About the course:
This 2-day Professional Product Owner – Advanced (PSPO-A) course focuses on helping experienced practitioners expand their ability to establish a solid vision, validate their hypotheses, and ultimately deliver more value to their stakeholders. The PSPO-A course is intended for Product Owners who are looking to grow their knowledge and abilities.
The course goes beyond the topics explored in the Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO) class by deepening the attendee’s understanding of the role through the exploration of the many stances of a professional Product Owner. This course is an interactive, experiential workshop where attendees explore topics through a series of exercises and discussions. Students should have at least one year of Product Owner experience and a practical knowledge of Scrum in order to participate in and benefit from these exercises.
The course also includes a free attempt at the globally recognized Professional Scrum Product Owner II certification exam (PSPO II).
The Product Owner’s role is multifaceted, requiring the practitioner to engage in behaviors and adopt mindsets beyond the core of Agility and the Scrum Framework. This course surfaces these behaviors by challenging the student to adopt several different Product Owner stances:
- Customer Representative – focused on understanding customer problems, challenges and potential opportunities
- Visionary – communicating the vision, future state and possibilities in ways that foster common understanding
- Experimenter – focusing on innovation, hypothesis testing and validating potential value to spark product innovation
- Influencer – communicating with and influencing stakeholders, customers and the Scrum Team to act with common purpose
- Collaborator – seeking input, ideas and feedback from others
- Decision Maker – focusing on creating maximum impact by making clear choices and decisions
This 2-day Professional Product Owner – Advanced (PSPO-A) course focuses on helping experienced practitioners expand their ability to establish a solid vision, validate their hypotheses, and ultimately deliver more value to their stakeholders. It is intended for Product Owners who are looking to grow their knowledge and abilities.
This course is an interactive, experiential workshop where attendees explore topics through a series of exercises and discussions. Students should have at least one year of Product Owner experience and practical knowledge of Scrum in order to participate in and benefit from these exercises.
Course objectives:
- Practicing Product Owners will learn different stances a Product
Owner takes in order to navigate everyday challenges.
- Attendees leave
knowing how to best identify and serve various groups of stakeholders
and what competencies are expected. In order to aid in this journey,
modern complementary practices will be introduced through discussions,
case studies, and exercises.
- Students will leave with a clear path to moving forward in their Product Owner journey.
- Gain a better understanding of how to use vision, value, and validation to create a competitive advantage for any product.
- Learn about the various types of stakeholders that Product Owners represent and how to best work with them.
- Explore the different stances that a Product Owner can take during their journey toward being a true professional Product Owner.
Assessment & Certifications
All participants completing the Professional Scrum Product Owner –
Advanced course will receive a password to attempt the Professional
Scrum Product Owner II (PSPO II) assessment. The industry-recognized
PSPO II certification requires a minimum passing score of 85%. 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.
Who should attend
The Professional Product Owner-Advanced course is an advanced course specifically designed for Product Owners and product managers who have practical experience managing or owning a product.
It is also beneficial to Scrum Masters and stakeholders who work with Product Owners. It is particularly beneficial for those with at least one year of building products with a Scrum Team.
Pre-requisites
In order to get the most value from the PSPO training course, we recommend that prior to attendance, delegates:
On-site PSPO Training
Please give us a call or drop us a line if you would like to discuss having this course delivered at your offices. It can be very beneficial for potential Product Owners to work together to gain a common understanding, vocabulary, and consistent approach within the organisation.
Understanding your products
Who are your customers?
Connecting product features to customer outcomes
Communicating the product vision and strategy
Value and pricing models
Innovation and experimentation
Stakeholders and stakeholder management
Agile governance, budgeting and contracting in relation to Scrum
Scaling the Product Owner role