Professional Scrum Product Owner

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 topics

• Value-driven development
• The Scrum framework
• Agile Product Management
• Managing Product Backlog
• Managing releases
• The Scrum Product Owner

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

Format

Students work in teams. They learn through team assignments, discussions and hands-on exercises. This course will be taught in English

Prerequisites

Attendees make the most of the class if they:

• Have studied the Scrum Guide (required).
• Passed the Scrum Open assessment
• Have a solid understanding of Scrum either through working on a Scrum Team, or through taking 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

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 and are entitled to a discount on the PSPO II 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 credentials.

About the trainers

Steve Trapps

Steve is an experienced Scrum Master and Professional Scrum Trainer, using his 20 years plus experience in delivering complex software products in many different business sectors. 
  
Steve started his career as a developer, working for Nestle before moving on to work for Sky build applications & websites for many of the English Premier League football teams. Progressing, Steve moved into senior positions all the time being exposed to Scrum, starting his journey into becoming a Professional Scrum Trainer.  

As well as being a trainer, Steve is a TOGAF certified architect and a former Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer.

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.

Working as a coach, Steve has worked in Finance, Leisure, Entertainment and Health sectors; helping numerous companies, from start ups, small / medium to multi nationals to experience the value that Scrum can deliver. 

Ziryan Salayi

Ziryan is an experiences Agilist with over ten years of experience in Agile organizations. He holds an Agile Coaching certificate, PSM-I, PSM-II and PSM-III and is a PST candidate for Scrum.org. Furthermore, Ziryan holds a Bachelor degree in Business Information Technology, Majoring in Cross-Cultural and virtual teams. He also holds a Master degree in Business Administration on Change in Organizations. He has over 12 years of experience in IT-organizations in which he has fulfilled several roles, such as Business Consultant, Analyst, Test Specialist, Scrum Master, Product Owner en Agile Coach.