Professional Scrum Product Owner

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Maximize the value of your organization's products 

Being a Product Owner is about much more than writing requirements or managing the Product Backlog. True Product Ownership involves a solid understanding of all aspects of product management to maximize the value of the product—not just through Scrum but through a holistic view of Agile practices.

The Professional Scrum Product Owner course combines instruction and hands-on exercises to explore the “why” behind agile product management, the application of Scrum, and practical ways to help your Scrum team build the best product possible. We explore not only the tactical creation and delivery of a product but also the strategies and metrics for evolving it with an agile mindset.

Product Owners evolve the product's value

Product Ownership is About Vision, Value, and Validation

Product Owners don’t just manage requirements—they evolve the product by deeply understanding its vision, delivering customer value, and validating outcomes.

The Product Owner is a Strategic Value Maximizer

Often mistaken for a “requirements generator,” the Product Owner’s role is focused on maximizing strategic value. This class explores how Product Owners can drive product impact through well-informed, value-focused decisions.

Scrum is More Than an IT Delivery Method

Scrum is commonly misinterpreted as a delivery tool mainly for IT teams. This course reframes Scrum as a flexible mechanism for delivering potential value to customers. By continuously responding to customer feedback, Product Owners can pivot towards delivering the highest value.

Collaborative Requirement Creation and Product Backlog Management is Key

While the Product Owner steers the Product Backlog, they aren’t solely responsible for creating or modifying requirements. Effective Product Owners communicate and collaborate closely with the Scrum Team to foster shared ownership and leverage team insights.

This course helps product owners embrace a strategic, collaborative approach that drives true product value.

Thoroughly learn Professional Scrum Product Ownership

With this knowledge, you’ll be ready to tackle any challenges you face in your role and truly unleash your team’s innovative potential. Learn the reasons behind the agile mindset, and you will be able to apply Scrum to deliver, measure, and interpret value, not just follow the mechanics. Join us and learn how to enable agility and the right product every Sprint!

Why Scrum.org?

Choosing Scrum.org means choosing quality, consistency, and expertise. Scrum co-creator Ken Schwaber directed the creation of every course with hands-on exercises aligned with the Scrum Guide. Scrum.org classes are the intent of Scrum, right from the inventor.

Aside from a first-hand understanding of Scrum, what sets our courses apart is the collaborative approach. With input from hundreds of Professional Scrum Trainers worldwide, our courses continually evolve through a steward model. This collective expertise ensures that our content reflects the latest thinking and best practices in Scrum, giving you access to insightful and innovative training.

When you choose Scrum.org, you’re getting more than a course. You’re getting the course created by the inventor of Scrum, which is curated and evolved by a global network of experts.

Why Dr. Suscheck?

Dr. Charles Suscheck is a seasoned software development and Agile education expert, with over 30 years of experience that spans from hands-on development to enterprise-level Agile coaching. Starting as a developer, he has grown into a leading figure in Agile transformation, helping organizations align business and IT to unlock the full potential of Agile principles. His classes range from advanced, highly technical programming classes to executive-level organizational change classes.

Dr. Suscheck holds a Doctor of Computer Science, a Master’s in Computer Information Systems, and a Bachelor’s in Computer Science. He has served as a full-time faculty member at Colorado State University and continues to teach as an adjunct faculty member at several universities. Beyond teaching, he consults with large organizations, helping align business and IT to maximize the benefits of Agile principles. Charles is a past Scrum.org Professional Scrum Product Owner course Steward.

Learning Objectives

• Understand uncertainty and complexity in software environments.
• Understand how an empirical approach controls risk and provides predictability in complex environments.
• Understand agility and Scrum’s place in the Agile discussion.
• Understand how each part of the Scrum framework ties back to the principles and theory while exposing lean wastes.
• Understand ways that agility can create a competitive advantage for a business.
• Demonstrate that a Product Owner is a strategic Agile product manager, not just a scribe
• Understand the meaning and importance of the Scrum values.
• Learn what Done means and why it is crucial to be transparent.
• Know how to use the Product Backlog to plan with agility.
• Understand how value metrics interact to provide a picture of product effectiveness.
• Learn the skills, traits, and behavior shifts required to be an effective Product Owner.

Outline

The PSPO course is a mix of lectures, case studies, and interactive exercises as you collaborate with other students.

• Agile Product Management
  • Why is agility important to your organization?
  • Moving from a project to a product mindset.
  • Empowering your Product Owner to really own the product.
  • Techniques for determining product strategy.
  • Creating a good product vision.
• Value-Driven Development
  • Defining, delivering, and measuring value.
  • Applying value metrics to products.
  • Measurement Strategies.
• Scrum Theory & Empiricism
  • The foundational reasons for an empirical approach.
  • What situations are best suited for Agile.
  • Keys to a more effective application of the Agile mindset.
• The Scrum Framework
  • How Scrum roles, artifacts, and events relate to the Product Owner.
  • Product Owner and the Sprint Goal.
  • When should product owners be involved in the framework, and when should they not 
  • Strategies to grow in the Product Owner role.
• Product Backlog Management
  • Key characteristics of product backlogs.
  • Managing vision, value, and validation.
  • Tools for refining product backlogs.
  • Visualizing and planning upcoming Work.
  • Techniques for ordering product backlogs.
• Release Management
  • Release strategies for delivering more frequently.
  • Techniques for forecasting releases.
  • Data-driven, scope-driven, and resource-driven approaches to product releases.
  • Raising the visibility of the product delivery process.

Who should attend?

The course assumes basic familiarity with Scrum and some experience in product management or product ownership.  If you are new to Scrum, this course will give you a solid foundation, but you should read the Scrum Guide (www.scrumguides.org) before class.  The course is perfectly appropriate for non-IT professionals who are looking to apply Scrum in their context. 

Certification

After completing a Professional Scrum Product Owner course, students receive credentials to take the Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I) assessment, which earns them the industry-recognized PSPO I Certification. Students take the assessment independently after class.  

Virtual via Zoom.

We’ll use Zoom and MURAL during our class. You don’t need to be an expert in either tool. You won’t need an account for either one or any applications - everything is completely browser-based. 

Having a good internet connection, a webcam, and a microphone will help as the class is very interactive.

For more information or to arrange group rates contact:  info@juniperhillassociates.com