Learn the essentials of working as a Product Owner in this two-day class.

Scrum is a simple but powerful agile management framework. Key to its success is the role of the Product Owner: The Product Owner steers and guides the Scrum project, bridges the gap between end customers, business and development/IT and is responsible for the return on investment (ROI). The Product Owner combines the traditional project manager and the product manager roles in one person.

This two-day interactive Scrum Product Owner course equips you with all you need to know about being an effective Product Owner. At the end of the class, you will understand how you can leverage Scrum to optimise value creation and customer satisfaction. You will be able to create a realistic release plan, stock the product backlog, write user stories, refine requirements. You will also know how you can increase productivity, level the workload, and steer the project proactively.

Introduction

• Agile Values, Scrum Benefits and Origins
• Scrum and Change
• Companies Using Scrum

Scrum Process and Roles

• Scrum Flow
• Scrum Roles: Product Owner, Team, ScrumMaster
• Product Owner Characteristics
• A Day in the Life of the Product Owner
• The Product Owner as the Voice of the Customer and Value Stream Manager

From Product Idea to Successful Product Launch

• The Development Stage of the Agile Product Lifecycle
• Product Idea, Company Strategy, Product Vision, Product Backlog and Release

Customer Needs and the Product Vision

• The Product Vision
• Product Vision Contents
• Vision Scope and Minimal Marketable Feature Set
• Understanding the Customer
• Techniques for Creating a Powerful Vision
• The Kano Model

The Product Backlog

• Requirements in Scrum
• Product Backlog Characteristics
• Stocking the Backlog
• Prioritising the Backlog
• Grooming the Backlog
• User Stories on the Product Backlog

Release Management

• Sustainable Pace
• Estimating Product Backlog Items Using Story Points and Planning Poker
• Choosing the Sprint Length and Determining Velocity
• Creating the Release Plan
• Tracking the Project Progress

Leveraging the Power of Spirits

• Sprint Workflow and Characteristics
• Formulating Powerful Spring Goals
• Spring Planning, Daily Scrum, Spring Review and Retrospective
• Understanding the Spring Progress

Large and Distributed Scrum Projects

• Brook’s Law
• Organic Growth and Conway’s Law
• Master Product Backlog and the Product Owner
• Team Set-up
• Multi-team Planning and Co-ordination
• Shared Norms and Assets
• Distributed Scrum Project Tips

Multi-Project Management

• The Planning Onion
• Why Multi-Project Management Matters
• Levelling the Demand
• Multi-Project Management Steps
• The Portfolio Bubble Chart