Translate customer needs into actionable requirements in the product backlog.
Support development teams through planning, development, and release cycles.
Ensure frequent feedback loops between teams and stakeholders.
Manage expectations from product vision to release.
These critical skills are not something you can learn from a textbook or a lecture. That’s why this workshop is intensely hands-on and interactive.
Each session is structured around:
Brief concept introductions to ground your understanding.
Practical team exercises that simulate real-world challenges.
Immediate application of tools and techniques to reinforce your learning.
Delivered in short intervals of time across several days, this workshop is designed to transform how you work as a Product Owner.
Why This Workshop is Different
PRACTICE over theory: You’ll gain tools you can use immediately—not just concepts to study later.
ENGAGEMENT over lectures: You’ll participate in interactive exercises, not passive listening.
APPLYING knowledge over gathering it: Everything you learn will be applied in real-time exercises.
BONUS TOPICS (time permitting):
In addition to mastering core product ownership skills, we’ll explore bonus topics that can elevate you from a good Product Owner to a great one:
Generative AI for Product Owners: Leverage cutting-edge AI tools to enhance your work.
Saying No to Stakeholders and Customers: A game-changing skill to maintain focus and value.
Value Estimation Techniques: Prioritize work based on the impact it delivers.
Creating a Business Case: Connect your product vision to business outcomes.
7 Powers to Make Your Product Uncopyable: Learn strategies to build a product that stands out in the market.
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:
TrustScore 4.9
"I took the CSPO course with Concepts & Beyond Inc, and I must say it was an outstanding learning experience from start to finish. The entire journey was incredibly engaging, and I wanted to take a moment to share my positive feedback.The course content was not only comprehensive but also presented in a way that kept everyone very engaged throughout. Practical exercises with real life scenarios helped me get a deeper understanding of the concepts and how to apply them. Moreover, the instructor Anil, demonstrated a deep knowledge of SCRUM and the Product Owner role. He was very responsive to questions, provided constructive feedback, and created a supportive learning environment that fostered collaboration among participants. Thank you Anil, for exceeding my expectations and providing me with a valuable educational experience!" -- Odalys Jordan
"Very insightful class. I am relatively new to some of the PO concepts and this class helped clarify things I had questions on. The interactive way it is taught is both fun and a great way to apply course concepts. I feel I gained tremendous knowledge from this course! " -- Chad
"I had an opportunity to go through a CSPO training with them. It was really good course and the trainer covered all the aspect of a PO’s journey. It gave me confidence of taking another scrum related course and the knowlede I carried was so helpful. The one and only feedback I have is that I struggled to keep track of the way course is going to run and then later I caught up with it. It may be helpful to have short video on to give an intro for students like me. If another course is offered and is relevant to me then I will surely take it with concept and beyond... " -- Asad Baig
"If you truly want to learn practical skills to become a product owner, this is the class for you. This class goes beyond making students sit through slides they will not remember the next day. This is an active learning experience focused on giving students practical experience through various case studies and activities. Not only is this a more enjoyable way to learn but also a great way to get the context and practical experience needed to grasp the concepts behind your certification." --Frank K
Two-year membership in the Scrum Alliance, the largest, most established and influential professional membership and certification organization in the Agile community
16 PMI PDUs for PMPs
16 of the 21 contact hours needed for a PMI-ACP credential
16 Scrum Education Units (SEUs)
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."
Your Instructor:Anil Jaising
Anil 'scareer had an explosive start in the early 1990s. He worked on a groundbreaking messaging product that could send messages across the world in just 3 seconds, with a team that aligned with the Values and Principles of Agile. This product won the prestigious Best Open Systems Award in 1994. From the beginning of his career, Anil has been deeply involved in delivering mission critical products and services across multiple industries..
With over two decades of deep expertise in financial services and startups, Anil has been instrumental in developing business models and implementing Agile frameworks, leading to significant business growth. He recently spearheaded a cloud transformation program for 250 application teams, saving one of the world’s largest banks over USD 1 billion
His extensive experience in Agile, Product Management, and Leadership has guided organizations like JP Morgan Chase, MarketAxess, Goldman Sachs, and Oracle to achieve high throughput, market focus, productivity, and quality in building products.
Anil is passionate about instructional design and is a certified Training from the BACK of the Room Trainer. He is a Certified Scrum Trainer . with Scrum Alliance and an Adjunct Faculty Instructor teaching and coaching leadership and Agile at New York University.
Anil is fascinated by leaders and organizations that have created innovative products that make long lasting impact. He is on a mission to help leaders, teams and organizations unlock individual potential to make long lasting impact in their career and business. He is currently leading product marketing and developing training and coaching products at Concepts & Beyond Inc.
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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. 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](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]
This course is based on modern adult instructional methods to facilitate learning, create a fun and productive environment, and mature a deeper understanding of the concepts. You will experience an interactive experience, enjoy the learning, and have fun in the process.
We use zero slides. The whole class is based on interactive exercises, simulations, and class discussions. The instructor explains key concepts and brings in real-life stories, and participants learn from applying the concepts and from sharing with each other. We incorporate liberating structures and innovation games into the exercises. You will experience these useful frameworks that you can use spark innovation and collaboration with your team members.
