Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

NextUp’s Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) training is a two-day course that provides an understanding of how Scrum transforms concepts and goals into a product backlog, user stories, and ultimately, product value. Discover how to juggle stakeholder demands, get hands-on practice developing product goals, and learn how to understand your customers better. This highly interactive class delves into creating requirements in an Agile environment, implementing effective backlog prioritization, long-term and short-term planning, and providing vision.

What You'll Learn

This course begins with an overview of the Agile and Scrum frameworks. From there, the curriculum dives into:

• What a Product Owner does and essential skills
• How to define a product goal and deliver tangible value
• Understanding product roadmaps, and product backlogs
• Creating user stories and Agile specifications
• Techniques for prioritization and backlog refinement

Certification

Upon successful completion of CSPO training, students will be credentialed as Certified Scrum Product Owners.

Who Should Attend

This course is ideal for Product Owners, business analysts, testers, project managers, and anyone involved with requirements, prioritization, gathering needs, and product management in dynamic environments. Anyone who enjoys or wants to become more familiar with the business side of projects can benefit from becoming a Certified Scrum Product Owner.

What’s In It For You:

• The average annual Product Owner salary is $105, 411 according to ZipRecruiter.
• A projected 24% annual job growth for Product Owners.
• Access resources designed to help you succeed long after the class is done.
• Claim 16  Scrum Alliance Scrum Education Units (SEUs).
• Claim 14 Project Management Institute (PMI) Professional Development Units (PDUs).

Also Included In This Course:

• Two-year membership to the Scrum Alliance
• Digital copies of all class materials and templates
• Dedicated customer support and scheduling flexibility
• Access to NextUp’s original content like blogs and webinars as well as trainer office hours

Location

This is a live online (virtual) class. After registering, students will receive the Zoom weblink to join the training. We recommend that students download the Zoom web-based application prior to joining class.

About Your Trainer

Dr. Patrick "Mack" McConnell is the Vice President of Agile Services at NextUp Solutions and a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) specializing in Agile transformation in the public sector and scaling agile frameworks. A criminologist by training, Patrick transitioned from developing geospatial applications in Agile teams to coaching and training Agile methods and frameworks. He has served as an Agile coach and trainer for over 50 U.S. Government organizations, as well as the states of Alabama, Maryland, and New York.

Cancellation Policy

Students submitting cancellation requests 10 business days or more prior to the start of the course are entitled to a full refund. Students submitting cancellation requests less than 10 business days prior to the start of the course will be offered a credit toward a future NextUp Solutions course of equivalent value, or a refund less a processing fee of $100. Should the organizer cancel the course for any reason, each registered student will be issued a full refund.

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