Certified Scrum Product Owner ® (CSPO) - (Exam Included) flexipass: afternoon/evening

Maximise product value and improve your product ownership skills

• Guaranteed to run: Live sessions on specified dates
• CSPO certification training delivered by recognised certified Scrum trainers
• Free access to Agile and Scrum courses worth GBP 400
• Two-year membership in Scrum Alliance® included
• Get trained for the Scrum Alliance® Certified Scrum Product Owner certification

Course Overview for CSPO Certification

Elevate your product expertise with our intensive CSPO training by global CSTs. Master Scrum, prioritise features and increase customer satisfaction. Learn through activities, simulations and real-world case studies. Unlock career growth with higher salaries, leadership opportunities and a fulfilling journey as a product owner.

Skills covered

• Scrum and Agile frameworks
• Leadership skills to manage Agile teams
• Product ownership
• Planning of releases
• Release management
• Stakeholder management
• Product testing

Course Objectives

At the end of the CSPO - Certified Scrum Product Owner training, you will be able to:

• Implement Scrum and Agile methodology
• Describe the importance of Agile
• Implement Scrum projects in a team
• Adopt Scrum and Agile best practices

Course Curriculum

1) Agile Foundations

• Agile Manifesto
• Why Agile
• Agile values
• Agile principles

2) Project mindset Vs product mindset

• Explanation and insights on mindset transformation

3) Overview of Scrum

• Theory of Scrum
• Empiricism

4) Product owner insights

• Rights and obligations of the product owner
• Product owner characteristics
• Product owner & decision making, tools, techniques
  - Product owner dynamics with stakeholders, developers and ScrumMaster
  - Product owner role in the sprint
  - Product owner anti-patterns

5) Product discovery

• Understanding customers and users: Empathy/persona mapping
• Techniques for impact mapping
• Agile product planning
• Product vision
• Product roadmap
• Product releases Sprints

6) Additional topics

• Prioritisation/ordering techniques
• Product backlog: Attributes, characteristics, estimation (size)
• Refining the product backlog
• User stories and sharing techniques
• Release planning and tracking
• Validation of hypotheses and assumptions through sprints

5) Product discovery

• Understanding customers and users: Empathy/persona mapping
• Techniques for impact mapping
• Agile product planning
• Product vision
• Product roadmap
• Product releases Sprints

6) Additional topics

• Prioritisation/ordering techniques
• Product backlog: attributes, characteristics, estimation (size)
• Refinement of the product backlog
• User stories and sharing techniques
• Release planning and tracking
• Validation of hypotheses and assumptions through sprints

7) Bonus topic

• Tracking Progress: Release Burn Down Chart (not part of Scrum)/Velocity

What is the format of the Certified Scrum Product Owner exam?

There is no official exam for the Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) certification. You need to complete the training course and gain practical experience by working with Scrum scenarios in the real world.

For Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO) certification, you need to pass the exam with around 85% marks to get certified. The format of the PSPO exam is as follows:

• It is a one-hour exam with 80 sections
• The question format includes MCQ, true/false and multiple choice questions

Who issues the CSPO certification?

The Scrum Alliance, a non-profit membership organisation that supports the adoption and effective use of Scrum, offers CSPO certification. You can check out the Scrum Alliance website for more information.

Will missing a lesson affect my ability to complete the course?

No, missing a lesson in real time will not affect your ability to complete the course. With our "flexi-learn" feature, you can watch the recorded session of a missed class at your convenience. This allows you to stay up to date with the course content and fulfil the necessary requirements to progress and obtain your certificate. Simply visit the AVC learning platform, select the missed class and watch the recording to have your attendance marked.

What are the roles and responsibilities of a Certified Scrum Product Owner?

Here are some of the most common responsibilities of CSPOs:

• Create and discuss the product goals with the Scrum team
• Develop and order items for the product backlog and discuss them with the agile teams
• Ensure that the product backlog is always visible and understood by everyone in the team
• Determine the features of a product
• Ensure product delivery is on time and within the allocated budget
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure product meets customer requirements
• Act as a liaison between stakeholders and the development team
• Ensure that the product vision is translated into actionable tasks

Deliver the training

Globally recognised and experienced Certified Scrum Trainers (CST) will deliver the sessions in a virtual classroom format.

Prerequisites

No prior knowledge is necessary to attend the Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO®) training course. In addition, it is helpful to have a strong understanding of the basic principles of Scrum to understand the role of the product owner in a business context.