Scrum Product Owner with PSPO I Certification (SG)

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26 JUN Wed 2019

9:00 AM

28 JUN Fri 2019

6:00 PM

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why innovation!

Course Overview

This course focuses on the responsibilities of the Product Owner. It explains the key points of the Product Owner’s mission: define the product vision, its content and values for the customers and the company. This course will also cover the different techniques on how to interact with customer representatives and development teams, ensuring a continuous feedback and a value-added result. The training is concluded with Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO I) exam, provided by scrum.org. This body of certification was created in 2009 by Ken Schwaber, one of the founders of Scrum.

Course Objectives

The course is based on an interactive approach in which trainees will learn how to establish the software product vision and road map that will support iterative strategy – balancing business value and technical risks. Exercises, case studies and examples are used to assist the participants to develop the knowledge, skills, capabilities and insights to make the shift from the traditional practices to agile product management with Scrum.

At the end of the course, trainees have a clear understanding about:

What is the importance of the Product Owner in an Agile team & what «managing by value» means?
What is the Product Owner mission: implication and responsibility for result in Agile development?
How to efficiently manage the product as a Product Owner?
How to create user stories and implement story mapping techniques effectively?
How to manage Product Backlog and Sprint perimeter?
How to ensure quality & effectively use Scrum for better product management?

Targeted Audience

This course is primarily intended for the Product Managers, Business Leaders, Entrepreneurs, IT Project Managers and Business Analysts.

Trainers

Training will be conducted by an experienced trainer and Agile coach from why innovation!.

Course Content

Agile Overview

Agile Definition
Agile Principles: The Agile Manifesto
Benefits of Agile
Understanding Agile for Software Development

Overview of Agile Methods

Scrum, Kanban, XP (eXtreme Programming), DevOps, Design Thinking, Lean Startup and Kanban.
Adopting Agile Methods

The position of the Product Owner

How is the Product Owner positioned in an Agile team and in the organization?
Profile of a Product Owner

Mission of the Product Owner

Activities and responsibilities of the Product Owner in an Agile team
Contribution of the Product Owner in the Scrum ceremonies: sprint planning, estimation (planning poker), accepting the demonstration at the end of the sprint, retrospectives…

Product management (Interactive Workshop)

Define and share product vision
Define the product plan
Learn how to manage by value
identify user profiles for your product
Prioritization techniques

Scrum deliverables of a Product Owner

Product Backlog
The two sides of specifications: User Stories and acceptance tests

Managing Product Backlog and Sprints (Interactive Workshop)

UX approach, from epics to User Stories, Story Mapping techniques
Specify through example or using Behavior Driven Development and Agile Test-Driven Development to create acceptance tests

Course Information

Each session will be limited to a maximum of 12 participants.

Duration: 3 days

Location: Singapore, Hong Kong

Training Fee: SGD 2,310 / HKD 14,000

Certification Fee: SGD290 / HKD 1,600 from Scrum.org

Funding from IMDA (Available for Singapore citizens and Permanent Resident):

• up to 70% of the exam fees, capped at SGD 500 (exam only) per trainee.

• up to 90% of the course and exam fees, capped at SGD 3,000 (course and exam)/SGD 500 (exam only) per trainee.

Funding support is available for Singapore citizens and Permanent Residents**. Valid for courses and examinations commencing on or before 31 March 2020. Terms and conditions apply. Please visit http://www.imda.gov.sg/citrep for full details.