PSPO: Professional Scrum Product Owner

Learn Professional Product Ownership.

There are many myths and misconceptions about the role of the Product Owner. The accountabilities of the Product Owner, however, go well beyond managing the Product Backlog and writing User Stories. The Product Owner is pivotal to bridging business strategy and product execution in order to help the Scrum Team create valuable products.

In this 2-days Professional Scrum Product Owner  course, students will develop and solidify their knowledge of the Scrum framework and the accountabilities of being a Product Owner through instruction and team-based exercises.

Students learn Agile Scrum techniques that they can use to help them overcome the challenges that are often encountered on a day-to-day basis.  They will do this while learning better ways to work with the organization, stakeholders, customers and their team to provide greater value in the product being delivered.

Upon completion of this program, participants should be able to:

• Understand the true role of Product Owner in Scrum and what makes it different to traditional project management
• Know how to collaborate with the Development Team and other roles in the organisation to maximize product's value
• Apply modern techniques in managing products in the organisation
• Track and measure the delivery of product's value using value driven metrics
• Create a business model for the products being developed
• Create an Agile plan and road map for product development
• Create a forecast and release dates for product delivery
• Know how to estimate product's features in terms of business value

Attendees make the most of the class if they:

• Have studied the Scrum Guide (required).
• Passed the Scrum Open assessment.
• Have a solid understanding of Scrum either through working on a Scrum Team, or through taking part in a Professional Scrum Foundations or similar course.
• Have been on or are closely involved with the product management aspects of a software product or application.

The Professional Scrum Product Owner course is targeted to Product Owners and anyone else accountable for maximizing the value delivered by software products and services.

Module 1 – Process Domain

• Scrum theory includes time-boxing, and specific roles, rules, and artifacts. All elements of Scrum complement each other to form a consistent whole. All work is performed in Sprints. All base rules, events, and roles are described in the Scrum Guide, the acknowledged Scrum body of knowledge. Each part of Scrum ties back to the principles and theory.
• This is foundational knowledge for every Scrum Team member and anyone involved with Scrum. Product Owners know how to take advantage of the business opportunities unlocked with the Scrum framework in delivering value to the market place every 30 days, or less.

Module 2 – Scrum Theory And Principles

• Scrum is founded on empirical process theory to deal with the complexity typical to software development. All principles and values of Scrum are based on the fundamental view of software development as creative and complex work.
• Scrum Masters know how Scrum implements empiricism in software development. They explain how the Scrum principles tie back to the empirical nature of Scrum, and how they are fundamentally different from those of more traditional software development approaches.
• Scrum Masters understand the impact of the transparency that Scrum brings and requires, and how Scrum is best used to increase an organization’s agility.

Module 3 – Cross-functional, Self-organizing Teams

• Scrum Teams are self-organizing and cross-functional; which is very different from traditional development groups.
• Product Owners acknowledge the self-organizing skills of Development Teams and how Development Teams organize their development work in creating Done Increments of product. Product Owners understand how their accountability is complementary to that of a Development Team, and not conflicting.

Module 4 – Maximizing Value

• Scrum is a foundation to unlock business agility. Scrum in itself however is–by design–incomplete. Agility will be much higher if Scrum is complemented by strategies for Agile product management and when metrics are in place to track the creation and delivery of value to the market place.

Module 5 – Product Backlog Management

• A Product Owner is accountable for the Product Backlog, and the ordering of all work that is identified for the product. Product Backlog is used to manage the requirements and can be used to plan releases, and track and report on progress.

PSM: Professional Scrum Master

The Professional Scrum Master (PSM) course is a 2-day course that covers the principles and (empirical) process theory underpinning the mechanics, rules and roles of the Scrum framework. Advanced tools for servant-leadership are provided to increase a Scrum Master’s effectiveness. 

PSMII: Professional Scrum Master II

The Professional Scrum Master™ level II (PSM II) training is available to anyone who has good knowledge about Scrum and playing role of Agile Coach, Scrum Master, Change Agent or Change Leader within organization. 2-day advanced scrum master training by scrum.org helps them develop new skills and enhance their existing ones. 

If you want to stay ahead of the curve in today's ever-changing business landscape, learning agile scrum is a no-brainer. Agile scrum is an iterative and incremental approach to product development that values collaboration, flexibility, and continuous improvement. In other words, it's a methodology that helps organizations rapidly adapt to change and deliver high-quality products. 

And while it may sound complicated, learning agile scrum is actually quite simple. By understanding the basics of this approach, you'll be able to start using it in your own organization - and see first hand how it can help you achieve success.

So what are you waiting for? Get started on agile scrum today with our recommended learning resources:

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