Agile Product Ownership

The objective of the course is to equip participants with the necessary skills and knowledge to participate in and facilitate activity management in the role of product owner within the Scrum framework, using a Lean-Agile approach.

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Understand Scrum and the role the product owner plays in it.
• Act as an effective product owner on a team.
• Determine the appropriate user stories for a product.
• Collaborate with a team to carry user stories from start to finish.
• Apply analysis techniques to properly pinpoint users’ stories.
• Manage product delays and determine effective priorities.
• Leverage practice as a product owner to add value to the organization.
• Use empiricism to measure delivered value.
• Understand how to demonstrate leadership within a project team.
• Respond to the challenges of the product owner role.

Any profile or individual interested in learning about the Scrum framework and how to apply it, especially those who will take on the role of product owner within a team.

Participants should have a basic knowledge of project management and be familiar with the agile philosophy.

Every participant will receive a copy of the course materials prepared by Netmind.

This is a face-to-face, active, and participative course. The instructor or trainer will introduce the material using a demonstrative approach and participants will consolidate their knowledge through real-world application exercises.

Assessment based on group and/or individual activities. The trainer will provide ongoing feedback, at the end of each activity, and individually to each participant.

During the course, there will be a multiple choice evaluation test, which participants must pass with a score above 75%. Participants will have 1 hour to complete it.

By attending this course, participants earn 16 PDUs from the Project Management Institute.

Upon completion of the course, participants will be eligible for the Agile Product Ownership (ICP-APO) certification.

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A Certificate of Attendance for the JJM 481 course will be issued only to participants with an attendance above 75%, and a Diploma of Completion will be awarded if they also pass the assessment test.

1. Introduction
   1. What is Agile?
   2. The Agile Manifesto
   3. Scrum Basics – Ceremonies/Artifacts
   4. Roles in an Agile project
2. The role of the Product Owner
   1. Working with the product manager
   2. Working with a project team
   3. Working with other stakeholders
   4. Working with the product owner
   5. Leadership and conflict resolution
3. Basic concepts of an Agile team – SCRUM
   1. Sprint planning
   2. Daily stand-ups and execution
   3. Reviews
   4. Retrospectives
4. Analysis and Launch Planning
   1. Understanding the customer
   2. Person
   3. Journey map
   4. Developing a product vision and roadmap
   5. Prioritization and value management
   6. Scope of the story
   7. Story maps
   8. Managing stakeholder expectations
5. Using analysis to achieve refined and ready user stories
   1. Techniques for pinpointing user stories
   2. Acceptance criteria
   3. Process flows
   4. Prototypes
   5. Use cases
   6. Definition of Ready
   7. Definition of Done
6. Minimum Viable Product and Minimum Marketable Product
7. Metrics for the Scrum team
   
   1. Burndown
   2. CFD
      
8. Review – Retrospective – Wrap-up

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