Certified Scrum Product Owner

The Product Owner role is critical to maximising Return on Investment from Scrum projects and is perhaps the most challenging role to fulfill. Many Product Owners come from business areas of the organisation and have limited familiarity with software development and agile methods. For these reasons, it is vitally important that Product Owners gain a solid understanding of their role and responsibilities as well as the knowledge, skills and tools to work effectively with Scrum teams.

Duration

2 Days


Audience

Current and prospective Product Owners, Business Analysts and ScrumMasters involved in coaching Product Owners. Also stakeholders and business managers involved in lobbying or supporting Product Owners.

About the Instructor

Rowan Bunning is an Australian-based Certified Scrum Trainer and is an approved trainer for the ‘Effective User Stories for Agile Requirements’, ‘Agile Estimating and Planning’ and 'Succeeding with Agile' courses licensed from Mike Cohn of Mountain Goat Software – author of the most popular books on these topics.

Course Syllabus

The Scrum Framework

  • Activities
  • Artifacts
  • Roles

Core Concepts and Culture

  • Scrum Principles
  • Values and Culture

The Product Owner Role

  • Responsibilities
  • Day-to-day Practicalities

Envisioning

  • Product Vision
  • Setting Goals
  • User Modelling

Requirements Management

  • User Stories
  • Conditions of Satisfaction
  • Defining "Done"
  • Splitting Stories

Grooming the Product Backlog

  • Prioritisation Techniques
  • Getting to "Ready"
  • Managing the Release

Planning and Review

  • Release Planning
  • Sprint Planning
  • Sprint Review

Organisational Concerns

  • Agile Product Engineering
  • Portfolio Management
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Reporting

Related Courses

  • Agile 101 using Scrum and XP
  • Agile Estimating and Planning
  • Effective User Stories for Agile Requirements
  • Certified ScrumMaster

Prerequisites

At a minimum, all participants must be familiar with the following material:


Familiarity can also be gained by attending Equinox's Agile 101 using Scrum and XP course.


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Course NameDurationPriceDatesCourse Status
Certified Scrum Product Owner2 Days$1,800No venue set 30/07/2012Scheduled

All course prices listed by Equinox are in New Zealand dollars and exclude GST.