Professional Scrum Product Owner - Advanced

Professional Scrum Product Owner™ - Advanced (PSPO-A) – 2 days training.

In this two day class students will gain a better understanding of what it means to deliver value and how to express that value inside and outside of their organization. Through a case study-based series of exercises, combined with instruction, students gain the entrepreneurial product leadership skills and practices critical to growing as a successful Product Owner.

The Product Owner role is multifaceted, requiring them to engage in behaviors and adopt mindsets beyond the core of Agility and the Scrum framework. Students explore these techniques and how to pivot among them by exploring several Product Owner "stances" including:

• The Customer Representative: 
  • Focus on understanding customer problems, pains and opportunities
  • Get into the mindset of the customer, placing yourself in their world, understanding their needs
  • Deliver value by connecting product features to customer outcomes
• The Visionary: 
  • Champion the future state, possibilities, goals and chances
  • Communicate the product vision, strategy and Product Goal
  • Understand value and pricing models
• The Experimenter: 
  • Focus on innovation through experiments, hypotheses, tests, learnings, data and validation of value
  • Understand the Product Owner’s role in a scaled environment
• The Decision Maker: 
  • Focus on making better decisions
  • Navigate conflicting customer feedback
• The Collaborator: 
  • Seek collaboration with stakeholders and the Scrum Team
  • Work beyond the Scrum Team including contracts, finance, budgeting and governance in an agile way
• The Influencer: 
  • Lead the stakeholders, customers and Scrum Team, to move in the right direction and to change their minds, when necessary
  • Learn how to create a stakeholder management strategy

View the different Focus Areas covered within this class and others.

Key features

Price of the course includes:

• 2-day accredited course with a Professional Scrum Trainer
• Licensed Scrum.org™ course materials
• Professional Scrum Product Owner™ - Advanced (PSPO-A) certificate of course completion
• Attempt at the globally recognized Professional Scrum Product Owner II (PSPO II) certification exam
• Professional Scrum Product Owner II (PSPO II) assessment free 2nd attempt
• 14 PDUs points under PMI's "Education courses provided by other third party providers” category

Prerequisites:

Anyone can take part in the training. It has no prerequisites.. Participants should have at least one year of experience as a Product Owner or Product Manager, while multiple years of experience and having attended the Professional Scrum Product Owner course and passing PSPO is preferred, but not mandatory.

Participants should read the Scrum Guide before the course. The Scrum Guide is available to download here: scrumguides.org.

While this course covers an introduction to the Scrum framework, it’s primarily from the perspective of the Product Owner. Therefore, it’s best if the students come to the course with an understanding of the fundamentals of Scrum, ideally as demonstrated by passing the Scrum Open.

Working methods:

Multimedia presentations, group exercises and discussion, practical workshops, case study and practice tests.

Licensing and accreditation:

Professional Scrum Product Owner™ -Advanced (PSPO-A) course offered by Advised Skills Ltd is certified by Scrum.org™.

Who should attend?

This course is designed for Product Owners, Product Managers, and Business Analysts focusing heavily on Product Management skills, tools, techniques, and knowledge as part of their work on the Scrum Team. The course does not address the Scrum framework (much), and we assume people have a proper understanding of the Scrum framework. Participants should have at least one year of experience as a Product Owner or Product Manager, while multiple years of experience and having attended the Professional Scrum Product Owner course and passing PSPO is preferred, but not mandatory.

Other people that might benefit from the PSPO-A course include:

• Scrum Masters / Agile Coaches
• Company leaders

Certification & Assessments

All participants completing the Professional Scrum Product Owner™ - Advanced (PSPO-A) course will receive a password to attempt the Professional Scrum Product Owner II (PSPO II) assessment. PSPO-A class participants who attempt the PSPO II assessment within 14 days of receiving their free password and do not score at least 85% will be granted a 2nd attempt at no additional cost.

PMI PDU Credits:

Students of Scrum.org courses are able to claim Project Management Institute (PMI) PDU credit: 14 PDUs after attending a two-day  Professional Scrum Product Owner - Advanced (PSPO-A) course. Please note that PMI PDUs are earned for course attendance and not for passing a Scrum.org assessment. Students can claim PDUs under PMI's "Education courses provided by other third party providers” category. You can claim your PDUs online at https://ccrs.pmi.org. Find instructions here.

Materials:

• Sixteen (16) hours of instructor-led training
• Training slides in pdf format
• Participation in unique exercises
• Workbook
• Mural links

Frequently Asked Questions

What’s included in the course price?

Certified training with a qualified trainer, certified training materials and a voucher for an accredited exam.

What is the duration of the course?

Online training for Professional Scrum Product Owner™-Advanced (PSPO-A) lasts two days and the examination takes place at the end or after the training.

Can I attend from my country?
Yes. Everyone is welcome at all of our courses. Training courses are online so you can attend them from anywhere.

Can I attend on a different date?

Yes. We run courses regularly and you can find all our upcoming dates on our public course page: here.

How many people will attend?

Our groups are small to facilitate the exchange of experiences.

Where can I find more answers to common questions?

Visit ou website: here.

Where can I contact for more information?

You can email us at support@advisedskills.com

About the trainer

Pawel is an experienced Agile Coach with 12 years of experience in digital products development.

Throughout his career he has worked as a Project Manager, Product Owner and Scrum Master, helping major media, logistics and banking corporations in Poland and around the world move from a traditional project-based setup into a product-focused environment.

Pawel is particularly passionate about the people’s aspect of Scrum, focusing his efforts on supporting teams on their way to becoming high-performing teams that deliver value every Sprint.

Privately Pawel is a father of two amazing kids that teach him about empiricism every single day. He is also passionate about popular music and finished a degree in Music Production in Derby, UK.

About Advised Skills

We are one of the fastest growing learning services organisations, that provide educational services, developing the skills and capabilities of our students.

Advised Skills has grown from the experience of Agile Center and Architecture Center which from now on are merged into one platform, aiming to deliver top-notch professional training all over the world.

Through our global network of offices, Advised Skills provides organizations around the world with innovative and state-of-the-art education solutions.

Our team is composed of highly experienced consultants and trainers.

Advised Skills is Silver Partner of Scaled Agile, Inc., The Open Group® Gold member, PMI Authorized Training Partner, DevOps Institute Registered Partner, APMG International Accredited Training Organisation and PeopleCert Accredited Training Organisation.

This course will be delivered remotely (on-line) via Zoom.