Professional Scrum Product Owner™ (PSPO) is a hands-on, activity-based course where students explore how Product Ownership is crucial to the success of a product. Throughout the class, students learn a number of practices that they can use once they leave the classroom.
Students will learn how Professional Scrum helps them to move from a project mindset to a product mindset. At the end of the class students will understand how the shift in mindset and new practices can be put into action with Agile Product Management.
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 organization create valuable products.
In this two day class* 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 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 collaborate and engage with the users and customers, stakeholders, their team(s) and organization to provide greater value in the product being delivered.
View the different Focus Areas covered within this class and others. You can download the course datasheet for offline reading.
* When offered in-person, this course is generally delivered over two consecutive days. When offered as a Live Virtual Class, the course may be broken up into more, shorter days.
Course Learning Outcomes
When a student leaves the classroom they will have improved skills to impact their products and organizations by:
Improving value created by staying focused on value and outcomes
Increasing organizational learning validating sooner rather than later which will also reduce costs
Achieving better business outcomes by aligning initiatives with business strategy through shared vision and aligning people toward clear goals
Increasing business agility by being data informed and empirical
Course Learning Objectives
Understand that Product Ownership includes Product Management performed with an Agile mindset
Recognize the value of a product over project mindset
Learn how to bridge business strategy to product development tactics
Experience ways to align the team around the business strategy, product vision, Product Goal and Sprint Goal
Find ways to effectively communicate the business strategy, product vision and Product Goal
Discover techniques to collaborate with users, customers, stakeholders and members of the Scrum Team
Identify metrics that can be used to track value creation and successful product delivery
Learn how quality and the Definition of Done support long term product viability and reduce time to market
Understand the Scrum Principles and Empiricism
Understand the Product Owner accountability on the Scrum Team
Learn techniques for Product Backlog Management, Release Management and Forecasting
Course Topics
Agile Product Management
Value-Driven Development
Scrum Principles & Empiricism
The Scrum Framework
Product Backlog Management
Release Management
Who Should Attend this class?
This course is appropriate for students in any industry where teams are working to solve complex problems. The Professional Scrum Product Owner course is for:
Product Managers wanting to up-skill their agile proficiency
Professionals interested in advancing their Product Ownership skills
Product Owners with some experience in the role that are looking to improve their understanding or improve their use of Scrum and the Product Owner accountability
Scrum Masters wishing to improve how they can coach Product Owners
PSPO I Assessment & Certification
All participants completing the Professional Scrum Product Owner course receive a password to take the Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I) assessment. The PSPO I assessment is comprised of 80 multiple choice questions that must be completed in 60 minutes. The industry-recognized PSPO I certification requires a minimum passing score of 85%. Class participants of official Scrum.org classes who attempt the PSPO I assessment within 14 days of receiving their free password and do not score at least 85% will be granted a second attempt at no additional cost.
Students of official Scrum.org Professional Scrum Product Owner classes are also entitled to a 40% discount on the PSPO II assessment once passing PSPO I.
