Scrum Product Owner
Instructor-led Online Class
Medium of Instruction: English
Trainer Trainee Ratio: 1:15 (MAX.)
Duration: 2 Days
COURSE OVERVIEW:
Product owner is an important role in an Scrum Team. A product owner provides clarity to the team about a product’s vision and goal and decides what the team will create next in order to deliver value to all stakeholders throughout the entire product’s lifecycle.
The Product Owner is responsible for ensuring clear communication of product or service requirements to the Scrum Team, defining Acceptance Criteria, and ensuring those criteria are met.
Scrum Product Owner Certified (SPOC®), 2-days training program helps participants to learn and build good understanding about Scrum Framework and Principles, Scrum Product Owner’s core competencies (for examples managing products with purpose and strategy, managing multiple stakeholders’ needs and expectations, validating assumptions, prioritizing the Product Backlog), and set of tools and techniques required to play this role effectively.
EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOME:
- Demonstrate sound understanding of the all key aspects of the Scrum Product Owner role.
- Have a clear understanding of concepts, advantages, and challenges of the Scrum methodology.
- Understand the importance of identifying critical project stakeholders and managing them within the context of Scrum framework.
- Develop knowledge of gathering and writing requirements using user stories and creating the Product Backlog.
- Recognize traits that are strongly linked to effective engagement and communication in a multi-Scrum Teams environment.
- Critically evaluate the characteristics of effective Scrum team and understand why team fails.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
- Scrum Masters
- Business Managers
- Product Managers
- Project Managers
- Business Analysts
- Agile Business Analysts
METHODOLOGY:
- Engaging and interactive way of course material delivery is carried out using the demonstration method and real life examples and exercises.
- Recap after a lunch/coffee/day break helps participants to enhance their understanding.
- Knowledge check exercise is conducted every day before the end of the class.
Certification Option and Key Items
We are accredited to SCRUMstudy™, one of the global accreditation body for Scrum and Agile certifications.
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SCRUMstudy™ is the global accreditation body for Scrum and Agile certifications. It works through its large global partner network of Authorized Training Providers (A.T.P.s) to deliver trainings and certifications. Other Scrum Product Owner certification provided by SCRUMstudy™ includes Scaled Scrum Product Owner Certified (SSPOC™).
- SCRUMstudy™’s online live proctored exams allow you to take your certification exams from the comfort of your home using a webcam and a reliable internet connection.
- Upon successful completion of the exam you will get an online certificate and your name will be added to the SCRUMstudy™ Certification Registry.
Exam Format:
- Multiple choice
- 140 questions per exam
- 180 minutes duration
- No negative marks for wrong answers
- Online proctored exam
Exam Fee:
- No separate exam fee, included in the training cost
Exam Retake:
- 2 free exam retakes
Exam Rescheduling Policy:
- Students can can request for rescheduling in case of any situation preventing them from taking the exam on the scheduled date.
- There will be a rescheduling fee of USD 50/-
There is no formal prerequisite for this certification. However, it is recommended that you undertake SDC™ or SMC™ Courses to better understand the concepts required for SPOC™ certification exam.
1. Agile and Scrum Overview
- What is Agile?
- Why use Agile?
- The Agile Manifesto
- Principles of the Agile Manifesto
- Agile Methods
- Other Agile Methods
- Scrum Overview
- Scrum Summary
2. Scrum Roles
- Scrum Roles
- The Product Owner
- The Scrum Team
- The Scrum Master
- Advantages of Cross-functional Teams
3. Planning in Scrum
- Scrum Flow
- Requirements in Scrum
- Prioritizing the Product Backlog
- Adaptive Project Management
- Scrum Planning
- User Stories
- The Concept of Persona
- Acceptance Criteria
- Generic Done Criteria
- Criteria for a Good User Story
- Estimation
- Importance of Value
- Risk Burndown Graphics
- Scrum Board
4. Sprint Planning
- Sprints (from Product Owner's point of view)
- Sprint Planning Meeting
- Planning Game
- Task Estimation
- The Sprint Backlog
5. Implementation of Scrum
- Daily Stand-up Meeting
- Sprint Review Meeting
- Sprint Retrospective Meeting
- Product Backlog Grooming
6. Scrum for Large Projects
- Scrum for Large Projects
- The Chief Product Owner
- Distributed teams in Scrum
- Transition to Scrum
- Mapping Traditional Roles to Scrum
- Maintaining Stakeholder Involvement
- Maintaining Stakeholder Involvement
Each participant will receive the following materials via online portal:
- E-copy of SBOK® Guide
- Roles guide for SPOC™ Exam
- High quality video tutorials
- Practice questions
- Online certification exam
- The SCRUMstudy™ certificate should be renewed within three calendar years of its issue date by taking the recertification exam.
- A recertification exam is not as extensive as the certification exam and consists of only half the exam questions.
- A student can pass the Recertification exam with just a few hours of study.
Exam Format:
- Multiple choice
- 75 questions per exam
- 90 minutes duration
- No negative marks for wrong answers
- Online unproctored exam
Exam Fee:
- USD 125 (Includes access to the Scrum Developer Certified – Recertification online course for 3 months)
Exam Retake:
- 2 free retakes
