Product Backlog Refinement Self-Paced Course

The Product Backlog never stops changing. New information surfaces, priorities shift, stakeholder needs evolve. An item that looked clear and right-sized last week can quietly become vague, oversized, or no longer the most valuable thing to build. These patterns can cause Developers and Product Owners to find it difficult to communicate and prioritize work as they find items are unclear or too big, reducing their trust of the backlog as a real plan.

The self-paced Product Backlog Refinement interactive course is designed to help people improve their skills when it comes to effectively refining the Product Backlog by implementing proven techniques to evaluate, refine and communicate Product Backlog items. The course is designed to help Scrum Teams develop an understanding of Product Backlog refinement and be able to facilitate and participate in refinement sessions by collaboratively applying refinement techniques.

Throughout the course students take part in interactive activities, reading, watching videos and quizzes while learning from real-world scenarios.

Course Overview

In this self-paced online microlearning course, students will gain an in-depth understanding of Product Backlog refinement, an essential and ongoing activity within Scrum. Students will learn how to contribute to an effective, healthy, and valuable Product Backlog as a Scrum Master, Product Owner or Developer. By understanding techniques such as slicing, story mapping, and the use of spikes, students will discover how to reduce uncertainties and maximize customer value. The course also covers how and when to involve stakeholders during refinement. By the end of this course, students will have the tools and confidence to run more effective Product Backlog refinement sessions with their Scrum Team.

Course Learning Outcomes

Students will develop an understanding of Product Backlog refinement and will be able to facilitate and participate in refinement sessions by collaboratively applying proven refinement techniques.

• Explain what Product Backlog refinement is and why it is important
• Identify the accountabilities of each Scrum Team member during Product Backlog refinement
• Implement different refinement techniques, such as slicing, spikes and story mapping
• Identify Sprint-ready Product Backlog items
• Involve stakeholders at the right time
• Facilitate sessions using timeboxing, diverge-converge and active teaching methods
• Use metrics and data to improve refinement sessions and outcomes

Who Should Attend this Course?

The course is intended for Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Developers, product managers, project managers and those in similar roles who want to strengthen their skills and learn new techniques for Product Backlog refinement to deliver greater value.

Take the Course

This course is delivered fully online at your own pace. You can take it over a period of days, weeks or months, whatever suits your availability and needs. The course will take approximately 1 hour to complete. After completing the course, students will receive a downloadable recognition of course completion certificate.