Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner®

Who Should Attend?

• Individuals who have been in the Scrum Product Owner role for at least 12 months
• IT Leadership (Managers/Directors/VPs/CIOs/CTOs)
• Project Managers

Prerequisites

Anyone is welcome to take this course, however, to receive your Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner (A-CSPO™) you need to:

• Have a current Certified Scrum Product Owner Certification (CSPO)
• Complete the two-day Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner (A-CSPO)
• Have at least 12 months of experience within the last 5 years that you demonstrate by updating the experience on your Scrum Alliance Profile

Class Learning Objectives

1. To explain Agile and Lean Values and Principles, so that I can better appreciate Scrum
2. Examine the Product Owner role, so that I can develop my Product Owner skills.
3. Explore ways to identify my Stakeholders, so that I do not miss any important Stakeholders.
4. Facilitate Stakeholder discussions, so that we can build consensus.
5. Understand Technical Debt, so that I can work with my development team to maximize value.
6. Understand the different ways I can scale my product and agility so that I can maximize value for my Stakeholders.
7. Understand Product Strategy, so that I can evolve it over time to meet customer expectations.
8. Work with my Stakeholders to iteratively build and release my product, so that I am meeting Stakeholder expectations.
9. Explore product discovery, so that I can understand the most important things to build.
10. Test product assumptions, so that I can build the right thing.
11. Understand outcome versus output, so that we can focus on building the least output for the maximum outcome.
12. Refine my Product Backlog, so that there are items ready for the team to work.
13. Understand areas that my organization may struggle with, so that I can brainstorm solutions with the class.

Benefits

The Braintrust Consulting Group is one of the leading Agile trainers in the U.S. Utilizing the latest brain science research, Braintrust uniquely facilitates this advanced course as a deeper, more intensive Product Owner program developed specifically for practicing Product Owners. We help you take your Product Owner skills to the next level. Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner (A-CSPO℠) picks up where Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) left off in your journey to becoming a Certified Scrum Professional. In the Advanced Certified Product Owner (A-CSPO℠), you’ll be focused on exploring ways to work with your stakeholder and product, applying that knowledge to release successful product increments to your stakeholders.

• Learn while not being bored and having fun
• Retain more information because of our unique hands-on approach; based on the latest research into brain science
• Be entertained by stories from our real-world experienced and knowledgeable instructors
• Manage multiple business initiatives from competing stakeholders and define and validate business value
• Define a clear product vision that ensures your product remains focused on the features of your customers and end users will actually use and communicate effectively with various stakeholder groups to achieve alignment
• Maximize investments already made by gaining valuable Scrum Educational Units (SEUs) and Professional Development Units (PDUs)
• Increase your personal worth within your company and in the marketplace

Takeaways

• Easy-to-use reminders of Scrum
  • Printed class manual
  • Scrum reference card
  • Copy of the Braintrust book Scrum for the Rest of Us
• 16 SEUs/PDUs/CDUs
• Fulfill one of the requirements for the Certified Scrum Professional®-Product Owner (CSP®-PO)