Certified Scrum Product Owner Discover the benefits of Scrum in this two-day immersion into Agile Product Management. This course is full of practical, real world techniques that you can implement immediately at your workplace. You will gain a better understanding of all of the advantages Scrum has to offer in your organization. Hands-on exercises demonstrate key concepts and let you experience the benefits of Scrum firsthand. Receive a free ipad to use key apps as part of class, and then take it home. It's yours to keep! What Students Learn Properly align your development efforts around building the highest business value features first Effectively and efficiently incorporate new insights into the product during the project lifecycle Seed a product backlog to quickly establish enough backlog items Demonstrate how to write user stories to clearly articulate the who, what, and the how Relatively estimate backlog items to factor in implementation complexity Quickly assess business value and establish an initial priority for the backlog items in your product backlog Key meetings in Scrum to verify what is happening, before, during, and after each sprint Determine a good user story from a bad one and create a better product backlog Ensure that the right features are being implemented for the right reasons at the right time Demonstrate how to track development team progress and make more informed prioritization decisions and forecast possible release dates Gain organizational trust and improve your team's reputation for on-time and on-budget delivery by setting them up for frequent successes Rapidly respond to changing market conditions and increase customer satisfaction and time-to-market delivery 1
Who Needs to Attend Technical professionals associated with product specification, design, development, and testing Product managers and business analysts Functional managers, operational managers, and directors Project sponsors IT managers, directors, vice presidents, CIOs, and CTOs Anyone interested in learning the benefits of Scrum for product management Prerequisites There are no prerequisites for this course. Follow-On Courses Any Scrum or Agile course Course Outline 1. Introduction Where Do You Stand Standing Survey Learning Objectives 2. Scrum's History Origins of Agile and Scrum Agile Umbrella Agile Manifesto Market Share Scrum Alliance 3. Scrum Usage Think and Write 2
Types of Work Defined Process Control Empirical Process Control 4. Values Scrum Leadership Based on Five Values 5. Scrum Framework Scrum Process Agile and Scrum Concepts 6. Roles and Responsibilities Team Product Owner ScrumMaster Pair Share 7. Scrum Simulation 8. Product Vision Create a Compelling Vision Statement to Guide Your Team 9. User Roles and Personas User Roles Personas 10. Backlog Seeding Product Backlog Iceberg 3
11. User Stories Documenting Product Backlog Items Acceptance Criteria 12. Relative Estimation Complexity of Implementing a Specific Backlog Item Planning Poker 13. Assessing Business Value MoSCoW Rules 14. Ceremonies in Scrum Sprint Sprint Planning "The What" Sprint Planning "The How" Daily Scrum Sprint Review Sprint Retrospective 15. User Story Writing Workshop Good vs. Bad User Story INVEST Criteria for Good User Stories Best Practices 16. Advanced Prioritization Priority Kano Analysis Financial Models Advanced Prioritization Techniques 4
Fire Fighting Pair Share 17. Tracking Team Progress Velocity Burn-Up Charts Burn-Down Charts Information Radiators Scrum Boards Beat the Clock 18. Additional Ceremonies Product Road-Mapping o Company Milestones o Market Timing o Technology Architecture Product Road Map Example Release Planning Cadence Release Plan Example The Planning Onion Backlog Grooming Estimating Pass that Question 19. Product Box 20. Areas to Watch Gaining Consensus Technical Debt Definition of "Done" 5
Abnormal Sprints Scrum "Buts" Scrum Smells 21. The Scrum Café or Open Space Technologies Labs Exercise 1: Buy a Feature In this collaborative group approach to prioritization, explore the concept of assessing business value and gaining consensus. Exercise 2: Agile Principles The founding fathers of agile defined 12 principles that characterize an agile environment. Discover what they are, which are most important, and how your organization may be challenged to adopt them. Exercise 3: Defined and Empirical Work Analyze types of work and choose several that are suited for defined and empirical process control. Exercise 5: Agile and Scrum Concepts Find out what you remember about agile and Scrum terms in this groupbased exercise. Exercise 6-1: Product Owner Deep Dive In this detailed case study, put yourself in the shoes of the product owner and determine the best course of action. Exercise 6-2: Manager/Employee In this minor physical challenge, experience the difference between command, control, and servant leadership. Exercise 6-3: Fact or Crap Play this card-based game in a group to reinforce your understanding of the roles and responsibilities in Scrum. Exercise 7: Scrum Simulation Instructions Learn the topic of your Scrum simulation and define roles within your team. 6
Exercise 8: Create a Product Vision Statement With the help of your stakeholders, develop a compelling vision statement to guide your team. Exercise 9-1: Identifying User Roles Identify the user roles of your product. Exercise 9-2: Develop a Persona Develop a persona for your product. Exercise 11: Seed the Product Backlog With the help of your stakeholders, author user stories (with acceptance criteria) to support your product vision. Exercise 12: Chinese Zodiac Points Walking one-by-one through the animals of the Chinese zodiac, relatively rank them by physical size. Exercise 13: Prioritize Your Product Backlog Utilizing MoSCoW rules, assess business value and rank your product backlog. Exercise 15: User Story Writing Workshop Learn how to apply the latest techniques in group collaboration, silent working, and driving innovative thinking. Exercise 16: Reprioritize the Product Backlog Apply your favorite technique for assessing business value and reprioritize your product backlog. Exercise 17: Ball Points In this minor physical challenge, experience the difference between estimated and actual velocity. Exercise 18-1: Create a Product Road Map Map out your products future six to nine months in advance. Exercise 18-2: Create a Release Plan Plan when you will release your product's "potentially shippable product increments" to your customers and end users. 7
Exercise 19: Product Box Identify product features that are exciting to your customers by designing the product box. Exercise 21: The Scrum Café or Open Space Technologies Utilizing one of these innovative frameworks, you will have the opportunity to explore the deepest questions on Scrum. 8