Agile Product Management and Scrum Product Owner Workshop

Overview

1 or 2 days

There’s a revolution sweeping the software product development world: agile methods. Many Product Managers (sometimes called the Business Owner of the system, for internal systems) and development teams in Silicon Valley have been applying these practices for years, and they are now spreading worldwide, from London to Los Angeles.

In Scrum, the most popular agile method, a key role is Product Owner. This is a product management role with specific responsibilities in Scrum. In this practical, information-and-tips-packed seminar you will learn the key research, ideas, and practices of agile development, aimed at Product Managers and the Scrum Product Owner.

The 2-day version is recommended; we spend more in-depth time on exercises and topics.

Methods of Education

Discussion, presentation, Q&A, workshop exercises

Audience

Those involved in product management

Level

Introductory-Intermediate

Prerequisites

To be read before the course: The Scrum Primer

Objectives

Act as an effective Product Owner in Scrum
Know and participate in the Scrum events
Create and evolve the Product Backlog and Release Burndown chart
Prioritize the Product Backlog

Outline

Why is the Product Manager role so central to agile methods and what will you do that’s new?
How do you do evolutionary requirements?
What is a Product Backlog? How to create and manage it?
What do you pick for the next iteration of development?
How do you participate in planning a development iteration?
Motivation, Evidence, Cases
Agile and Iterative Methods
Timeboxing
Agile Methods
The Engaged Product Manager/Business Owner on Agile Projects
Scrum
Fixed-Price, Fixed Time, Fixed Scope: Can You Have Your Cake and Eat it Too?
Creating the Product Backlog
Creating the Iteration Backlog
Your role in the Iteration Review
Helping the development team
Product Backlog grooming
Estimation, Release Planning and Scheduling Iterative Projects
Adaptive Iterative Planning
Tracking Progress on Agile Projects
Your Role at the Iteration Demo
Evolutionary Requirements Analysis
Documentation on Iterative Projects
Your Role in Defining Automated Acceptance Tests
Frequently Asked Questions

Maximum Participants

24 (if 1 day); 30 (if 2 days)

Environment - Room, Tools, Texts

Read this: Course Environment - Workshop Style1

Text and Notes

To be read before the course: The Scrum Primer

There is a course PDF for the presentations. We may decide to give the students a file copy to view on a laptop or a paper copy, depending on situation.