Professional Scrum Product Owner
The Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO) course teaches people how to maximize the delivery of value through software products and systems. Agile Product Ownership today requires more than knowledge of how to write a User Story or manage a Product Backlog. Professional Product Owners need to have a concrete understanding of everything that drives value from their products. The PSPO course helps students develop and solidify this understanding – from early stakeholder management to release planning and delivery.
The PSPO course addresses a significant skill gap in the software development industry that we have seen growing over the last few years. An effective Product Owner is one of the best predictors of product success, but many Product Owners seem to misunderstand the breadth of the role’s responsibilities in delivering a successful product. Maximizing Return On Investment (ROI), optimizing Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), and capitalizing on product Agility are the things a Product Owner is intimately concerned with that the PSPO course focuses on.
The defined curriculum of the PSPO course is maintained and regularly enhanced by Scrum.org through contributions from Ken Schwaber and other experts in the Scrum.org network of Professional Scrum Trainers. Only the most qualified instructors are chosen to become Professional Scrum Trainers and deliver this course. Each instructor brings his or her individual experiences and areas of expertise to bear, but all students learn the same core course content. This improves their ability to pass the Professional Scrum Product Owner assessments and apply Scrum in their workplaces.
BENEFITS AND CERTIFICATION
Content and certification of the two-day training organized by Scrum.org training intends to provide the following benefits;
SCOPE
Below is a high-level agenda for the PSPO course. The course consists of modules that build on each other. Modules are exercise-driven, and their success depends on effective group participation and interaction. Attendees should be able to immediately start applying the techniques discussed in this course when they return to work.
Value Driven Development
Product Management
Managing Requirements
Planning Releases
Lean Planning
Managing Products
AUDIENCE
The audience of the Professional Scrum Product Owner course includes those accountable for maximizing the value delivered by products and services, including;
– Product Managers and Scrum Product Owners responsible for the delivery of a product, from conception to customer usage.
– IT Development Managers responsible for a line of business or internal company system.
– Strategy managers responsible for the overarching direction of a product or product family.
Scrum Masters can also benefit from this course as their role often includes coaching Product Owners.