Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner® (A-CSPO®)

Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner®

The Advanced Certified Product Owner® (A-CSPO®) course is part of the Scrum Alliance Path to Certified Scrum Professional®.  The A-CSPO® is an in-depth two-day immersion into the world of the ScrumMaster role.

The Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner® (A-CSPO®) is an in-depth immersion into the world of the Product Owner role. The class does a deep dive into the role of the Product Owner and how they identify and work with their Stakeholders, facilitate product discovery, test assumptions, and make sure their team builds the right thing in the right order.

The class is full of real-world examples and practical tools and techniques that can be implemented immediately at your workplace. The class is a deep dive into your role as a Product Owner and the virtual activities and exercises demonstrate key concepts and let you experience the next level of Scrum.

Advanced Certified Product Owner® (A-CSPO®) Learning Areas

• Examine the Product Owner role
• Learn how to facilitate Stakeholder discussions
• Understand product strategy
• Discover Product Planning and Forecasting
• Explore Customer and Product discovery
• Test Product Assumptions
• Understand Outcome vs. Output
• Investigate Product Backlog Refinement
• Study Technical Debt
• Understand Scaling

Prerequisites

• Current Certified Product Owner® (CSPO®) certification with Scrum Alliance.
• At least two years of work experience in a Product Owner role in the last five years. (In order to validate work experience, it must be entered on candidate’s Scrum Alliance profile in Scrum Experience section where it is noted that this is required for Path to CSP applications.)

Benefits

We help you take your Product Owner skills to the next level. Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner® (A-CSPO®) picks up where Certified Scrum Product Owner®(CSPO®) left off in your journey to becoming a Certified Scrum Professional®-Product Owner.

In the Advanced Certified Product Owner® (A-CSPO®), you’ll be focused on exploring ways to work with your stakeholder and product, applying that knowledge to release successful product increments to your stakeholders.

• Learn while not being bored and having fun
• Retain more information because of our unique hands-on approach; based on the latest research into brain science
• Be entertained by stories from our real-world experienced and knowledgeable instructors
• Establish a gateway and milestone toward becoming CST®, CEC®, or CTC®

Who Should Attend?

This program is designed for practicing Product Owners who have completed CSPO®.

Prerequisites are:

• Current Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO®) certification with Scrum Alliance.
• At least two years of work experience in a Product Owner role in the last five years. (In order to validate work experience, it must be entered on candidate’s Scrum Alliance profile in Scrum Experience section where it is noted that this is required for Path to CSP applications.)
• Day-to-day involvement with at least one Scrum Team and a mandate to work with the broader organization.

M eet The Instructor

Dave Prior, PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, CSPO, CSP, CST, has been leading technology projects and teaching individuals and teams how to manage their work for over 20 years. He has managed projects, programs, PMOs, and portfolios, and has been focused on Agile since 1999. Dave's approach focuses heavily on finding a better way to help those who are making the journey from a traditional approach (waterfall) over to Agile.

Each week, Dave’s podcasts appear on LeadingAgile and ProjectManagement.com. The podcasts focus on best practices for transitioning from waterfall to Agile, as well as guidance and advice from other Agile practitioners.

Dave is a Certified Scrum Trainer and he works as the Chief Experience Officer for The Agile Network. He leads CSM, CSPO, and Advanced CSPO classes, and he is also an instructor for The Modus Institute where he teaches classes in Personal Kanban and The Art of War for Collaboration.