Professional Scrum Product Owner

Enhanced Learning Through a Flexible 3-Day Format

This 2-day class will be delivered over three days (3 x 4.5 hours) to optimize the learning experience. By breaking the content into shorter, focused sessions, we aim to enhance retention and engagement while allowing participants to better balance their professional and personal commitments. This format also provides more time between sessions to absorb and reflect on the material, ultimately contributing to a more effective learning process.

Who Should Attend this class?

This course is appropriate for students in any industry where teams are working to solve complex problems. The Professional Scrum Product Owner course is for:

• Product Managers wanting to up-skill their agile proficiency
• Professionals interested in advancing their Product Ownership skills 
• Product Owners with some experience in the role that are looking to improve their understanding or improve their use of Scrum and the Product Owner accountability
• Scrum Masters wishing to improve how they can coach Product Owners

Course Learning Objectives

• Understand that Product Ownership includes Product Management performed with an Agile mindset
• Recognize the value of a product over project mindset
• Learn how to bridge business strategy to product development tactics
• Experience ways to align the team around the business strategy, product vision, Product Goal and Sprint Goal
• Find ways to effectively communicate the business strategy, product vision and Product Goal
• Discover techniques to collaborate with users, customers, stakeholders and members of the Scrum Team
• Identify metrics that can be used to track value creation and successful product delivery
• Learn how quality and the Definition of Done support long term product viability and reduce time to market
• Understand the Scrum Principles and Empiricism
• Understand the Product Owner accountability on the Scrum Team
• Learn techniques for Product Backlog Management, Release Management and Forecasting

Certification & Assessment

All participants completing the Professional Scrum Product Owner course receive a password to take the Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I) assessment. The industry-recognized PSPO I certification requires a minimum passing score of 85%. Class participants of official Scrum.org classes who attempt the PSPO I assessment within 14 days of receiving their free password and do not score at least 85% will be granted a second attempt at no additional cost.

Students of official Scrum.org Professional Scrum Product Owner classes are also entitled to a 40% discount on the PSPO II assessment once passing PSPO I.