Certified Scrum Product Owner®

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

Training Prerequisites

• The Scrum Guide will be emailed to students for pre-course reading.
• A Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) leads this course.
• In-person, on-time attendance and full participation is required for the CST to recommend you to the Scrum Alliance for certification.