Certified Scrum Product Owner®

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Instructor Bio

Anu is the President and Founder of Capala Consulting Group, LLC where she specializes in Executive coaching and Agile Transformations. She is also an Enterprise Agile Coach and Certified Scrum Trainer® - providing education and coaching, consulting services to clients across the United States. An IT professional with over 25 years of industry experience, Anu holds a Master’s degree in Psychology from Osmania University in India and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Bowling Green State University, Ohio.

 Anu has extensive experience with large scale agile transformations, integral to the success of the likes of Capital One through her training and coaching expertise. She has specialized in leadership coaching and large group facilitation. Anu has established internal agile coaching Centers of Excellence for several clients to allow self-sustained coaching of their agile transformations. She has developed a coaching program specifically designed for evolving organizational leaders. Anu speaks frequently at conferences both nationally and internationally on Product Ownership and Group Facilitation Techniques.

 Anu is passionate about coaching and training others, dedicated to helping to achieve professional and personal success. She is also committed to improving the agile community through several activities. She is an active member of the larger Scrum and Agile community and enjoys giving back via volunteering at various conferences. She is also a Program Advisor to the Scrum Alliance Events group as they plan, organize and coordinate various conferences, retreats and meetups around the world.

As a CSPO class participant, I want...

• to describe the Scrum framework, so that I can clearly comprehend the Scrum process.
• I want to describe the roles and responsibilities in Scrum, so that I can understand who does what.
• I want to do a Scrum simulation; so that I have a real-world example to base the class exercises on.
• I want to demonstrate how to create a product vision statement, so that I can establish a guiding light for the product, with the help of my stakeholders.
• I want to demonstrate how to create a product roadmap, so that I can chart a course for the team and help build consensus with my stakeholders. 
• I want to demonstrate how to establish user roles and personas, so that I can ensure that I don’t miss an important stakeholder’s business need.
• I want to understand story mapping, so that I can walk my stakeholders through my product and avoid missing some major functionality.
• I want to understand how to test product assumptions, so that I build what my customers truly need.
• I want to explain how to create a product backlog, so that I can quickly establish enough backlog items so that the team can start sprinting.
• I want to demonstrate how to write user stories, so that I can clearly articulate the who, what, and why behind a backlog item. 
• I want to demonstrate how to quickly assess business value, so that I can establish an initial priority for the backlog items in my product backlog.
• I want to list several ways to order (prioritize) my product backlog, so that I can determine the best approach for the situation at hand.
• I want to refine my product backlog, so that it is ready for sprint planning.
• I want to demonstrate how to create a release plan, so that I can determine the best time to put the product increment in my stakeholders’ hands.
• I want understand my role as a Product Owner during the sprint, so that I know how I can best support my team.
• I want to list areas where we might get into trouble, so that I know what to look out for as my organization implements Scrum.

• Product Managers/Business Analysts
• Functional/Operational Managers
• Project Sponsors
• IT Leadership (Managers/Directors/VPs/CIOs/CTOs)
• Anyone interested in learning the benefits of Scrum