Advanced Certified Product Owner (A-CSPO)

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Course Overview

A-CSPO Course

In this in-depth two-day interactive course, participants will enhance their product owner skills for the implementation of Scrum by learning strategies and tactics to improve the adoption, engagement, and value of Scrum within their company or organization. Distinguish yourself in the global marketplace and show advanced value to your organization as a highly trained Agile professional. The course is designed and taught by Certified Scrum Trainer partners with extensive knowledge of the principles and values of Scrum.

This course will earn you 16 PDUs | 16 CDUs | 16 SEUs

Advanced Certified Product Owner (A-CSPO) Course Overview

Learning Objectives

Manage multiple business initiatives from competing stakeholders
Prioritize the order and express Product Backlog items
Build a clear product vision that ensures your product remains focused on the features your customers and end users will use
Effectively communicate with various stakeholder groups to achieve alignment
Define and validate business value

COURSE AGENDA

A-CSPO Exam Prep Curriculum

This class is open to anyone looking to advance their CSPO skills and has met the following requirements: 1) an active Scrum Alliance CSPO certification 2) completed the A-CSPO course via a Scrum Alliance-approved trainer 3) at least 12 months of documented experience in the past five years as a ScrumMaster.

Certification Requirements

There are no prerequisites for this course. However, you must meet requirements in order to sit for the exam.

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Anti-patterns
PO skills, qualities, and attributes
PO in the real world
Agile Analysts
Understanding Stakeholders & Personas

Divergent vs convergent thinking
Listing techniques
Coming to consensus
Defining key terms
Complete agile planning

7 deadly sins of technical debt
The agile umbrella
Technical practices
PO with multiple teams
Feat vs component teams
Managing dependencies

Extreme Programming
Dynamic Systems Development Method
Feature Driven Development
Lean & Kanban

Project & roadmap level WIP
Team WIP limits and Little’s Law
Individual WIP & Kanban Boards

Scaled Agile Framework
Large Scale Scrum
Scrum at Scale
Enterprise Scrum
Disciplined Agile Delivery

The art of the agile press release
Business model, value proposition canvas
Lean canvas
Story Points and Estimation
Roadmapping and rapid release planning

Product discovery techniques
User story mapping
Cognitive bias
Assumptions vs hypothesis
Outcome over output
Defining value

Advanced backlog creation
Advanced product backlog refinement
Personal and professional development

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The facilitator is a true pro. His instruction was phenomenal. He knows the content, uses it in his own life, and is extremely positive and motivating.

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This has been the best course yet! It has helped me with a personal discovery about how I do things and communicate with others, and how I can evolve.

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What Our Students Are Saying

5.0

The facilitator is a true pro. His instruction was phenomenal. He knows the content, uses it in his own life, and is extremely positive and motivating.

5.0

This has been the best course yet! It has helped me with a personal discovery about how I do things and communicate with others, and how I can evolve.

5.0

The course was AWESOME! The instructor worked very hard to engage everyone...it was wildly different than other experiences I've had, in a positive way!

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