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<!DOCTYPE FL_Course SYSTEM "https://www.flane.de/dtd/fl_course095.dtd"><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://www.fastlanetraining.ca/css/xml-course.xsl"?><course productid="22827" language="en" source="https://www.fastlanetraining.ca/xml-course/scrum-scrumpo" lastchanged="2023-09-20T15:46:52-04:00" parent="https://www.fastlanetraining.ca/xml-courses"><title>Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) Workshop</title><productcode>SCRUMPO</productcode><vendorcode>SC</vendorcode><vendorname>scrum.org</vendorname><fullproductcode>SC-SCRUMPO</fullproductcode><version>1</version><objective>&lt;p&gt;In this Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) Course, you will:
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Explain the Fundamental accountabilities of a Product Owner&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Maximize the value of a product resulting from the work of the Scrum Team&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Work with stakeholders to provide transparency towards Product Goals and understand the value of Scrum&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Understand customers and users, working to connect them directly to Developers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create and maintain the Product Backlog whilst developing and communicating the Product Goal&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Understand your Product Owner responsibilities within the Scrum Inspect and Adapt Events&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Understand how to offer greater transparency with the use of a clear vision, key artifacts, and commitments&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the relationship between outcome and output.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</objective><essentials>&lt;p&gt;This class is suitable for those who are responsible for setting product direction on a Scrum project. While current Certified ScrumMasters are welcome to attend, this class should not be considered as a next step after taking the CSM Class, but instead
should be viewed as an alternative to the CSM Class.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Please note: This course has an Attendance and Virtual Camera Requirement
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Attendance is required throughout the duration of this course. Instructors will verify each student&amp;#039;s attendance and participation to ensure course completion.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Webcam usage is required by all students&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</essentials><audience>&lt;p&gt;Technical professionals associated with the specification, design, development and testing of products will benefit from this two-day program. Some of the professionals this will benefit include:
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Product Owners&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Product Managers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Business Analysts&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Functional/Operational Managers/Directors&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Project Sponsors&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;IT Leadership (Managers/Directors/VPs/CIOs/CTO)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Anyone interested in learning the benefits of Scrum for Product Management&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</audience><outline>&lt;h4&gt;Part 1: Product Owner Core Competencies&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Product Owner in different organizations&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Demonstrate progress on Goals to Stakeholders&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Gathering insights&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Product Owner Interaction with Scrum teams&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Product Ownership of Multiple teams&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Owning the Product backlog&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Collaborating with the Scrum team&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Part 2: Goal Setting and Planning&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Defining Value&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Product Visions and Product Goals&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Creating a Sprint Goal&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Product Planning and Release Planning&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identifying small valuable increments&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Part 3: Understanding Customers and Users&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Product Discovery&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Segmenting Customers and users&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Conflicting customer needs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Defining Product Outcomes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Connecting developers to users&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Part 4: Validating Product Assumptions&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Validating Product Assumptions in Scrum&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Approaches to validate assumptions&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Part 5: Working the Product Backlog&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Outcome vs Output&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Maximizing outcomes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Product Economics&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describing and measuring value&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Creating Product Backlogs, Product Goals, and Product Backlog Items&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Refining a Product Backlog&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Part 6: Scrum Theory&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Empiricism and the three empirical pillars&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Benefits of an Iterative and Incremental approach&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The Scrum Framework&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Scrum Values&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Scrum alignment to the Agile Manifesto&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Part 7: Scrum Teams&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The responsibilities of the Scrum Team&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The responsibilities of the Product Owner, Developers, and Scrum Master&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Working with Stakeholders&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Working with multiple teams&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Part 8: Scrum events and activities&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Benefits of Timeboxing&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Purpose of a Sprint&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Define and perform Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Product Backlog Refinement&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Part 9: Artifacts and commitments&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Purpose of the Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The commitments of Product Goals, Sprint Goals, and Definition of Done&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Product Backlog emergence&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Attributes of a Product Backlog&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Sprint and Increment relationship&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Evolution of a Definition of Done&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</outline><objective_plain>In this Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) Course, you will:



- Explain the Fundamental accountabilities of a Product Owner
- Maximize the value of a product resulting from the work of the Scrum Team
- Work with stakeholders to provide transparency towards Product Goals and understand the value of Scrum
- Understand customers and users, working to connect them directly to Developers
- Create and maintain the Product Backlog whilst developing and communicating the Product Goal
- Understand your Product Owner responsibilities within the Scrum Inspect and Adapt Events
- Understand how to offer greater transparency with the use of a clear vision, key artifacts, and commitments
- Describe the relationship between outcome and output.</objective_plain><essentials_plain>This class is suitable for those who are responsible for setting product direction on a Scrum project. While current Certified ScrumMasters are welcome to attend, this class should not be considered as a next step after taking the CSM Class, but instead
should be viewed as an alternative to the CSM Class.

Please note: This course has an Attendance and Virtual Camera Requirement



- Attendance is required throughout the duration of this course. Instructors will verify each student's attendance and participation to ensure course completion.
- Webcam usage is required by all students</essentials_plain><audience_plain>Technical professionals associated with the specification, design, development and testing of products will benefit from this two-day program. Some of the professionals this will benefit include:



- Product Owners
- Product Managers
- Business Analysts
- Functional/Operational Managers/Directors
- Project Sponsors
- IT Leadership (Managers/Directors/VPs/CIOs/CTO)
- Anyone interested in learning the benefits of Scrum for Product Management</audience_plain><outline_plain>Part 1: Product Owner Core Competencies


- Product Owner in different organizations
- Demonstrate progress on Goals to Stakeholders
- Gathering insights
- Product Owner Interaction with Scrum teams
- Product Ownership of Multiple teams
- Owning the Product backlog
- Collaborating with the Scrum team
Part 2: Goal Setting and Planning


- Defining Value
- Product Visions and Product Goals
- Creating a Sprint Goal
- Product Planning and Release Planning
- Identifying small valuable increments
Part 3: Understanding Customers and Users


- Product Discovery
- Segmenting Customers and users
- Conflicting customer needs
- Defining Product Outcomes
- Connecting developers to users
Part 4: Validating Product Assumptions


- Validating Product Assumptions in Scrum
- Approaches to validate assumptions
Part 5: Working the Product Backlog


- Outcome vs Output
- Maximizing outcomes
- Product Economics
- Describing and measuring value
- Creating Product Backlogs, Product Goals, and Product Backlog Items
- Refining a Product Backlog
Part 6: Scrum Theory


- Empiricism and the three empirical pillars
- Benefits of an Iterative and Incremental approach
- The Scrum Framework
- Scrum Values
- Scrum alignment to the Agile Manifesto
Part 7: Scrum Teams


- The responsibilities of the Scrum Team
- The responsibilities of the Product Owner, Developers, and Scrum Master
- Working with Stakeholders
- Working with multiple teams
Part 8: Scrum events and activities


- Benefits of Timeboxing
- Purpose of a Sprint
- Define and perform Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective
- Product Backlog Refinement
Part 9: Artifacts and commitments


- Purpose of the Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment
- The commitments of Product Goals, Sprint Goals, and Definition of Done
- Product Backlog emergence
- Attributes of a Product Backlog
- Sprint and Increment relationship
- Evolution of a Definition of Done</outline_plain><duration unit="d" days="2">2 days</duration><pricelist><price country="US" currency="USD">995.00</price><price country="CA" currency="CAD">1375.00</price></pricelist><miles/></course>