Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) - Live Online

Lead the Product Journey, from bright ideas to happy customers.

Product Owners - Delivering Business Outcomes

Delivering value isn't just about following a set of requirements or a process. It's about engaging customers, discovering their needs and sequencing work to optimize outcomes rather than just outputs. Product Owners are central to maximizing the flow of value produced by the product delivery teams. Not just in person, but even when the whole team is online and virtual.

If you're ready to learn how to deliver value with Scrum in a fun and engaging way via pragmatic techniques you can apply immediately, this course is for you. From deep study of brain science and adult learning, we've learned what it takes to be effective in a virtual environment and avoid "Zoom fatigue."

Learn the Nuts & Bolts of Great Product Ownership

A great PO skillset spans:

• facilitating & negotiating internal and external stakeholder needs
• translating needs into actionable requirements in the product backlog
• supporting product and project development teams throughout their planning, development and release activities
• ensuring teams and stakeholders exercise frequent feedback cycles to guide future plans
• managing expectations and projections from vision all the way through product release

Such skills are hard to learn via lecture alone - so this workshop is hands-on and interactive. This is no Powerpoint snoozefest. Short presentations cover concepts. Immersive team-based exercises are interwoven into each lesson to get you hands-on practice. Delivered in three half day sessions, with brief orientation and closing sessions with the instructor.

Orientation:

05/27: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (EST)

Workshop Hours:

05/28: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm (EST)

05/29: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm (EST)

05/30: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm (EST)

Closing Session:

05/31: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (EST)

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The workshop includes all the material required by the Scrum Alliance for its Certified Scrum Product Owner CSPO® certification, along with stories, tips, tricks and practices to make your product backlog sing and your user stories tap dance their way to "done." It lays the foundation for Business Agility using the Scrum framework.

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By the conclusion of this dynamic workshop - you will be prepared with the skills, knowledge, and experience to not only explain Scrum to colleagues, clients or interviewers, but also to put Scrum into action with your team. Become a catalyst for change by helping your teams and programs apply these concepts to become resilient, learning organizations able to thrive in today’s emerging markets.

Here's what students say about these online workshops:

Scrum Alliance TrustPilot Reviews

"A moment of pride for the agilist in me. I recently received my Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) credential from Scrum Alliance. Thanks to Anil Jaising, CST®, Certified TBR-VE and DevOps Trainer for a truly engaging and interactive learning session for the best practices and techniques that make an effective Product Owner and a true agilist." -- Garima Ahuja.

"Very insightful class. I am relatively new to some of the PO concepts and this class helped clarify things I had questions on. The interactive way it is taught is both fun and a great way to apply course concepts. I feel I gained tremendous knowledge from this course! " -- Chad

"I had an opportunity to go through a CSPO training with them. It was really good course and the trainer covered all the aspect of a PO’s journey. It gave me confidence of taking another scrum related course and the knowlede I carried was so helpful. The one and only feedback I have is that I struggled to keep track of the way course is going to run and then later I caught up with it. It may be helpful to have short video on to give an intro for students like me. If another course is offered and is relevant to me then I will surely take it with concept and beyond... "  -- Asad Baig

"If you truly want to learn practical skills to become a product owner, this is the class for you. This class goes beyond making students sit through slides they will not remember the next day. This is an active learning experience focused on giving students practical experience through various case studies and activities. Not only is this a more enjoyable way to learn but also a great way to get the context and practical experience needed to grasp the concepts behind your certification." --Frank K

Get your CSPO® and More!

This workshop includes:

• Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Product Owner CSPO® certification fee

• Two-year membership in the Scrum Alliance, the largest, most established and influential professional membership and certification organization in the Agile community

• 14 PMI PDUs for PMPs

• 14 of the 21 contact hours needed for a PMI-ACP credential

Who Should Attend

This course is appropriate for Product Owners, Product Managers, Managers, Business Analysts and others involved in facilitating the journey of a great customer-centric idea to the realization of a solution ready for delivery. It's equally valuable for Scrum Masters, Scrum Team Members and not-so-innocent organizational bystanders wanting to collaborate with the "product folks" on agile approaches to product planning, requirements management, and release planning. This course is appropriate for folks new to the world of Agile/Scrum, as well as people whose organizations have been practicing some form of Agile for a while and need a "reset."

Meet your instructor:

Anil Jaising

Anil’s career had an explosive start in the early 1990s, he worked on a messaging product that sent messages across the world in 3 seconds with a team that aligned with the Values and Principles of Agile. The product won the best Open Systems Award in 1994. From the beginning of his career, he has been tinkering with code, infrastructure, product development, and consulting in various industries.

His deep expertise in financial services and startups in developing business models has resulted in multiplying revenue and avoiding risk. He recently led a cloud transformation program for 250 application teams that saved one of the world’s largest bank over $25 million. His deep Agile, DevOps, and leadership experience have guided multiple organizations to achieve high throughput, market focus, productivity, and quality in building products. He has a deep interest in instructional design and is a certified Training from the BACK of the Room Trainer.

He is a Certified Scrum Trainer with Scrum Alliance and a Certified DevOps Trainer with DevOps Institute. Anil is also adjunct faculty teaching “transforming organizations” in the project management graduate program at New York University. Anil is well regarded in the industry as an Agile, Executive, and Technical Coach. He has helped several organizations successfully implement continuous integration, continuous testing, continuous delivery, and SRE practices. He is currently guiding the product marketing and development of a telemetry dashboard for Atlassian products.

Take a peek at what our students say at the end of the class

The Fine Print

FAQ

How soon can I get my CSPO® certification? On completing your participation in the full workshop, we will let the Scrum Alliance know of your successful completion of the course. You'll receive an email from them to setup your profile on the Scrum Alliance website and then you'll be a Bonafide, official CSPO®!

Wait! Don't I Need to Take an Exam to be Certified as a CSPO®? No. Currently the only requirement to become a CSPO® is the successful completion of the course. The Scrum Alliance is hard at work to develop an online exam for the CSPO®. So, if you love taking tests, wait a bit to enroll in a CSPO® workshop. Otherwise - get it now with us!

Can I Miss Several Hours of the Workshop and Still be Certified? No. If you miss more than 15 minutes of the workshop, you will not be eligible for certification, and you will be welcome to attend the rest of the workshop. Don't worry - if something big comes up, we'll move you to a future workshop at no cost.

What do I need to bring to class? You'll need a computer with microphone, camera & speakers. Use https://fast.com to test your internet connection. After the download numbers stop, use the "more" option to calculate your upload speed. You'll need 5 down / 1 up - and more is better. Now, while in class, you'll be actively using your computer to participate in exercises, so plan to peek at your email only during a break or at lunchtime.

Cancellation Policy

We understand that things can change, and we strive to be as agile as possible with respect to registrations. Please email us no later than 5 business days before the start of the workshop and we'll arrange a refund or transfer to a future date. Cancellations received within 5 full business days of the start of the course will receive a credit (no cash value) towards a future workshop. Please request changes by emailing info@conceptsandbeyond.com

Questions?

Drop us an email at: info@conceptsandbeyond.com