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Book Your Seat in the Product Backlog Management Cohort Class of June 13-July 11, 2024

Discover the Product Management success principles in this engaging Product Backlog Management cohort class and accelerate your professional growth and career perspective with tried & tested, hands-on practices:

• Excel at delivering value regularly — your #1 career success factor.
• Learn to distinguish between valuable and useless product ideas.
• Abandon the feature factory and start embracing the Product Operating Model.
• Gain actionable insights and learn supportive tools.
• Practice everything in an inspiring community of like-minded peers.
• Learn to say ‘No’ without burning bridges while building trust and rapport with stakeholders.
• Create engaging feedback loops.

Your bonuses:

• Gain access to a thriving community exclusive to professionals from all of my many classes on Professional Scrum, Product Management, Facilitation, and Liberating Structures.
• Continue your learning with the included self-paced Product Backlog Management Course, launching on May 30, 2024.

The class will be offered in English.

Enjoy the benefits of an immersive cohort class with like-minded agile peers on the following dates:

• Thursday, June 13, 2024, from 3 pm – 6 pm CEST.
• Thursday, June 27, 2024, from 3 pm – 6 pm CEST.
• Thursday, July 11, 2024, from 3 pm – 6 pm CEST.

We also host pre- and post-class sessions to maximize your learning experience:

• Preparation (30 minutes): One week before the training to get to know each other and check the students’ technology set-up.
• Follow-up (30 minutes): Two weeks after completing the training, we have a class reunion.

Refresher Classes: Attend a free refresher class as a former student upon arrangement and availability. Here, a former student may attend a (public) class for a second time to revisit practices and principles. (Please reach out to me for terms and conditions.)

Terms and Conditions, Alternative Dates, and Private Classes: Please note that terms and conditions apply.

📅 Looking for a different date? Back to Stefan’s training schedule.

🎓 This class is also available as a private or corporate class. Please consult Training Rates for further information.

The Product Backlog Management Cohort Class by Stefan Wolpers

This cohort class offers a unique opportunity to engage in hands-on exercises, explore pivotal frameworks, connect with industry professionals, and harness advanced Scrum techniques to elevate stakeholder value.

The cohort class will focus on:

• Create value by facilitating alignment among stakeholders and Scrum team members on the Why, What, and How.
• Master the art of visualizing the big product picture, starting with the Product Vision Canvas.
• Dive deep into Lean Canvas to understand your product’s business model.
• Translate product visions into actionable steps with the Product Opportunity Canvas, Product Roadmaps, and User Story Mapping.
• Acquire expertise in crafting compelling User Stories and refining Product Backlog items.
• Dive deep into advanced Product Backlog management techniques and tools, from the importance of quality to estimating and forecasts to saying no without burning bridges.
• Understand the importance and practical applications of feedback loops.

The training activities will comprise interactive exploration, discussions, and exercises, such as those based on Liberating Structures or short teachings. The techniques that you will learn are also immediately applicable after the class in your team environment.

Who Shall Attend the Product Backlog Management Cohort?

This cohort class is designed for product professionals and agile enthusiasts keen on excelling at product creation and Scrum collaboration in a complex landscape:

• Aspiring and experienced Product Managers and Product Owners who aim to refine their skills and better understand the nuances of their role.
• Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches, and Delivery Managers who wish to deepen their collaborative partnership with Product Managers and Product Owners.
• Business analysts and stakeholders looking to align business objectives with Scrum’s processes.
• Anyone eager to become proficient in product planning in general and the Product Operating Model in particular.

Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers will facilitate the class. Stefan has extensive experience both in startups as well as in stock-listed corporations, is an active contributor to the Berlin agile community, is a licensed Agile Fluency™ facilitator, and is an XSCALE Alliance Business Agility coach.

What Will You Take Home with You from the Advanced PBM Cohort Class?

Don't miss out: Receive a detailed workbook, earn a completion certificate, equip yourself with various tools to master Product Backlog challenges, and access Stefan’s community. You will get:

• A comprehensive workbook filled with exercises, templates, and resources discussed during the class.
• An arsenal of tools and methodologies to tackle any Product Backlog challenge.
• A firm grasp of prevalent Product Backlog anti-patterns from the author of the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide.
• A certificate of completion showcasing your dedication to refining your professional practices.
• A one-year subscription to Stefan’s Hands-on Agile Newsletter.

Why You Don’t Want to Miss this Advanced Product Backlog Management Cohort Class

There are several reasons why you would want to join Stefan’s Product Backlog Management cohort class:

• Direct engagement with hands-on exercises to apply theoretical knowledge to benefit your career as a product mensch.
• Experience industry-renowned frameworks and practices intensely.
• Gain exclusive insights into advanced techniques like Anti-Product-Backlogs, ResearchOps, and more.
• Enhance your Scrum practices to deliver maximum value to customers and stakeholders.
• Gain access to a thriving community exclusive to students from all my classes.
• Continue your learning with the included self-paced Product Backlog Management Course.
• You will receive a substantial discount for further courses.

How to Prepare Yourself for the Cohort Class?

You will experience this Product Backlog Management cohort even better if you invest a few hours in advance, familiarizing yourself with the following articles, guides, ebooks, and assessments:

• The New, New Product Development Game
• The Agile Manifesto
• The Scrum Guide
• The Scrum Guide Reordered
• The Open Assessments at Scrum.org (PSPO, PSM, PAL, PSD).

(Of course, we will support your preparation efforts by providing access to the aforementioned sources.)

Tools Used in Public Live Virtual Classes

For this Product Backlog Management cohort class, we use Zoom and Mural to ensure the best learning experience. If you are required to use other applications, such as Microsoft Teams, please contact us for other options.

Your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers

Meet your Product Backlog Management Cohort Trainer and Agile Coach Stefan Wolpers. Stefan has more than 18 years of experience in agile product development. During this time, Stefan has been working as an agile coach, Scrum Master, or Product Owner in different organizations: from startups to a Google subsidiary to corporations.

Stefan specializes in coaching agile practices for change, such as agile software development with Scrum, LeSS, Kanban, and Lean Startup, and product management. He has served in senior leadership positions several times throughout his career. His agile coaching expertise focuses on scaling product delivery organizations of fast-growing, venture-capital-funded startups and transitioning existing product teams from established enterprise organizations.

Stefan is also the author of the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide, a Pearson publication from the Professional Scrum series.

Learn more about your Professional Scrum Trainer Stefan Wolpers.