Certified Scrum Product Owner Responsibility on working with the user group to find the features that will be included in the product release

Course details

Module 1: Scrum Basics

• Understand the Scrum Flow, the core components of the Scrum framework, and the Scrum vocabulary
• Understand the principles/legs of empirical process control
• Understand the work culture Scrum creates

Module 2: Roles & Responsibilities

• Understand the scope of the Product Owner, ScrumMaster and the team role in detail
• Understand why there is no project manager and no agile product manager

Module 3: Product Vision

• Understand the importance of having the product vision as an overarching goal galvanizing the entire Scrum team
• Understand the desirable qualities of the vision and how it can be shaped
• Understand the importance of carrying out just enough prep work
• Understand the relationship between vision and product roadmap

Module 4: Estimating

• Understand the different estimation levels in Scrum
• Understand that the accuracy of an estimate is more important than the precision of the estimate
• Understand that estimates of size and duration can be done separately
• Understand the impact of pressuring team members to provide low estimates
• Understand the difference between estimating and committing

Module 5: Product Backlog

• Understand what the product backlog is, and what it is not
• Understand product backlog grooming

Module 6: Prioritizing

• Understand the importance and benefits of prioritizing the product backlog
• Understand the implications of saying everything is mandatory
• Understand who should have input into prioritization decisions
• Understand that proper prioritization of a product backlog is based on multiple factors
• Understand and know how to apply formal approaches to prioritizing (i.e. beyond just ‘gut feel’ or intuition)
• Understand how much latitude to give a team in adjusting the sequence of work

Module 7: Release Management

• Understand the goals and how-tos of release planning
• Understand that planning is adaptive, iterative and collaborative
• Understand why quality is frozen and the concept of technical debt
• Understand why software should be released early and frequently
• Understand and measure velocity
• Understand release burndown charts
• Understand how a release plan can help predict the future

Module 8: Sprints

• Understand the product owner’s role in Scrum meetings, and how the Product Owner and Team collaborate
• Understand why sprints are timeboxed and protected
• Understand the concept of sustainable pace
• Understand team commitment