Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) Training Program

Product Backlog

• Understand what the product backlog is, and what it is not

• Understand product backlog grooming

Prioritizing

• Understand the importance and benefits of prioritizing the product backlog

• Understand the implications of saying everything is mandatory

• Understand who should have input into prioritization decisions

• Understand that proper prioritization of a product backlog is based on multiple factors

• Understand and know how to apply formal approaches to prioritizing (i.e.beyond just ‘gut feel’ or intuition)

• Understand how much latitude to give a team in adjusting the sequence of work

Release Management

• Understand the goals and how-to of release planning

• Understand that planning is adaptive, iterative and collaborative

• Understand why quality is frozen and the concept of technical debt

• Understand why software should be released early and frequently

• Understand and measure velocity

• Understand release burn down charts

• Understand how a release plan can help predict the future

Sprints

• Understand the product owner’s role in Scrum meetings, and how the Product Owner and Team collaborate

• Understand why sprints are time boxed and protected

• Understand the concept of sustainable pace

• Understand team commitment

• Understand the product owner’s role