Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner®

Requirements:

• Hold a Certified Scrum Product Owner certification from Scrum Alliance (your CSPO can be active or expired. It will renew automatically when you earn the A-CSPO)
• Validate at least 12 months of work experience specific to the product owner accountability within the past five years.
• Attend an A-CSPO course delivered by a Scrum Alliance-approved education provider.
• Complete all components of the A-CSPO course, which may include pre-course or post-course work as required by the educator.
• Accept the A-CSPO license agreement and complete your membership profile on the Scrum Alliance website.
• Maintain your A-CSPO by earning Scrum Education Units and renewing your certification every two years.

The Learning Objectives for the A-CSPO consider the following: 

• Every implementation of Scrum is different.
• Teams and organizations apply Scrum within their context, but the fundamental framework remains the same. 

The Learning Objectives for the A-CSPO are based on: 

• Scrum Guide, scrumguides.org* 
• Manifesto for Agile Software Development, four values and 12 principles, agilemanifesto.org • 
• Scrum values, https://www.scrumalliance.org/about-scrum/values • Scrum Alliance Scrum Foundations Learning Objectives • Scrum Alliance Guide Level Feedback

The A-CSPO Learning Objectives fall into the following categories: 

1. Product Owner Core Competencies 
2. Advanced Goal Setting and Planning 
3. Empathizing with Customers and Users 
4. Advanced Product Assumption Validation 
5. Product Backlog Management

The course covers:

• Balance multiple initiatives competing for your time and attention
• Manage complex backlogs
• Define more effective product visions
• Facilitate challenging discussions with stakeholders
• Identify the most valuable business opportunities