Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

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The Certified Product Owner course teaches a subset of topics, such as product ownership, Scrum Framework, and Agile Values. Participants will make a joint priority decision on which they agree on as most important, just like real-life Product Owners do every day.

This course is intended for anyone who will actively participate in a project using this approach. People on the edges of the project (secondary customers, management staff, and participants in related processes) will also benefit. Project teams are encouraged to attend as a group.

* = required for certification

* Product Ownership

Your organization may encounter challenges to product ownership
The Product Owner job has three main dimensions that make it a very large job for one person

* Opening

The overall objectives of the course are listed
The course materials include too much information for the time available. What shall we do?

* Scrum Planning

Scrum planning is continuous
Scrum planning happens at 5 levels, each with a different time horizon
The Product Backlog is the primary source of work to be completed and value to be delivered

* Product Vision

The Vision describes the purpose of the product to be created or enhanced
There are several ways to present the vision as a common goal for the Scrum Team
The Vision is the inspiration for the Product Backlog

Product Roadmap

Roadmapping is a tool for creating a longer-term release strategy
Roadmaps describe the product in very high-level terms

* User Stories

User Stories are simple descriptions of desired functionality
Stories are elaborated just-in-time for implementation
Stories are used for planning
The INVEST Criteria help us write good stories

* Prioritization

Priorities help the Scrum Team decide what to do next
Priorities help with long term planning
Prioritization can be done in many ways, based on many criteria

Estimation

Agile estimation is done at both the high level and the low level
Estimates are used for planning and for tracking progress
Estimates are done quickly, by the Development Team
Estimates are not commitments

* Just in Time Elaboration

Story elaboration is done just in time to reduce wasted time defining details that may never get used
Details are provided to the Dev Team as conversations, acceptance criteria, and speclets
Details may also lead to story splits

* Release Planning

There are two basic product release strategies based on time and scope
Risk is reduced by including slack in the plan
Release tracking and forecasting are based on real data about actual products completed

FAQ/Parking Lot

What questions remain?

Product Ownership Review

The Product Owner is a navigator in the world of profit-making
What skills would you look for in a Product Owner?

* Closing

More information for Product Owners
Wrapping up

* Agile Principles

Agile software development implements Lean principles and dynamics
The primary driver of Agile work is Value
Scrum is one form of Agile, designed initially for software development, but applicable to other kinds of work

* Scrum Framework

Scrum has 4 meetings and 3 artifacts
Scrum has 3 roles that share the responsibility of creating value in small increments
The roles complement each other to create a balanced team

Story Splitting

Smaller stories are easier to work with and enhance the flow
Smaller stories give us more options to reduce the scope

* Working with the Dev Team

The Dev Team may propose stories for the Product Backlog
Teams take time to mature
The Dev Team is self-organizing
Awareness of effective motivators can help build a high-performance team

Working with the ScrumMaster

The ScrumMaster is your partner in achieving a smooth flow and continuous improvement
The ScrumMaster is a productivity multiplier for the Team

Working with Stakeholders

Customers are not your only Stakeholders
You can’t please everyone all the time

Agile Testing

Testing during the Sprint
Agile testing practices
Roles/responsibilities in testing:

* Scrum Meetings

Scrum organizes work into 1-4 week time boxes called Sprints
Each Sprint has 4 primary meetings
The bulk of the time is spent creating value in the form of a product

* Product Backlog Management

A well-managed Product Backlog keeps the Development Team running smoothly
A 1-sprint look-ahead on stories will help the flow
The Team needs details Just In Time
Defining Ready and Done will dramatically reduce time waste

Electives

Where Do Stories Come From?
Agile Teams may build products faster than traditional methods can discover user needs
There are a few more Agile methods for finding customer needs

Budget and Finance

Budgeting relies on Release Planning
Velocity is the primary unknown in budget requests
Some organizations are moving to more Agile budgeting models

Scaling Scrum Up and Out

Scrum can scale to many Teams
Distributed Scrum is constrained by the laws of physics but there are patterns that can help

Portfolio Management

Agile and Scrum concepts can be applied at the product portfolio level

Homework

Read 2 articles
Discuss one

Focus and Flow

Scrum works best when the Team achieves a smooth flow of work
Scrum dynamics are based on the mathematics of queuing theory that we use to manage the Internet
Continuous improvement is an underlying goal of Scrum

Other Prioritization Tools

Relative Weighting can be applied to Stories
Financial Projection can be applied to Releases and Features
Innovation Games can quickly get input from your customers

Action Plan (Private classes only)

What concrete actions can we take to incorporate these concepts in our Scrum work?

Anyone who will actively participate in a project using this approach
People on the edges of the project (secondary customers, management staff, and participants in related processes) will also benefit.
Project teams are encouraged to attend as a group.

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2 Days

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