Class Overview

This 4-half day Professional Product Owner - Advanced (PSPO-A) course focuses on helping experienced practitioners expand their ability to establish a solid vision, validate their hypotheses, and ultimately deliver more value to their stakeholders. The PSPO-A course is intended for Product Owners who are looking to grow their knowledge and abilities.

The course goes beyond the topics explored in the Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO) class by deepening the attendee's understanding of the role through the exploration of the many stances of a professional Product Owner. This course is an interactive, experiential workshop where attendees explore topics through a series of exercises and discussions. Students 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.

The course also includes a free attempt at the globally recognized Professional Scrum Product Owner II certification exam (PSPO II).

If you're looking for more information about private classes, coaching or group discounts, reach out to chris@unstuckagile.com or visit our site - we'd be happy to answer any additional questions.

Class Pricing Options:

• Best Deal Price: USD 1095 until 4 weeks before start date
• Early Bird Price: USD 1295 until 2 weeks before start date

Why take a class from Chris?

• Shorter, more spread out sessions give the brain space to process
• Engaging, fun exercises designed for you
• I’ve been in your shoes in multiple contexts, so learn from my failures and successes
• I combine principles (why) with practices (what + how)
• 10 years experience as:
  • Product Owner
  • Product Manager
  • Product Owner Coach
  • Scrum Training Lead for a Fortune 500 company

Clients I've Worked With

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Quotes from our students:

"Chris' PSPO-A class was among the best I have taken. I walked away feeling like I gained knowledge, skills, and tools to do my job better. Absolutely recommended."

"Chris' PSPO-A is a hands on class that teaches a Product Owner how to maximize their day-to-day impact to ultimately deliver more value to their stakeholders."

"Chris has personal experience plus a passion for the content that made his PSPO-A training a worthwhile investment on my agile journey.

More Details

The Product Owner's role is multifaceted, requiring the practitioner to engage in behaviors and adopt mindsets beyond the core of Agility and the Scrum Framework. This course surfaces these behaviors by challenging the student to adopt several different Product Owner stances:

Customer Representative - focused on understanding customer problems, challenges and potential opportunities

Visionary - communicating the vision, future state and possibilities in ways that foster common understanding

Experimenter - focusing on innovation, hypothesis testing and validating potential value to spark product innovation

Influencer - communicating with and influencing stakeholders, customers and the Scrum Team to act with common purpose

Collaborator - seeking input, ideas and feedback from others

Decision Maker - focusing on creating maximum impact by making clear choices and decisions

Over the 4 days, students will learn about areas critical to growing as a successful Product Owner and through a series of exercises combined with instruction, students gain a better understanding of what it means to deliver value and how to express that value inside and outside of the organization.

Subject Areas

• Product Vision
• Scaling
• Leadership Styles
• Evidenced Based Management
• Organizational Design and Structure

Who Should Attend

Professional Product Owner - Advanced (PSPO-A) course is appropriate for practitioners who are looking for additional tools to improve their Scrum teams.

Will This Help Me Pass the Assessment?

The PSPO II is a challenging assessment. Less than 3% of people that pass the PSPO I go on to pass the PSPO II. There’s a mixture of knowledge, deep application questions, and scenarios that move far beyond just facts about Scrum and Product Ownership. By being fully present in this class, you will gain the confidence and tools you will need to be best prepared to pass the assessment.

How will we do this?

• Deep, experiential learning about the theory and principles that the assessment is based on
• Dedicated time throughout class to prepare for the assessment
• Actionable steps for post-class readiness of the assessment
• Curated list of additional preparatory materials
• Free re-attempt if you take the assessment within 14 days of the class (only available for students of the PSPO-A class)
• A one-hour follow-up session for additional guidance and help with difficult scenarios

Through these steps and your deep engagement in class, we are confident you’ll have what you need to pass the assessment and join the ranks of the Professional Scrum Product Owner II holders!

What Is Included

• All course materials and artifacts
• One free attempt at the PSPO II assessment (does not expire) - a $200 value
  • If you attend this Scrum.org class and attempt the PSPO I certification assessment within 14 days but do not achieve a score of at least 85% you will be given a 2nd attempt at no cost
• A one-hour follow-up session for additional guidance on the assessment and help with difficult scenarios

About Chris

Uplifting the art and science of Product Ownership - that is what drives me. All of the classes that I teach are either focused on Product Owners or those leading or working with Product Owners. Product Ownership is the most pivotal and most misunderstood role in organizations, and I want to help set Product Owners up for success. A little about me - I have worked for over a decade in the tech industry and was a Product Owner for the majority of that time. I have been a Product Owner or served as one in a multitude of organizations through my career, from startups to early-stage growth companies to public corporations. I am passionate about Product Ownership as an organizational construct and how we can use this role to help bring the human focus back to organizations. I have helped thousands of people better understand how to work with their product, who they are as a Product Owner, and what it means to be one. Join me in this class to learn how to improve as a Product Owner.

Why Engage with Unstuck?

Unlock the potential of your teams and organizations with Unstuck! Our agilists provide the expertise and insights you need to help you move past the roadblocks in your way. Reach for new heights and become more agile with Unstuck - get out of a rut and on the path to success.

We have deep experience and a breadth of offerings. We offer a full range of training, coaching, and strategic consulting services.

We meet you where you are. We evaluate where you are on your journey, provide valuable ‘aha’ moments, and help you get unstuck in your agility.

Everything we do, we can teach; everything we teach, we can do. Our mission is to enable your success in developing and delivering valuable products by teaching you to own your agility.

Ways we empower organizations’ agility include:

• Health Check: Doing some things well with Agile and some things not so well? Gain outside perspective on your situation with specific, actionable recommendations through a four-week health check assessment.
• Team Formation or Relaunch: Starting teams off on the right foot has proven to be a key to long-term success. Team Formation is a set of highly interactive sessions that progress from training and workshops toward mentoring and facilitation in order to enable the team to take ownership of enacting new ways of working.
• Agile Foundations Workshop: Teams can be coached and given the tools to succeed, but without support from the larger ecosystem outside of the team, these efforts can fall flat. Through this one-day immersive workshop, leaders and stakeholders will walk away with a healthy understanding of how to engage with Agile teams for value-add work, understand the principles and purpose of agility, and explore how it benefits themselves and the organization.

For More Information

If you're looking for more information about private classes, coaching or group discounts, reach out to chris@unstuckagile.com or visit our site - we'd be happy to answer any additional questions.