Professional Scrum Product Owner

The Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO) training is a two-day course that addresses the theory and principles of Product Ownership and Scrum. The use of Scrum both within and outside of software development is still growing. The focus for this course is knowing and applying the power of Scrum as a Product Owner. The aim of this course and how we teach it is to help you effectively put Scrum & product management theory to practice.

After this course, you will know what Scrum is (and isn’t), what the responsibilities of a Product Owner are (and aren’t) and how to start applying it in your organization and team.

What is Included:

• Two attempts for the Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO) I certification exam (if taken within 14 days of the course)
• Two Professional Scrum Trainers!! - We bring all our years of experience working from small start ups to large corporations, helping them to implement Scrum and overcome the challenges that they faced.
• $ 100 discount for the PSPO II certification exam
• 14 PDUs from the Project Management Institute and 14 SEUs of the Scrum Alliance
• Electronic copy of the course materials
• "From the Trenches" real life experience of  working in Scrum and other teams.

PLUS

When you attend any Scrum.org Professional Scrum course delivered by Andy or Me, We are offering a complimentary coaching session in which together we can help identify areas that you feel you would benefit from understanding further. You'll get to choose what we discuss.

So if you're feeling like you'd like to explore how you can grow in your role, career, or in your life in general, here is a unique opportunity for you. 

Course Overview

The Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO) is a 2-day course that focuses on being a professional Product Owner. Being a professional Product Owner encompasses more than writing requirements or managing a Product Backlog.

Product Owners need to have a concrete understanding of all product management aspects, including but not limited to product ownership, that drives value from their products.

The PSPO is the cutting-edge course for Product Owners, Agile product managers and anyone responsible for a product’s success in the market. In this course, students will develop and solidify their knowledge of being a Product Owner through instruction and team based exercises. The breadth of the role’s responsibilities in delivering a successful product will become more clear from an Agile perspective. Metrics are identified to track the creation of value and the successful delivery of the product to the marketplace.

The PSPO course is much more than just a set of slides and an instructor. In this course, students work on real-life cases with other classmates together as a team. This course is made up of discussions and hands-on exercises.

Who Should Attend?

The PSPO course may be interesting to all involved in software development upon the Scrum framework but has been specifically conceived for those responsible for products from a business and product management perspective and taking up the highly accountable role of Scrum Product Owner.

Focus and Learning Objectives

Agile Product Management

• How Product Ownership and Product Development within Scrum relate to Product Management

Value Driven Development

• Explore the Product Owner as a "Value Maximiser", the traits & skills of a Product Owner

Scrum Principles & Empiricism

• Gain an understanding of complexity in software environments; How empiricism controls risk, and provides predictability in complex environments.

The Scrum Framework

• Explore the Scrum Framework and how each, Event, Role and Artifact relates to each other. Experience the role of the Product Owner in the Scrum framework, working with Development Teams

Product Backlog Management

• The core function of the Product Backlog; techniques for sizing the Product Backlog, different ways to show progress of a sprint plan. Describe why the Product Backlog is the only source of planned work for the Development and identify techniques for ordering, organising, and sizing a Product Backlog

Release Management

• Explore how and when to do Release Planning; explain the purpose of velocity, how to forecast with empirical data, summarise how agile funding and trust effects how far ahead a product owner needs to plan.

Preparation in Advance

Attendees make the most of the class if they:

• Have studied the Scrum Guide (required).
• Have passed the Scrum Open assessment.
• Have a solid understanding of Scrum either through working on a Scrum Team, or through having taken part in a Professional Scrum Foundations or similar course.
• Have been on or are closely involved in building or enhancing a software product or application using Scrum.

Assessment

All participants who complete the Professional Scrum Product Owner course receive a key to take the PSPO I certification exam. The certification exam is done online; After the course, all students receive a key to take the exam, which  consists of 80 questions and a duration of 60 minutes .

Unlike other Scrum certifications that require only class attendance, Scrum.org certification requires a minimum score on an online assessment. This gives Scrum.org certification teeth and ensures that it has true value in the marketplace.

No Renewal Costs 

Professional Scrum certifications are yours for life with no renewal costs to retain them. Once you pass the assessment, you will retain that certification, you will be listed on the Scrum.org website and remain there forever with no additional future costs.

Scrum Certifications

Professional Scrum Product Owner I

People who have passed PSPO I, achieving certification, demonstrate a fundamental level of Product Owner mastery. PSPO I certificate holders prove that they understand Scrum and Product Ownership as described in the Scrum Guide and the concepts of applying Scrum.

The industry-recognised PSPO certification require a minimum passing score on these rigorous assessments.

(included In the price of the course - normally $200)

Professional Scrum Product Owner II

People who have passed PSPO II, achieving certification, demonstrate an advanced level of  Product Ownership. They wish to demonstrate their ability to apply the Scrum framework to solving complex problems regarding product ownership in the real world.

Those that pass the assessment will receive the industry recognised PSPO II Certification as an indication of their advanced knowledge and abilities pertaining to Scrum and the role of the Scrum Product Owner.

After This Training

You will:

• Understand what the responsibilities of a Product Owner are;
• Understand the necessity for Agility in product management;
• Know more about value-driven development;
• Understand the principles, values and elements that make Scrum work;
• Be able to navigate complexity with empiricism in the form of Product Backlog management, stakeholder management and several tools and practices;
• Understand the importance of ‘done’ Increments and releasing them to enable value and feedback.

About Steve

 Steve is an experienced Scrum Master and Professional Scrum Trainer with 20 years plus of experience in delivering complex products in many different business sectors. He started his career as a software developer, working for Nestle before moving on to work for Sky building applications & websites for many of the English Premier League football teams.

Previously being a developer, Steve has worked in various teams (Scrum and none Scrum) so comes packed with real-life stories. From Start-Ups building the next social media network, up to large corporations handling thousands of transactions a second. If you want to learn from someone who has been there, then Steve would be able to share experiences to help you on your way.

In May 2004 and after spending 6 months working on a very demanding & soul destroying project Steve decided to look for a better way to deliver products. It was either that or leave the industry. This led him to look into Agile approaches and in particular Scrum - his aim was to know to empower teams and individuals to make the right choices at the appropriate time.

Over 16 years later on from 2004, Steve's focus is still on helping individuals & teams to reach their full potential through professional development coaching and professional training.

About Andy

Andy is a highly experienced Professional Scrum Trainer with Scrum.org and a Professional Kanban Trainer with ProKanban. He wrote the book "Applying Scrum with Kanban"... so he knows a few things or two.

Andy's career has taken him on a journey from late 90’s web development through professional organisations such as Nokia and IBM to now, where Andy is a professional trainer, coach and consultant. Along the way Andy learned XP, Scrum and Kanban ‘hands-on’, through leading teams of people developing complicated solutions in complex product and service delivery environments.

Andy now works with teams of people at every level to help them work smarter towards achieving their goals. Whether that's through professional personal and group coaching; or coaching Kanban with Professional Scrum, it's always based upon client and customer outcomes in mind.

Andy also has a family with two little boys and a dog called Rocky in Bristol, as you can well imagine, that keeps him pretty busy one way or another.