Professional Scrum Product Backlog Management Skills

In this skills-building course, participants will learn techniques and methods to effectively manage a Product Backlog that clearly expresses the Product Goal 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. 

Note: This is an ONLINE class and will be using ZOOM and MURAL applications.

Group Discount available for Groups of 3 or more

Early Bird Discount applicable to individual registrants only and is valid only if the invoice is settled on or before the indicated date.

Price indicated is 12% VAT EXCLUSIVE

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
• Anyone working on refining, describing or communicating Product Backlog items

Course Objectives

• A clear understanding of the rules of Scrum through the empirical foundation of Scrum
• Act as Scrum Masters for Scrum Teams and stakeholders with an in-depth understanding of servant-leadership
• Effectively start using Scrum
• Increase the effectiveness of Scrum underway

Course Learning Outcomes

• Implement practical techniques to create, refine, and order the Product Backlog
• Explain techniques to effectively communicate with stakeholders
• Interpret stakeholder needs
• Capture stakeholder needs as Product Backlog items
• Discuss better ways to make the Product Backlog more transparent
• Describe empiricism as a competitive advantage

Frequently Asked Questions

What is included in the price?
The price includes course materials and the PSPBM Skills assessment.

How do I achieve the Professional Scrum Product Backlog Management Skills (PSPBM Skills) certification?
The PSPBM Skills certification is achieved by completing and passing an online assessment at your own pace, 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 consists of 20 multiple-choice questions that must be completed within 30 minutes. The pass mark is 85%.

How should I prepare for the course?
PSPBM Skills includes questions from the following Focus Areas as defined in the Professional Scrum Competencies. A strong understanding of Scrum is foundational to performing well on the PSPBM Skills certification; having earned your Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) or Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I) will be advantageous, though not required.

The focus areas that this test draws from are those that concern Product Backlog management.

• Understanding and Applying the Scrum Framework
  • The Product Backlog
• Managing Products with Agility:
  • Product Backlog Management
  • Stakeholders

PDU Credits

Students of Scrum.org courses are able to claim Project Management Institute (PMI) PDU credit: 7 PDUs after attending the Professional Scrum Master workshop. Please note that PMI PDUs are earned for course attendance and not for passing a Scrum.org assessment. Students can claim PDUs under PMI’s "Education courses provided by other third party providers” category. You can claim your PDUs online at https://ccrs.pmi.org.