Professional Scrum Product Owner - AI Essentials

8:00 AM - 4:00 PM CDT (9:00 AM – 4:00 PM EDT)

Professional Scrum Product Owner - AI Essentials Course

Course Duration: 1 Day
Course Level: Applied Learning
Target Audience: Product Managers, Product Owners, Business Analysts, Scrum Masters, Agile Leaders, and Engineering Managers

Course Description

Professional Scrum Product Owner-AI Essentials (PSPO-AI Essentials) is an interactive, hands-on course designed to empower Product Owners, Product Managers, and Business Analysts to understand, leverage, and apply Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support their job and teams. This course builds on the Professional Scrum Product Owner™ (PSPO)and Professional Scrum Product Owner™ - Advanced (PSPO-A) courses by exploring the application of AI within the various stances of a Product Owner. The course also includes a free attempt at the globally recognized Professional Scrum Product Owner-AI Essentials (PSPO-AI Essentials) certification exam.

This is the official Scrum.org course taught by an experienced trainer certified by Scrum.org.

Your Trainers

About Ryan Ripley
Ryan Ripley is a Professional Scrum Trainer (PST) with Scrum.org, co-founder of Agile for Humans, and a recognized thought leader in both Agile transformation and AI integration. With over a decade of experience guiding organizations through product and leadership change, Ryan brings a rare blend of technical fluency, executive coaching insight, and deep understanding of Scrum. He’s currently earning a Master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence and actively teaches AI tools to product teams. Ryan’s engaging teaching style, real-world case studies, and ability to translate complex AI topics into actionable practices make him an ideal guide for navigating the future of product ownership in an AI-driven world.

About Todd Miller
Todd Miller is a Professional Scrum Trainer, co-author of Fixing Your Scrum, and a product development expert with over 20 years of experience delivering high-impact software products. Todd’s work with global organizations has helped elevate product management, accelerate team performance, and align AI opportunities with strategic outcomes. He brings a wealth of product thinking, engineering excellence, and leadership depth to every class. Todd offers unparalleled insight into how AI is reshaping product development—and how to stay ahead of the curve. His direct, practical teaching style empowers learners to apply what they’ve learned immediately and effectively.

Why Scrum.org

Scrum.org training offers a hands-on, activity-based learning experience using a consistent set of materials worldwide, regardless of which of our Professional Scrum Trainers (PSTs) is leading the course. Each course explores real-world challenges to help students apply what they have learned in their roles once they return to work.

On their path to becoming a PST, they must have several years of Scrum experience. Once PST candidates apply, they undergo an extensive process that includes interviews, knowledge validation, training, peer reviews, and additional assessments.

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

In this one-day course, students engage in discussions and exercises to explore the practical applications of AI tools and techniques across each role of the Product Owner. In addition to the traditional stances, students are introduced to a new stance that focuses on ethics and security, providing essential guidance on adopting AI responsibly and securely within an organization. 

Throughout this course, attendees will acquire the skills and confidence to effectively harness AI, ensuring they remain at the forefront of delivering value in an ever-evolving digital landscape. The Product Owner of tomorrow masters AI—this training prepares you for that future.

Course Learning Objectives

Students will learn how to use leading AI tools and write effective AI prompts to generate useful outputs to support their work. Students who attend this course will learn how to leverage AI to help :

• Better understand the market for their products
• Create user personas to help better understand their customers
• Craft a clear product vision
• Accelerate prototyping and testing
• Delegate routine tasks
• Enhance collaboration with team members and stakeholders
• Manage daily routine tasks and more

Course Learning Outcomes

The course introduces Product Owners and related professionals to the fundamentals of AI and its applications in modern product development. When a student leaves the classroom, they will be able to:

• Describe AI and how it supports modern product development
• Explain key concepts in AI, including machine learning, deep learning, generative AI, and agentic AI
• Discuss how AI tools can enhance Product Ownership through real-world use cases
• Demonstrate the use of generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Synthesia) to support product work
• Move from theory to practice by embedding AI tools into your daily Product Ownership
• Identify ethical and responsible practices when adopting AI tools
• Implement AI-informed behaviors as AI-literate Product Owners in daily work