CSPO® Certification Training: Certified Scrum Product Owner®

CSPO Course Outline

• Introducing Agile Principles

  • Defining Agile values and principles
  • Contrasting Waterfall and Agile product development philosophies
  • Confronting the challenges of adopting Agile
  • Creating a cross-functional team

• Defining the Scrum Framework

  Embracing scrum

  • Defining the core Scrum Framework
  • Core Scrum team, artifacts and ceremonies

  Adapting traditional business process to Scrum

  • Applying core Scrum Values
  • Leveraging checks and balances

• Scrum Ceremonies and Artifacts

  Defining the core scrum artifacts

  • Creating the Product Backlog
  • Implementing the Sprint Backlog
  • Defining the Definition of Done
  • Developing potentially shippable product increment

  The core scrum ceremonies

  • Product Backlog
  • Sprint Planning meeting
  • Daily Scrum
  • Demonstrating products in Sprint Reviews
  • Participating in the Sprint Retrospective

• Defining the Product Owner Role

  Becoming accountable for product success

  • Holding the product vision and strategy
  • Integrating Agile and Waterfall Teams
  • Estimating product scope and delivery

  Communicating throughout the organisation

  • Engaging Stakeholders, customers and end users in product development and delivery
  • Developing positive and strong working relationships with Scrum teams
  • Tracking, managing and communicating through the right Agile metrics

• Building your Product Backlog

  Creating a product vision

  • Leveraging your customers and users
  • Distinguishing between product vision and product strategy
  • Articulating clear and measurable outcomes
  • Validating and revising your product vision through research
  • Constructing a cover story or vision box

  Building and refining the Product Backlog

  • Building the Product Backlog
  • Continuously refining and ordering the Product Backlog
  • Turning ideas into action

  Prioritising the Product Backlog

  • Ranking Product Backlog item priority at the release, product and project level
  • Utilising MoSCoW and other prioritisation techniques
  • Applying the Pareto principle to release planning
  • Identifying high-priority items for sprint planning

• Owning the Product Backlog

  Developing the Product Backlog

  • Evolving product requirements with stakeholder engagement
  • Developing products with progressive elaboration
  • Decomposing epics, features and stories
  • Defining appropriate acceptance criteria

  Refining the Product Backlog

  • Sizing user stories, features and epics
  • Estimating business value through relative measurement
  • Continually refining and reordering your Product Backlog

• Developing a Product Roadmap

  Planning for long-term product success

  • Comparing Agile product release strategies
  • Adapting to changing requirements
  • Focusing on continuous program, product/project improvement

  Refining product delivery

  • Comparing iterative and incremental delivery
  • Releasing products with Minimal Marketable Features
  • Facilitating frequent product release