Difference between revisions of "Certified Scrum Product Owner Course"

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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.  
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==Prerequisites==
 
==Prerequisites==
Every participant is required to have read EVERY PAGE of (including Appendix A - the Scrum Rules) ''Agile Project Management with Scrum'' (Schwaber), before the course. This is required to be validated during the CSM course.
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Every participant is required to have read the following chapters from ''Scaling Lean & Agile Development: Thinking and Organizational Tools for Scrum'' (Larman & Vodde), before the course:
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* Chapter 2: Systems Thinking
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* Chapter 4: Queuing Theory
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* Chapter 7: Feature Teams
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* Chapter 8: Teams
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* Chapter 12: Scrum Primer
  
  
Participants must also read, before the course, EVERY PAGE of:
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Participants must also read, before the course:
 
* [http://www.scrumalliance.org/resources/598 The Scrum Guide]  
 
* [http://www.scrumalliance.org/resources/598 The Scrum Guide]  
* [http://www.scrumprimer.com Scrum Primer]
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* [http://www.scrumprimer.com Scrum Primer] or from Chapter 12 of ''Scaling Lean & Agile Development''
 
* [http://www.controlchaos.com/scrumbut.pdf ScrumBut]
 
* [http://www.controlchaos.com/scrumbut.pdf ScrumBut]
 
* [http://www.scrumalliance.org/resources/1122 Kicking ScrumBut]
 
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* Looking outward to your market: The skillful Product Manager
 
* Looking outward to your market: The skillful Product Manager
 
* Kano model for customer satisfaction
 
* Kano model for customer satisfaction
* Kano model and MoSCoW for Product Backlog categorization
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* Kano model in Product Backlog categorization
 
* Ideation for Innovation: From TRIZ to Agile Innovation Games
 
* Ideation for Innovation: From TRIZ to Agile Innovation Games
 
* What do you pick for the next Sprint?
 
* What do you pick for the next Sprint?
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* Helping your team
 
* Helping your team
 
* Product Backlog grooming or refinement
 
* Product Backlog grooming or refinement
* Adaptive Iterative Planning
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* Adaptive Sprint Planning
 
* Tracking Progress in Scrum
 
* Tracking Progress in Scrum
 
* Your Role in Defining Automated Acceptance Tests
 
* Your Role in Defining Automated Acceptance Tests

Revision as of 05:19, 11 April 2010

Overview

2 days

There’s a revolution sweeping the product development world: agile methods. Some Product Managers (sometimes called the Business Owner of the system, for internal systems) and development teams 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.


Methods of Education

Discussion, presentation, Q&A, workshop exercises


Audience

Those involved in product management


Level

Introductory-Intermediate


Prerequisites

Every participant is required to have read the following chapters from Scaling Lean & Agile Development: Thinking and Organizational Tools for Scrum (Larman & Vodde), before the course:

  • Chapter 2: Systems Thinking
  • Chapter 4: Queuing Theory
  • Chapter 7: Feature Teams
  • Chapter 8: Teams
  • Chapter 12: Scrum Primer


Participants must also read, before the course:


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 Scrum and what will you do that’s new?
  • Estimation, Release Planning and Scheduling Scrum Projects
  • What is a Product Backlog? How to create and manage it?
  • Prioritizing the Product Backlog with attribute classes and weights
  • Defining and comparing "value" with Impact Estimation Tables
  • Looking outward to your market: The skillful Product Manager
  • Kano model for customer satisfaction
  • Kano model in Product Backlog categorization
  • Ideation for Innovation: From TRIZ to Agile Innovation Games
  • What do you pick for the next Sprint?
  • How do you participate in planning a Sprint?
  • How do you do evolutionary requirements?
  • Agile and Iterative Methods
  • Timeboxing
  • 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?
  • Sprint definition of done
  • Your role in the Sprint Review
  • Helping your team
  • Product Backlog grooming or refinement
  • Adaptive Sprint Planning
  • Tracking Progress in Scrum
  • Your Role in Defining Automated Acceptance Tests
  • Further education resources for Product Managers
  • Frequently Asked Questions


Maximum Participants

35


Environment - Room, Tools, Texts

Read this: Course Environment - Workshop Style1


Text and Notes

  • 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.