This class is delivered online (virtual class) with a live CST instructor as facilitator for the entire course. We use Zoom as video conference platform, and a few other tools (Miro, Socrative, etc.) to do exercises, take quizzes, and learn new tools for colaboration with teams.
Product Vision – A clear, shared vision is crucial for successful Scrum and Agile teams. We’ll walk through techniques to help unify your team, stakeholders, and customers around the right vision for your product or service.
Prune the Product Tree – Roadmaps are an important link between Product Vision and the Product Backlog. Unfortunately, many roadmaps are not much more than a slide with dates and bullet pointed features, which doesn’t provide any context. Learn how to use the Prune the Product Tree, an Innovation Game®, to collaborate with customers to build a real roadmap.
Product Backlog Basics – Learn the simple rules associated with a Product Backlog as well as a set of key practices for using a Product Backlog to develop consensus among the stakeholders on what will be delivered. Other topics we cover include:
Writing User Stories
Acceptance Criteria
Vertically Slicing User Stories
Product Backlog Refinement
Ordering the Product Backlog – The core of the Product Owner’s job is to order and prioritize among the many great things we could do and help the Development Team focus only on what is most important. Many traditional prioritization techniques are too slow for most Scrum Teams, so many Product Owners order the Product Backlog solely on intuition or by responding to the currently squeaky wheel. Learn a prioritization framework that helps you visualize the relative importance of your customer segments, internal & external stakeholders, corporate strategy, and maintain clean code.
Agile Release Planning – Believe it or not, we’ve heard many times the misinformed statement: “We’re Agile, so we don’t really plan.” Not only is this inconsistent with the Agile Manifesto, it is usually just bad business. In our experience, the best Scrum teams create a plan and expect it to change as work begins!
Learn the nuts and bolts of managing stakeholder expectations with an Agile release plan
Learn how and when to it makes sense to update the release plan
Working in Sprints – the Product Owner role doesn’t end once the Product Backlog is ready for Sprint Planning. Your team will be most effective if you are available during the Sprint to provide feedback at key points.
Learn how the Product Owner works with Development Teams during the Sprint
Explore best practices in balancing time among the Development Team, stakeholders, and customers
Scrum Product Owners, Agile Product Managers, Kanban Service Request Managers, or any individuals wanting to better understand and embrace the role that business and customers play in driving product development for Scrum and Agile teams. Such individuals might include:
Managers, Directors and VPs of Product Management
Product Managers at all levels of their career
Business Analysts
Functional Managers
Project Sponsors
IT Leadership (Managers/Directors/VPs/CIOs/CTOs)
Prerequisites
A basic understanding of Scrum is assumed. For example, participants should read one of the Scrum introduction books or other find another means of self-study. Previous experience on a Scrum team is desirable.
Commitements:
Something to know: About 20% of all public CSMs & CSPOs have more than 40 people enrolled. That's not us.
Our workshops are designed to be interactive in nature. There are breakout exercises roughly every hour for students to practice and apply concepts in “table teams” of a few people rather than in a plenary (whole class) session. Our public class enrollments are generally below the average course size of 16. This helps you get rich feedback and interaction from other participants and your trainer.
Our aim is that you have an engaging and practical experience - not just learn concepts and pass a test. Our intent is that the workshop leaves you feeling eager, excited, and confident about putting the tips, techniques, and frameworks into practice.
Reviews
4.95 out of 5.0 stars
(78 ratings)
Anil was extremely knowledgeable. He kept the training engaging, and I felt a connection to Anil by the end of the class.
My learning experience with Anil was extremely valuable and educational. He interjected real world scenarios along with his own personal experience, which I found insightful. I truly appreciated the concepts learned and his method of teaching. I would most definitely recommend his courses to anyone and also plan to continue my development journey with Anil in the future.
It was a great class, and valuable information to learn from this call.
Great course - paced well which helped me absorb the information!
Anil was a fantastic instructor. This was the most interactive class I've attended. Very informative and fun!
I recently attended the Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) training with Anil, and it was an incredibly engaging and motivating experience. Anil’s teaching style kept the entire class energized, and his ability to connect concepts to real-world examples made the material both practical and inspiring. The mock product development exercises were particularly valuable, allowing us to apply what we learned in a hands-on way.
The in-person environment made a huge difference, fostering great discussions and collaboration among participants. Anil’s depth of knowledge and enthusiasm for Agile and product ownership were truly contagious. I left the course feeling confident and excited to implement what I learned!
I would highly recommend any of Anil’s courses to my coworkers or anyone looking to grow their Scrum and product management skills. If you have the opportunity to learn from him, take it!
I believe this product helps a great deal with my understanding of the Scrum team's importance and how to implement Product Owner methodologies into many different facets of work. It is even helping me tremendously with how we structure work within my own startup.
Great value for in-person instruction! If you are a member of a Product team at your organizations, I highly recommend coming with your teammates to get the most out of this class.
(78 ratings)
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