Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

Scrum Alliance Course

Designed for people who desire to know more about product development management using Scrum, including Product Managers, Product Owners, Project Managers, Business Analysts, and any user of Scrum who desires to know more about the Product Owner role.

2-day instructor-led class

Class Overview

Scrum and Agile Foundations

1. Scrum and Agile Values and Principles, Complexity Thinking and Lean Thinking
2. Scrum Roles and Responsibilities
3. Scrum Empirical Process Lifecycle Including Artifacts and Meetings

The Product Owner Role

1. Behaviors, Responsibilities, and Accountability
2. Product Owner Role During the Scrum Lifecycle

Ideation and the Product Backlog

1. Building and Managing the Product Backlog
2. Stakeholder and Customer Input
3. User Stories
4. Acceptance Criteria and the Definition of Done

Prioritization of Features in the Product Backlog

1. Value Assessment and Return on Investment
2. Risk-Based Prioritization
3. Minimal Releasable Features (MRF) and Minimum Viable Product (MVP)

In this class, you will learn

• Practical, project-proven expected Product Owner behaviors, characteristics, and traits
• How to create a usable Product Backlog using user stories and other techniques
• Proven techniques for prioritizing the Product Backlog
• Tips for working with the Scrum Development Team, stakeholders, management, and others
• To forecast delivery and release dates for the product using various techniques
• Tips for managing various key variables influencing successful product delivery
• Use of Scrum in delivering software and non-software products
• About actual experiences of the instructor training and coaching Product Owners at various companies