Professional Scrum Product Owner

PSPO – Professional Scrum Product Owner

Introduction

Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO) is a 2-day course that covers the role and accountability of the Product Owner on a Scrum Team and within the organization.

Training starts at 9:00am and ends at 5:00pm both days.

Course Description

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.

Course Topics

• Agile Product Management

• The Scrum Product Owner

• Managing Requirements, Products and Releases

• Value-Driven Development

Objectives

Students are challenged to think in terms of Scrum and the Scrum principles to better understand what to do when they return to their workplaces.

• Students will have a clear understanding of the mechanics of Scrum and how the role of the Product Owner fits in

• Students can act as a Product Owner for Scrum Teams and stakeholders

• Students can effectively increase the business agility of their organization

Target Audience

The training may be interesting to all involved in software development upon the Scrum framework, but has been specifically conceived for those responsible over products from a business perspective and taking up the highly accountable role of Scrum Product Owner.

Prerequisites

Attendees make the most of the class if they:

• Have studied the Scrum Guide (required)

• Have passed the Scrum Open assessment

• Have a solid understanding of Scrum either through working on a Scrum Team, or through having taken part in a Professional Scrum Foundations or similar course

• Have been on or are closely involved in building or enhancing a software product or application using Scrum

• Have read one of the Scrum books of Ken Schwaber or the book “Scrum – A Pocket Guide” by Gunther Verheyen

Assessment and certification

The Professional Scrum Product Owner course has two associated credentials: Professional Scrum Product Owner level I (PSM I) and Professional Scrum Product Owner level II (PSM II).

All participants completing the Professional Scrum Product Owner course receive a password to take the PSPO I assessment.

These industry-recognized certifications require a minimum passing score on the associated rigorous assessment. Scrum.org maintains a public list with everyone holding a PSPO I and PSPO II credential.

Instructor

Chad Beier works with all levels of the organization to optimize your business to respond to change. Chad is passionate about moving organizations and people closer to agility. His passion for training led him to the public speaking realm. He is passionate about speaking on any topic that contributes to improvements surrounding organizational structure/behavior/effectiveness, modern management, agility, Scrum, Kanban, team dynamics.

Questions?

Email training@whiteboardconsulting.org