Professional Scrum Product Owner - Advanced (PSPO-A)
Thu 3 Apr 2025 9:00 AM - Fri 4 Apr 2025 5:00 PM BST
Online, Zoom
Description
Professional Scrum Product Owner™ - Advanced (PSPO-A) is a hands-on, activity-based course that focuses on helping experienced Product Owners and Product Managers expand their ability to establish a vision, validate their hypotheses, and ultimately deliver more value to their stakeholders. The course goes beyond the topics explored in the Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO) class by deepening your understanding of the role through the exploration of the many stances of a professional Product Owner.
You should have at least one year of Product Owner experience and a practical knowledge of Scrum in order to participate in and benefit from these exercises. Having previously taken the PSPO class is recommended, but not required.
COURSE OVERVIEW
In this two day class you will gain a better understanding of what it means to deliver value and how to express that value inside and outside of your organization. Through a case study-based series of exercises, combined with instruction, you will gain the entrepreneurial product leadership skills and practices critical to growing as a successful Product Owner.
The Product Owner role is multifaceted, requiring to engage in behaviours and adopt mindsets beyond the core of Agility and the Scrum framework. You will explore these techniques and how to pivot among them by exploring several Product Owner "stances" including:
- The Customer Representative:
- Focus on understanding customer problems, pains and opportunities
- Get into the mindset of the customer, placing yourself in their world, understanding their needs
- Deliver value by connecting product features to customer outcomes
- The Visionary:
- Champion the future state, possibilities, goals and chances
- Communicate the product vision, strategy and Product Goal
- Understand value and pricing models
- The Experimenter:
- Focus on innovation through experiments, hypotheses, tests, learnings, data and validation of value
- Understand the Product Owner’s role in a scaled environment
- The Decision Maker:
- Focus on making better decisions
- Navigate conflicting customer feedback
- The Collaborator:
- Seek collaboration with stakeholders and the Scrum Team
- Work beyond the Scrum Team including contracts, finance, budgeting and governance in an agile way
- The Influencer:
- Lead the stakeholders, customers and Scrum Team, to move in the right direction and to change their minds, when necessary
- Learn how to create a stakeholder management strategy
COURSE OBJECTIVES
- Experienced Product Owners will learn different stances a Product Owner takes in order to navigate everyday challenges
- Modern complementary practices will be introduced through discussions, case studies and exercises
- You will leave with a clear understanding of Agile Product Management as you continue on your Product Owner journey
- Learn about the various types of stakeholders that Product Owners represent and how to best work with them
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This course is designed for Product Owners, Product Managers, and Business Analysts focusing heavily on Product Management skills, tools, techniques, and knowledge as part of their work on the Scrum Team. The course does not address the Scrum framework (much), and we assume people have a proper understanding of the Scrum framework. You should have at least one year of experience as a Product Owner or Product Manager, while multiple years of experience and having attended the Professional Scrum Product Owner course and passing PSPO I assessment is preferred, but not mandatory.
Other people that might benefit from the PSPO-A course include:
- Scrum Masters / Agile Coaches
- Company leaders
CERTIFICATION
All participants completing the Professional Scrum Product Owner - Advanced course will receive a password to attempt the Professional Scrum Product Owner II (PSPO II) assessment. The industry-recognized PSPO II certification requires a minimum passing score of 85%. PSPO-A class participants who attempt the PSPO II assessment within 14 days of receiving their free password and do not score at least 85% will be granted a second attempt at no additional cost.
You are also entitled to a discount on the PSPO III assessment.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
- Expert tuition from a Scrum.org Professional Scrum Trainer with years of real-world experience
- Class listed on your Scrum.org profile, demonstrating you have attended an official Scrum.org class
- 2 attempts at the Scrum.org PSPO II assessment
- Individual post-course support towards passing the assessment (if requested after first attempt)
- Discount on the PSPO III assessment once you have passed PSPO II
- Scrum.org courseware and other useful resources and links
- Once obtained, certifications never expire
OUR TRAINERS
All our trainers for Scrum.org courses are fully accredited and active Scrum.org Professional Scrum Trainers (PSTs). The specific trainer for a course will be named in the joining instructions. Please contact us if you wish to speak to a trainer in advance of booking or before the course starts.
WHAT PARTICIPANTS HAVE SAID
“Interesting, empowering, fun"
"Very clearly delivered, lots of good insights."
"The trainer was a great teacher. Their real-world experience of agile practices and exercises immediately got across what it means to work together as a team"
“Excellent and highly informative. Thanks!”
LIVE VIRTUAL CLASS
You will need a PC/laptop that can run Zoom.us, headset/speakers, microphone, webcam and a reliable internet connection. Contact training@calba.com for any queries.
ENQUIRIES
Please email training@calba.com or phone +44 (0)131 528 6833
TERMS & CONDITIONS
Calba reserves the right to cancel a course. In the event of a course cancellation, attendees will be contacted and offered a full refund or to reschedule. Calba will not be liable for any costs incurred by an attendee as a result of a course cancellation. If an attendee wishes to cancel or reschedule more than 30-days before the course start date, a full refund or free reschedule will be provided. Attendee name changes are allowed up to 24-hours before the course. Calba may change the trainer to another suitably qualified trainer. For in-person training, Calba may change the venue to within 10-miles of the advertised location.