Working as a Product Owner in Agile Teams

Overview

🕮 Off the shelf (OTS)

Scrum is the most broadly practiced Agile framework in use today. This 2-day course will give you the practical skills you need to be a successful Product owner within an Agile environment.

Product Owners are often drawn from many walks of life, project managers, product managers, business analyst and marketeers all bring different perspective to the role. If you are likely to be charged with ensuring a product delivers maximum value to your customers, this is the course for you.

You will learn how to
1. Create and manage a product vision that inspires developers and customers alike.
2. Craft User Stories that allow clear communication between the customer and the development team.
3. Create themes and personas that allow you to get to grips with what your customers want from a product.
4. Define the minimum viable product (MVP)
5. Own and refine the Product Backlog (PBL)

There are no pre-requisites for this course.

Benefits for you as an individual
Many product owners are thrown in the deep-end, whether you've come from a business analysis, marketing, project management or product management background this role will be different to any you have known before, and more rewarding.

This course will highlight your key responsibilities and give you practical tips on how to rapidly return value to the business.
• Attain your Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO®) certification - the most broadly recognised in industry.
• Join the Scrum Alliance community - 2 years membership awarded upon certification.
• Attain 16 Scrum Education Units (SEUs) by the Scrum Alliance towards Certified Scrum Professional® (CSP®) certification.
• Attain 15 Professional Development Units from Project Management Institute if you are Project Management Professional.
• Learn the foundation of Scrum and the scope of the role.
• Engage with Agile practitioners committed to continuous improvement.

Benefits for your organisation
The Product Owner role is primarily responsible for ensuring that the Scrum team deliver value to the business, yet often companies neglect to invest in this vital position. A well trained and empowered product owner will build inspiring product visions, ensure that the most valuable features arrive to wow customers early and prevent features that don't add value from ever being built.

There is no formal exam associated with this training. Delegates attain CSPO® via 14 hours of active participation.

There will be a small amount of introductory learning which must be completed before attending the course.

Successful completion of this course requires access an external online assessment. The online assessment platform may not be accessible from Civil Service department IT due to security restrictions. If you have any questions or believe you may be impacted by these restrictions, please contact support@governmentcampus.co.uk.