Professional Scrum Product Backlog Management Skills

The Product Backlog is an emergent, ordered list of what is needed to improve the product. It is the single source of work undertaken by the Scrum Team. It changes constantly and requires a Product Owner to consider many options when adding to, deleting from, updating, and ordering it.

What You Will Learn

In this one-day skills-building course, participants will learn techniques and methods to effectively manage a Product Backlog that clearly expresses the future vision of the product and brings transparency to what is most valuable for the Scrum Team to work on to delight stakeholders and customers. Students will get hands-on experience with refinement techniques such as decomposing and slicing Product Backlog items, while learning how simplicity can cure complicated and complex Product Backlogs.

Students will be able to connect the Product Goals they are investing in to the work being done to ensure that they are delivering value as well as how to understand and manage their relationships with the stakeholders involved.

The course covers all the topics related to Professional Scrum Product Backlog Management Skills (PSPBM Skills) certification assessment. 

You can download the course datasheet for offline reading.

Who Should Attend

This course is appropriate for students who are currently working as a Product Owner and are looking for practical ways to manage their Stakeholders and Product Backlog. The course also caters to a range of roles involved in agile development and product management. The Product Backlog Management course is for:

• Professionals interested in learning essential Product Owner practices
• Product Owners looking to better understand their customers and stakeholders
• Scrum Masters wishing to be an effective coach to Product Owners will also find valuable insights in this course
• Product Managers and Business Analysts looking to improve their Product Backlog management skills

Course Objectives

• Apply practical techniques to create, refine, and order the Product Backlog
• Identify and effectively communicate with stakeholders
• Capture stakeholder’s needs on a Product Backlog
• Find better ways to make the Product Backlog more transparent
• Use empiricism as a competitive advantage

Course Topics

• Understanding Your Stakeholders
• Defining Your Product Backlog
• Product Backlog refinement
• Creating Transparency

Certification & Assessments

All participants completing the Professional Scrum Product Backlog Management Skills course will receive a password to attempt the Professional Scrum Product Backlog Management Skills assessment. PSPBM Skills class participants who attempt the PSPBM Skills assessment within 14 days of the class and do not score at least 85% will be granted a 2nd attempt at no additional cost.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is included in the price?
The price includes course materials, the PSPBM Skills assessment, lifetime certification from Scrum.org.

How do I achieve the Professional Scrum Product Backlog Management Skills (PSPBM Skills) certification?
The PSPBM Skills certification is achieved by taking and passing an online assessment in your own time following the course. It can be taken from any internet-connected computer.

What is required to achieve the Professional Scrum Product Backlog Management Skills (PSPBM Skills) certification?
The PSPBM Skills assessment is comprised of 20 multiple choice questions that must be completed in 30 minutes. The pass mark is 85%. The course fee provides up to 2 attempts at the PSPBM Skills assessment

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About The Trainer

Lavaneesh Gautam is a Scrum.org Professional Scrum Trainer, Scrum Master and Agile Coach. 

He loves to support and help individuals, teams, and leaders to find their full capability, learn tools of successful collaboration, and unlearn everything else that gets in the way of creativity, innovation, and growth.

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Course hours are listed further up this page.

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Live Virtual Course Requirements:
– Computer with an internet connection, Microphone, Speakers & Webcam
– Free install of Zoom
– We can assist you with the set-up on the days before the class if required.
– The trainer will be available for 30 minutes each day before the course starts to offer any technical assistance required.