This is an unofficial course and is not endorsed by, or affiliated with any Scrum organization
This course will help to prepare you for taking more intermediate Product Owner certifications, for example, Scrum .org's Professional Product Owner® level 2 (PSPO II®) assessment, but it is not official training for PSPO II®. Please see the end of this description for more information.
Boost your CV with a more advanced Product Owner qualification.
Many people have beginner level certifications, but you can become one of the few with a more advanced certification on your CV.
Learn how Product Owners actually maximize value with a much deeper knowledge of what it is to be a Professional Product Owner. Do you want to take your Scrum Product Owner knowledge to the next level?
Great, then this course is for you.
This course will cover all the topics you need to know about for certifications. Firstly I explain many advanced concepts such as the project management vacuum, the product mindset and the experimentation loop. We look at the Key Value Areas and the Key Value metrics in depth, explaining what they are and how to calculate them.
We cover:
Business Strategy
How to budget in Agile
The Product Vision/Goal
How to ensure Product Value
Product Backlog Management
Forecasting and Release Planning
Stakeholder management and Customers
Product Backlog Management
And more.
I also provide you with many exam-style questions reflecting the topics and scenarios you will likely get asked in actual assessments. I go over these questions in depth explaining the answers so you can fully grasp the knowledge and be fully prepared to take certifications such as those from Scrum. I even provide you with 2 practice tests and links to many other free advanced Product Owner tests to give you lots of practice before taking the real thing.
I cover the 5 different levels of being a Product Owner. With this knowledge, you will identify where you currently are and what you need to do to become an even better Product Owner and progress to the next stage. We look at the Product Owner stances meaning, what things good Product Owners do. I also cover some of the bad but common stances that you should avoid. I'll also take you through organizational design and building an Agile culture, portfolio planning and business strategy.
If you are an entrepreneur with an idea, or currently a Product Owner or just aspiring to be one, this course will teach you how to manage risk ensuring you produce a Product your customers really want. We will look at the concept of a Minimal Viable Product, experimenting, and paper prototyping so you don't waste time and money.
I even cover the tricky situation of budgeting in Scrum and which contract types can work with iterative agile development.
Have you ever finished a project and the item developed was over budget, delayed and once launched it didn't get as many users as you hoped?
If this sounds familiar, then this course will help.
My course will teach you how to keep your focus on the Product and deliver value via regular releases.
Who is your instructor?
Michael James is a UK Business and Leadership Instructor who has over a decade of experience in management and leadership in the corporate environment and has been working in product development for over 10 years as both a private consultant and for one of the largest organizations in the UK. Michael James has also managed and built many private entrepreneurial mobile app and website products with 1000s of downloads and users.
Michael James has taught tens of thousands of students worldwide to pass Scrum exams, most getting an almost perfect score first time.
What students are saying:
"I have been a product owner in a scrum team for almost two years now, without certification, and he is really showing me how to be better at it. I am enjoying this course and I think I will be in a great position to write my exams when I am done."
"Very good course thus far. It is honestly exceeding expectations and is super easy to follow. Great Job!"
"Very help, easy to understand, and appreciate the examples to work through and apply information taught"
"I took the test and PASSED thanks for this wonderful course"
This course recaps the entire Scrum theory essentials to ensure you ace the easy questions, before moving on to the more advanced professional Product Owner concepts.
Agile and Scrum recap
The certification exam preparation
Practice questions with detailed explanations
Questions inspired by certification exams
Certification assessment tips
Example problem scenarios and how to handle them
The Product Mindset
The Project Management Vacuum
The 3 Vs (Vision, Value, Validation)
The Stances of a Product Owner
The Stages of a Product Owner
How to budget and types of contracts
Release management and Roadmaps
The Experiment Loop
Minimal Viable Products
SPRINT - quick prototyping
Business Model Canvas
Crafting a Product Vision
The Cone of uncertainty
Key Value areas (CV, UV, A2I, T2M)
Key Value Metrics in depth
The Product Life Cycle
Stakeholder management
Empiricism
Evidence-based management
Professional vs mechanical Scrum
The Product Owner
Organization Design and Culture
Business Strategy
and much more
Anyone who is looking to build a career in Scrum, Agile and management must understand the above. If you don't, then this course is perfect for you.
So go ahead and click the enroll button, and we'll see you in lesson 1
Cheers,
Mike
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