Agile Training : Scrum for Product Owners

Scrum for Product Owners

Agile Training Overview

This instructor-led class is intended to help Scrum Product Owners be more effective. Through a combination of presentation, discussion, and hands-on activities, attendees will learn the responsibilities and preferred practices of being a Product Owner who is truly accountable for maximizing the product's value

Agile Training Course Audience

This course is intended for existing or candidate Product Owners. Business analysts (BAs), subject matter experts (SMEs), or other stakeholders who interact with a Product Owner are also encouraged to attend

Agile Training Course Objectives

After this course a student should be able to:

Increase agility through the proper understanding of the Product Owner accountability
Appreciate a product mindset over a project mindset
Link business strategy to product development with Scrum
See how a Product Owner is an Agile Product Manager
Explain why empiricism is best suited for complex work
Learn the Scrum framework
List and explain the various Scrum accountabilities (roles)
Understand the Product Owner accountability
List and explain the various Scrum events
List and explain the various Scrum artifacts
List and explain the various Scrum commitments
Refine a Product Backlog
Take a lean approach to requirements
Differentiate requirements and specifications
Explain the importance of acceptance criteria
Agile estimation techniques
Create a Definition of �Ready�
Learn techniques for Product Backlog Management
Practice Release Management
Use forecasting to help answer the question "when will it be done"
Prefer agile metrics over traditional metrics
Discover ways to interact with stakeholders as well as members of the Scrum Team
Reduce waste during product development

Agile Training Prerequisites

Typical attendees are those who have experience on a Scrum Team or who have recently attended Scrum training. Having some project or product management experience is recommended.

Useful Prerequisites

Experience with Agile practices, and Scrum in particular, are also helpful, but not required. Attendees should read and be familiar with the Scrum Guide prior to class

Agile Training Course duration

1 day

Agile Training Course outline

1. Agile Product Management

Why agility?
The Scrum Guide and the Scrum Framework
Accountabilities, events, artifacts
The Scrum Values
The Product Owner Accountability

2. Myths and Misconceptions

Scrum myths and misconceptions
Product Owner myths and misconceptions
Planning myths and misconceptions
Estimating myths and misconceptions

3. Managing the Product Backlog

What is meant by a product
The Product Backlog
Product Backlog Items
Business value
Product Backlog refinement
Estimating
Definition of "Ready"
Ordering the Product Backlog
Release Planning

4. Enabling the Product Owner

Optimizing the current culture
Management and Scrum
Hypothesis-Driven Development
Using Feature flags
Using Telemetry
A/B Testing
Avoiding technical debt
Agile metrics