Professional Scrum Product Owner - Advanced

Your instructor will conduct this highly-interactive class virtually, using state-of-the-art remote collaboration tools.

An Installment Payment Option is Available

YOU WILL EXPERIENCE AN ENTHUSIASTIC AND ENERGIZING PROFESSIONAL LEARNING EVENT

Watch Russell answer Scrum and product development questions on YouTube

HERE ARE SOME REASONS THAT THIS TRAINING EVENT IS AN EXCELLENT CHOICE

PREVIOUS PARTICIPANTS APPRECIATED TRANSFORMATIVE TEACHING AND CARE FOR STUDENTS

     "The class was enjoyable, well taught and perfectly relevant, but the interaction with the instructor put it through the roof.
Whether you are nearing the terminal edge of creativity or helming a massive vessel, product ownership could clear the fog.
     A cooperative, multi-front, blitzkrieg of an approach smashes stagnation, analysis paralysis and the competition.
Russell's real-world application of material made crystal clear the depth of his understanding and field experience.
     Take the plunge and in two days your rewired neurons will have an increased ability to produce consistent value in your company"

Down to earth instructor who really cares for his students

Russell does a fantastic job of explaining complex topics in a way that everyone can understand. His tempo is great. His stories and references are spot-on. You can really tell that his number one goal is to provide a great learning experience, and knowledge transfer, to his students.

YOU WILL RECEIVE TOOLS TO FURTHER YOUR LEARNING AFTER CLASS

As an un-discounted paid registrant (including early bird), you will receive an Amazon Fire HD 8 tablet to keep up your professional development!

If you register for this course instance, as an added benefit, you will also receive a curated step-by-step assessment preparation list!

YOU WILL RECEIVE ONE-ON-ONE INDIVIDUAL COACHING AFTER THE CLASS

You will receive one hour of after-class coaching at no additional charge.

YOU NEED SOMEONE WITH THE SKILLS, EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION, AND QUALIFICATIONS TO HELP YOU ON YOUR PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY

I am a product development professional with expertise in lightweight, agile product development concepts and practices.  With a degree in Mechanical Engineering, I use product design and engineering experience, analysis skills, and agile process control principles to help clients solve problems and create value.

I am vision-guided and action-oriented.  I lead the way for others in incremental analysis, team formation, team collaboration, and agile practices for product development.  I am a Professional Scrum Trainer, Lean Six-Sigma Green Belt, IIBA certified business analyst and member of the Order of the Engineer.

YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PASS THE INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED PROFESSIONAL SCRUM PRODUCT OWNER II ASSESSMENT AND JOIN AN EXCLUSIVE GROUP

You will receive an assessment passcode that entitles you to attempt the industry-recognized PSPO II assessment.  You can try the assessment twice!  If you try the assessment within fourteen days and do not score 85%, you will receive a second attempt at no additional cost!

If you pass the PSPO II assessment, you will receive the respected "PSPO II" certification and a Credly badge that you can use to identify your achievement.  In addition, your name will be posted publicly for colleagues, managers, and potential employers to see. 

SCRUM.ORG PROFESSIONAL SCRUM TRAINING IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD

Scrum.org maintains the PSPO-Advanced course and selects only the most qualified trainers to teach their classes.  Scrum.org ensures consistency of training material across trainers and classes worldwide.

VALUABLE OFFERS ARE AVAILABLE

As a registrant with an un-discounted ticket (including early bird), you will receive an Amazon Fire HD 8 tablet to keep up your professional development!

Attendees from the same organization receive one free admission with the purchase of three full-price tickets.  You will receive another free ticket if you purchase two more full-price tickets.

For a limited time, I will match unadvertised discounts other Professional Scrum Trainers offer.  You only need to provide proof of the unadvertised deal.

Mastering the Product Owner Stances

Professional Scrum Product Owner™ - Advanced (PSPO-A) is a hands-on, activity-based course that focuses on helping experienced Product Owners and Product Managers expand their ability to establish a vision, validate their hypotheses, and ultimately deliver more value to their stakeholders. The course goes beyond the topics explored in the Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO) class by deepening the attendee’s understanding of the role by exploring the many stances of a professional Product Owner.

Students should have at least one year of Product Owner experience and practical knowledge of Scrum to participate in and benefit from these exercises. We recommend, but do not require, that students attend the PSPO class before attendance.

The course also includes a free attempt at the globally recognized Professional Scrum Product Owner II (PSPO II) certification exam.

Course Overview

In this two-day class, students will understand what it means to deliver value and how to express that value inside and outside their organization. Through a case study-based series of exercises, combined with instruction, students gain the entrepreneurial product leadership skills and practices critical to growing as successful Product Owners. 

The Product Owner role is multifaceted, requiring them to engage in behaviors and adopt mindsets beyond the core of Agility and the Scrum framework. Students explore these techniques and how to pivot among them by exploring Product Owner “stances,” including:

• The Customer Representative: 
  • Focus on understanding customer problems, pains, and opportunities 
  • Get into the mindset of the customer, placing yourself in their world, understanding their needs
  • Deliver value by connecting product features to customer outcomes
• The Visionary: 
  • Champion the future state, possibilities, goals, and chances
  • Communicate the product vision, strategy, and Product Goal
  • Understand value and pricing models
• The Experimenter: 
  • Focus on innovation through experiments, hypotheses, tests, learnings, data, and validation of value
  • Understand the Product Owner’s role in a scaled environment
• The Decision Maker: 
  • Focus on making better decisions
  • Navigate conflicting customer feedback
• The Collaborator: 
  • Seek collaboration with stakeholders and the Scrum Team
  • Work beyond the Scrum Team, including contracts, finance, budgeting, and governance in an agile way
• The Influencer: 
  • Lead the stakeholders, customers, and Scrum Team to move in the right direction and to change their minds when necessary
  • Learn how to create a stakeholder management strategy

View the different Focus Areas covered within this class and others.

Course Learning Objectives

• Experienced Product Owners will learn different stances a Product Owner takes to navigate everyday challenges.
• Your instructor will introduce modern complementary practices through discussions, case studies, and exercises.
• Students will leave with a clear understanding of Agile Product Management
• Participants will learn about the various types of stakeholders that Product Owners represent and how to best work with them.

Who Should Attend this class?

Scrum.org has designed this course for Product Owners, Product Managers, and Business Analysts, focusing heavily on Product Management skills, tools, techniques, and knowledge as part of their work on the Scrum Team. The course does not address the Scrum framework (much), and we assume people have a proper understanding of the Scrum framework. Participants should have at least one year of experience as a Product Owner or Product Manager. In contrast, multiple years of experience and having attended the Professional Scrum Product Owner course, and passing PSPO are preferred but not mandatory.

Other people that might benefit from the PSPO-A course include:

• Scrum Masters / Agile Coaches
• Company leaders

Professional Scrum Certification

All course participants will receive a password to attempt the Professional Scrum Product Owner II (PSPO II) assessment.  Scrum.org will grant PSPO-A class participants a no-cost 2nd attempt if they take the PSPO II assessment within 14 days of receiving their free password and do not score at least 85%.

Participants are also entitled to a discount on the PSPO III assessment.