Scrum Product Owner Certified (SPOC^™) Course

Scrum Product Owner Certified (SPOC^™) is an intensive training course on one of the most critical roles defined by the world’s most popular Agile method: Scrum. The course provides an interactive hands-on learning experience through a mix of highly interactive facilitator-led discussions, group activities, games and product development simulation.

This course focuses on the perspective, responsibilities, tools and techniques employed by the Scrum Product Owner.

Course Objective:

• To provide participants with an understanding of the Product Owner’s role throughout the life of a Scrum project.
• To provide practical knowledge of Scrum from a Product Owner’s perspective, including roles, meetings and artefacts.
• To prepare participants to be comfortable in taking on the role of Product Owner (‘the voice of the customer’) including managing common issues and roadblocks encountered in Scrum projects.
• To give participants a working knowledge of the tools and techniques required to write effective requirements (User Stories), and to prioritise and maintain a healthy product backlog.
• To prepare candidates with the necessary knowledge to take the online Scrum Product Owner Certification (SPOC™) exam.

Course Content Summary

• The role of the Product Owner in applying the Scrum framework end to end.
• Developing the Project Vision.
• Optimising project value through business justification techniques.
• Prioritising requirements using customer value-based prioritisation techniques.
• Developing Personas.
• Writing effective Epics and User Stories by applying the INVEST model.
• Decomposing User Stories.
• Determining ‘Done’ and ‘Acceptance Criteria’.
• Creating and grooming the Prioritised Product Backlog (PPB).
• Developing appropriate Release Strategies.
• Roles in a scaled Scrum project (applying Scrum to programs and portfolios).
• Interpreting Sprint Planning outputs e.g. the Sprint Backlog and Sprint Burndown Chart.
• Incorporating Risks and Changes into the Product Backlog.
• Exam format, timings, practice questions.

Learning Outcomes

• Participants will be familiar with the concepts, advantages and challenges of Scrum and the Product Owner role.
• Participants will be adept in handling the business aspects of the Scrum method.
• Participants will be equipped with the knowledge, tools and techniques needed play the role of Product Owner (“Voice of the Customer”) in their organisation.
• Participants will equipped with effective techniques to:-Write effective product vision statements;
  – Perform release planning;
  – Gather, prioritise and maintain requirements;
  – Write epics, user stories, acceptance criteria and personas;
  – Track and report progress;
• Participants will gain an understanding of the roles and interactions with other Scrum core team and non-core team roles.

Examination & Certification

The Scrum Product Owner Certified (SPOC™) Certification exam is a 3 hour online multiple-choice exam to be undertaken within 6 months after completing the 2 day training course. The exams are administered by SCRUMStudy and are taken at a time convenient to you. The cost of the exam is included in the course fee (2 free re-takes included).