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Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner®

Taught by: Jim Schiel
Master advanced Product Ownership in a live, hands-on cohort format—3 hours on six consecutive Thursdays. Deepen strategy, stakeholder influence, and outcome delivery. Gain confidence, tools, and a peer network to lead with impact. It’s time to step beyond the basics.
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17 - 18 July, 2025 |
  9:00 AM EDT |
 8 hrs/day
$1,395
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This Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner (A-CSPO) course isn’t a lecture—it’s a transformation. Delivered in a dynamic, live cohort format (3 hours/week for 6 Thursdays), it’s built for experienced Product Owners ready to lead at a strategic level.

What makes this course unique?

✅ Real-World Challenges, Not Theory

Every session immerses you in real scenarios—conflicting stakeholders, shifting priorities, outcome-based roadmaps—so you build confidence where it counts.

✅ The Product Owner Mastery System (POMS)

Our proven 5-stage system guides your journey from tactical backlog manager to strategic product leader. You’ll leave with a personal playbook you can apply immediately.

✅ Practical Tools & Templates

From stakeholder maps to outcome-focused backlogs, you’ll walk away with actionable assets—not just ideas.

✅ Tight-Knit Peer Cohort

Learn with a high-caliber group of Product Owners who are serious about their craft. You’ll build a trusted network for long after the course ends.

✅ Live Coaching & Feedback

Every session includes group coaching moments, collaborative exercises, and individual feedback that accelerates your growth.

Student Feedback:

  • “This was career-changing. I now drive conversations at the strategy table.”
  • "The best part? Finally feeling confident in my decisions as a PO."
  • “I’ve taken other A-CSPOs—this is on another level. The POMS system is gold.”

This isn’t just about certification. It’s about becoming the Product Owner your teams and stakeholders trust to deliver real outcomes.

Session 1: Orientation + Define Stage – Product Clarity & Vision

  • Welcome, cohort agreements, expectations

  • Overview of the Advanced Product Ownership Framework (POMS)

  • Exercise: What’s the Question? (framework familiarization)

  • Mini-lecture: Scrum 2020 refresh

  • Lecture: Vision vs. Goals, Emotional Clarity, Spoken Leadership

  • Exercise: Vision Builders (write/refine your vision)

  • Exercise: Sell the Vision (1-minute vision pitch)

  • Exercise: One-Page Roadmap Sketch (Now / Next / Later format)

Session 2: Align Stage – Stakeholders, Outcomes, and Decisions

  • Lecture: Shared Outcomes, Mapping Influence, Framing Decisions

  • Exercise: Alignment Roleplay (stakeholder simulation)

  • Exercise: Stakeholder Alignment Canvas (real-world or fictional)

  • Mini-lecture: When not to facilitate

  • Debrief + Story: Real-world stakeholder politics

Session 3: Build Stage – Sequencing, Saying No, and Backlog Structure

  • Lecture: Sequencing vs. Prioritizing, Technical Debt, Saying “No”

  • Exercise: Sequencing Challenge (goal-based delivery)

  • Exercise: Backlog Audit (tag for deletion, refinement, outcome fit)

  • Mini-lecture: Framing techniques for stakeholder conversations

Session 4: Deliver Stage – Enabling Flow & Managing Dependencies

  • Lecture: Flow, Friction, Blockers, Team Dependencies

  • Exercise: Delivery Flow Map (visualizing delivery breakdowns)

  • Exercise: Slicing Challenge (value, learning, risk-reduction slices)

  • Debrief + Story: Dependencies that killed a sprint—and how to fix it

Session 5: Test Stage – Validation, Experiments, and Better Metrics

  • Lecture: Validating Outcomes, Cognitive Bias

  • Exercise: Analyze a Sprint Review (narrative + critique)

  • Exercise: Experiment Design Lab (hypothesis, test plan, metric)

  • Exercise: Metrics Makeover (rebuild metrics that drive decisions)

Session 6: Lead Stage + Integration – Product Owner as Influencer

  • Lecture: Influence Without Authority, Messaging, Scaling PO Impact

  • Exercise: Influence Mapping (alignment vs. authority)

  • Exercise: Strategic Messaging Jam (tailor for execs, stakeholders, team)

  • Mini-lecture: Bridging communication gaps

  • Full-cycle reflection: Which stage will you focus on this quarter?

  • Wrap-up, cohort celebration, certification checklist, next steps

This course is designed for experienced Product Owners, Product Managers, or professionals in similar roles who want to move beyond basic backlog management and become strategic, outcome-driven leaders.

You’ll benefit most if you:

  • Have at least 1 year of experience in a Product Owner role.

  • Want to improve stakeholder engagement and influence decisions at the strategic level.

  • Are struggling to connect product decisions with business outcomes.

  • Feel stuck in tactical execution and want to lead with vision and confidence.

  • Want tools, systems, and coaching to build your mastery—not just another lecture.

Ideal for:

  • Product Owners working in Scrum environments

  • Product Managers transitioning into Agile roles

  • Business Analysts, UX Leads, or Technical SMEs stepping into product leadership

  • Anyone holding a CSPO looking to achieve the next level of certification and impact

If you’re ready to stop surviving sprints and start shaping strategy, this course is built for you.

To get the most out of this course—and to support your cohort in doing the same—we ask each student to fully commit to the following expectations:

🧭 Attendance & Presence

  • Attend all six live sessions (3 hours each, once per week). These are not webinars—they’re active, hands-on workshops.

  • If you must miss a session, notify the instructor in advance and arrange to review the missed materials.

💬 Active Participation

  • Be fully present. Minimize distractions, stay on camera (when possible), and engage with your peers.

  • Share openly, ask questions, and contribute to group activities. Your voice matters—and helps others grow too.

🛠 Assignments & Preparation

  • Between sessions, you’ll complete brief real-world application exercises using your own product context. These aren’t “homework”—they’re opportunities to apply what you’re learning.

  • Come prepared each week, having reviewed the provided templates, tools, or readings.

🤝 Cohort Collaboration

  • Respect and support your cohort peers. This is a safe space for challenge, vulnerability, and growth.

  • Give and receive feedback with curiosity and generosity.

📈 Commitment to Growth

  • This course is about transformation, not just information. Expect to be stretched, challenged, and encouraged.

  • Bring a real product or product scenario with you—what you apply here should immediately benefit your day-to-day work.

By showing up fully, you’ll not only earn your A-CSPO certification—you’ll emerge with a new level of clarity, confidence, and capability as a Product Owner.

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