Professional Scrum Product Owner

This is a 2 day immersive and interactive course that helps students gain an understanding of the intent and application of Professional Scrum, through the perspective of the Product Owner. Working through a series of exercises and discussions, you will build a strong understanding of how to maximise product value using the Scrum framework. This course prepares you for the PSPO I assessment.

Professional Scrum Product Owner is THE cutting-edge course for effective Product Ownership. It explores the worldwide challenge that many Scrum implementations run into, i.e. how should business people and product managers engage in Scrum and collaborate with Scrum Development Teams?

The Professional Scrum Product Owner class focuses on the core expectation for Product Owners to maximize the value of the work done for a software product, thereby serving customers, users and the organization.

Scrum.org selects only the most qualified instructors to deliver this course.
Scrum.org maintains the defined curriculum and materials to assure consistency and quality for students worldwide.

Course Experience

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 Scrum  Team 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 work with the organization, stakeholders,  customers and their team to provide greater value in the product being delivered.

Course Learning Objectives

• Increase business agility through the proper execution of the Product Owner role
• Recognize the value of a product over project mindset 
• Learn how to bridge business strategy to product execution using Scrum 
• Understand that the Product Owner is an Agile Product Manager 
• Understand the Scrum Principles and Empiricism 
• Understand the Product Owner accountabilities on the Scrum Team 
• Learn how 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
• Learn techniques for Product Backlog Management, Release Management, and Forecasting
• Identify metrics that can be used to track value creation and successful product delivery
• Discover techniques to interact with stakeholders, customers, and the members of the Scrum Team

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 industry-recognized PSPO I certification requires a minimum passing score of 85%. PSPO class participants 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. 

You are also entitled to a discount on the PSPO II assessment once passing PSPO I.

About the trainers

Andy Hiles

Andy is a highly experienced agile practitioner, Scrum coach and Professional Scrum Trainer.

Over his 13 years of working in both the private and public sectors, he has developed a deep understanding of the challenges around organisational complexity and the impact on delivery teams and behaviour.

His first agile experience was working as part of a small development team within the British Computing Society. It was there that Andy learned the true value of how close stakeholder interaction with rapid feedback can lead to teams producing great results while retaining a significant focus on return on investment and business value. 

Andy has worked with software delivery for both product and service organisations. He is an experienced Scrum Coach with recent examples of his ability to build up new Scrum teams to become highly successful Scrum delivery practitioners.

A firm believer that great teams build great products, Andy strives for success and in doing so displays his experience and passion for agile in every engagement.

Steve Trapps

Steve is an experienced Scrum Master and Professional Scrum Trainer with 20 years plus of experience in delivering complex products in many different business sectors. He started his career as a software developer, working for Nestle before moving on to work for Sky building applications & websites for many of the English Premier League football teams.

Previously being a developer, Steve has worked in various teams (Scrum and none Scrum) so comes packed with real-life stories. From Start-Ups building the next social media network, up to large corporations handling thousands of transactions a second. If you want to learn from someone who has been there, then Steve would be able to share experiences to help you on your way.

In May 2004 and after spending 6 months working on a very demanding & soul-destroying project Steve decided to look for a better way to deliver products. It was either that or leave the industry. This led him to look into Agile approaches and in particular Scrum - his aim was to know to empower teams and individuals to make the right choices at the appropriate time.

Over 16 years+ later on from 2004, Steve's focus is still on helping individuals & teams to reach their full potential through professional development coaching and professional training.

Why Scrum.org 

Scrum.org training provides a hands-on, activity-based learning experience using a consistent set of materials from around the world no matter which of our Professional Scrum Trainers (PSTs) is teaching the course. Each course explores real-world challenges to help students apply what they learn in their roles once back at work.

PSTs bring their own style and experiences with consistent delivery of Scrum.org training around the world, so you know each course we teach is aligned with Professional Scrum, and all of your teammates are learning from the same course materials. 

Find out more about what makes Scrum.org different.

PMI PDU Credits

Students of Scrum.org courses are able to claim Project Management Institute (PMI) PDU credit: 14 PDUs after attending a two-day Professional Scrum Master (PSM). 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.