Certified Scrum Product Owner®

Become the Product Owner your teams and stakeholders trust.

Join Mitch Lacey — Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) and author of The Scrum Field Guide — for a hands-on, highly interactive Certified Scrum Product Owner course focused on practical skills: building a strong Product Backlog, aligning stakeholders, prioritizing effectively, and delivering real outcomes.

This live-online class goes far beyond theory. You’ll leave with tools, templates, and techniques you can use immediately to improve product clarity, reduce churn, and help your teams build what customers actually need.

Who This Course Is For

• New or aspiring Product Owners (or anyone stepping into PO responsibilities)
• Product managers, project/program managers, business analysts, and delivery leaders
• Stakeholders and leaders who influence priorities and product direction
• Anyone responsible for maximizing value and aligning business + delivery teams

What You’ll Gain

• How to create clarity: vision, goals, and outcomes that teams can execute
• How to build and manage a healthy Product Backlog (including story quality)
• Practical prioritization techniques that work in the real world
• Stronger stakeholder alignment and decision-making
• Better collaboration with Scrum teams and improved delivery outcomes
• Common Product Owner traps (and how to avoid them)

What You Get (Mitch’s Classes vs Typical CSPO)

*USA-based attendees only

Course Format — Highly Interactive Live Online

• Before class (optional): ~4 hours of short, high-impact videos (with quizzes)
• Live online: Hands-on exercises, team activities, and case-based discussions via Zoom, Mural, and Mentimeter
• Class times: Live Online (Pacific Time) — see schedule above

Live sessions are focused on real-world application—not boring lectures. You’ll engage directly with Mitch and fellow learners through breakout rooms, whiteboards, and practical simulations.

You Will Learn

• How the Product Owner role works in Scrum (and what great POs do differently)
• How to build, refine, and maintain a Product Backlog that teams can execute
• How to write clearer user stories and define outcomes that matter
• How to prioritize effectively (and defend priorities with stakeholders)
• How to align stakeholders and create shared understanding of product goals
• How to plan releases and forecast in an Agile environment

You’ll Walk Away Ready to Answer:

• What should we build next — and why?
• How do I handle competing stakeholder priorities?
• How do I build a backlog that doesn’t become a junk drawer?
• Is Product Owner a full-time job in our context?
• How do I connect product vision to sprint-level execution?

PDUs & SEUs

• 16 Scrum Alliance SEUs toward advanced Scrum Alliance certifications
• 15 PMI PDUs toward PMP and other certifications

CSPO Certification

Upon successful completion, you will receive the Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO®) certification from Scrum Alliance and a complimentary two-year membership.

Meet Your Trainer

Mitch Lacey is an industry-recognized Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Trainer (CST), author of The Scrum Field Guide, and Agile coach to companies ranging from startups to the Fortune 100. His practical, no-fluff training style has helped thousands of professionals level up their agile practice.

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