Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner® (A-CSPO) Training
Course US-1824

As CSPO (Certified Scrum Product Owner®), you create a product vision, order the product backlog, and ensure the best possible job is done to delight the customer. This Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner (A-CSPO) training course will advance your skills in maximizing business value and Product Backlog optimization and earn the Advanced CSPO certification demonstrating your experience in this role.

Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner® (A-CSPO) Training Benefits

• In this course, you will learn how to:

  • Manage multiple business initiatives from competing stakeholders.
  • Clearly order and express Product Backlog items.
  • Define a clear product vision that ensures your product remains focused on the features your customers and end users will actually use.
  • Communicate effectively with various stakeholder groups to achieve alignment.
  • Identify the crucial opportunities and avoid wasting time.
  • Define and validate business value.
  • Build on your foundational knowledge with enhanced implementation skills.
  • Distinguish yourself in the global marketplace with an Advanced certification.

• Training Prerequisites

  We welcome everybody to start the program. However, you will need to meet certain criteria to receive your A-CSPO certification:

  • A current Certified Scrum Product Owner® certification from the Scrum Alliance®.
  • 12 or more months of experience as a product owner within the last 5 years.

• Certification Requirements

  • Attend at least four instructor-led coaching circles (you are welcome to attend more).
  • Complete all the online modules, quizzes and assignments.
  • Bring a positive attitude and desire to make a real impact along with your team.

A-CSPO Course Outline

Module 1: Product Owner Core Competencies

Examining Product Owner Accountabilities and Responsibilities 

• 1.1 Analyze the importance of Product Ownership.
• 1.2 Reflect on the mindset and actions of a successful Product Owner.
• 1.3 Discuss at least three possible impacts on their stakeholder relationships and product that could result if their Scrum Team adopted the latest definition of Scrum. 

Working with Stakeholders  

• 1.4 Demonstrate at least three techniques to interact with stakeholders over multiple Sprints. 
• 1.5 Describe two examples when the Product Owner should not act as the facilitator for the stakeholders. 
• 1.6  Demonstrate at least three facilitative listening techniques. 
• 1.7  Demonstrate the use of at least two alternatives to open discussion. 
• 1.8 Describe at least three ways to facilitate a final decision with stakeholders.  

Working with Developers   

• 1.9 Explain why the Product Owner should be cautious about accumulating technical debt.   
• 1.10  List at least three development practices that could help their Scrum Team deliver a high-quality Increment and reduce technical debt each Sprint. 

Product Ownership with Multiple Teams   

• 1.11 Recognize at least two approaches to scaling Scrum. 
• 1.12 Identify at least two techniques for visualizing, managing, or reducing dependencies. 
• 1.13 Describe at least three benefits and drawbacks of feature and component teams. 

Module 2: Advanced Goal Setting and Planning Developing Practical Product Strategies

• 2.1 Discuss a real-world example of how product strategy is operationalized and evolves over time in an agile organization. 
• 2.2 Practice at least two approaches to identify purpose or define strategy. Advanced Product Planning and Forecasting 
• 2.3 Create a product plan or forecast with stakeholders. 
• 2.4 Practice at least one technique to visualize and communicate product strategy, product ideas, features, and assumptions. 

Module 3: Empathizing with Customers and Users

• 3.1 Use one technique to connect developers directly to customers and users. 
• 3.2 Practice at least two techniques of product discovery.

Module 4: Advanced Product Assumption Validation

• 4.1 List two cognitive biases that may impact the Product Owner's capability to deliver business value effectively.  
• 4.2 Appraisal of how effectively a Sprint Review was used to inspect and adapt based on the Sprint Goal and Increment(s) completed during the Sprint. 
• 4.3 Experiment with at least one approach to incorporate validating assumptions into the Scrum framework. 
• 4.4 Develop at least two hypotheses for a target customer.  
• 4.5 Create a plan to test at least one hypothesis. 

Module 5: Product Backlog Management

• 5.1 Use at least two techniques to model value and at least two techniques to measure value. 
• 5.2 Apply at least three techniques to order a Product Backlog to support a Product Goal.  
• 5.3 Describe how the Product Owner can ensure that enough Product Backlog items are “ready” for the upcoming Sprint.  
• 5.4 Integrate feedback from at least three sources to generate and refine Product Backlog items. 
• 5.5 Experiment with at least two ways to improve their Product Backlog refinement.