Professional Scrum Product Owner I + II Certificate for DIANA VEVERITA
Product Owner 1 & 2 Combined Interactive Course
All timings are approximate and may change depending on the flow of the course
Breaks will be added where necessary to keep the participants fresh
Day 1
Introductions & Ice Breaker - using Miro whiteboard tool
Scrum and Product Owner journey so far - a mini “retrospective”
Complexity activity to help show which way of working (eg. scrum, kanban, waterfall) is best
Morning break
There is more to agile than scrum
Agile Manifesto
Agile Principles
Agile mindset
Lunch break
Recap of Scrum concepts - values, empiricism
Whiteboard overview of scrum
Scrum activity
Deep-dive into the scrum framework
Afternoon break
Accountabilities in the Scrum Team activity
Product Owner
ScrumMaster
Developers
Other Roles
Deep dive on the Product Owner role - key accountabilities
Day 2
Product Owner accountabilities - managing stakeholders, the product vision, portfolio management, product backlogs, forecasting & planning
Stakeholder engagement and communication
User centred design
User research activity
Prototyping
Minimum viable products (MVPs)
Gathering and incorporating feedback effectively
Empiricism and working with evidence
Morning break
Product Vision
Defining and communicating the product vision
Aligning stakeholders and teams with the vision
Managing evolving product strategies
Stakeholder Collaboration
Lunch break
Portfolio Management
Identification of business value and quality
Techniques for managing conflicting interests - being objective
Portfolio planning across multiple sprints
Product Backlog
Techniques for effective backlog refinement - working with requirements
Story mapping
Afternoon break
Writing effective user stories
Splitting and refining backlog items
Adding acceptance criteria to backlog items
Overview of BDD
Collaborative techniques for backlog management
Day 3
Forecasting though Agile Estimation and Release Planning
Estimation techniques and their limitations
Velocity and capacity planning
Creating reliable release forecasts
Continuous forecasting in changing environments
Release “trains”
Morning break
Scaling Scrum
Product ownership and management in a scaled agile environment
Useful scaling artefacts and events
Synchronising work across many Scrum teams
Product dependency management
Organisational agility & team re-organisation
Lunch break
Product Owners and their Teams
Working with Development Teams
Team dynamics
Role of the Product Owner in Scrum events
Balancing self-organisation and guidance
Autonomy & alignment
Afternoon break
Real-World Application and Challenges
Case studies and real-world scenarios
Overcoming common challenges faced by Product Owners
Adaptive Product Ownership
Closing
Self reflection - “what would you do differently” activity
Course retrospective
Q&A