Learn the essentials of working as a Product Owner in this two-day class.

This two-day Product Owner certification course provides everything you need to be an effective customer to a Scrum team. On completion, participants are registered as Certified Product Owners (CPOs), which includes a one-year membership in the Scrum Alliance, (www.scrumalliance.org) where valuable materials and information are available exclusively to CPOs.

You will learn the essential concepts and tools of Scrum, differences between agile processes and traditional "waterfall" methodologies, and how your particular role as a business customer will change when interacting with Agile teams. Participants will learn how to effectively manage and prioritize product backlogs, plan releases and sprints, track and report progress, and scale Scrum to program-level efforts.

This course is taught by leading Agile practitioners with decades of real-world industry experience at companies ranging from small businesses to the Fortune 100. Exercises, demonstrations, facilitated discussions, case studies, tool and template examples and more are interwoven throughout the course to illustrate the principles being taught in a comprehensive fashion interactively tailored to each class’s particular needs.
Dates:

19-20 Mar 2009

Location:

Herndon, VA

Venue:

MicroTek Dulles Facility
12950 Worldgate Drive
Monument II Building, #200
Herndon, VA 20170
http://www.mclabs.com/facilities/dulles.aspx

Price:

$1295.00 if you register by 20 Feb 09
$1495.00 after 20 Feb 09

Day 1

  • History/Background of Agile Methods
  • Scrum Process Overview
  • Scrum Process Details
  • Scrum Roles and Responsibilities

Day 2

  • Leading Self-organizing Teams
  • Metrics & Reporting
  • Resource Management
  • Advanced Topics (Multiple Teams, Test-Driven Development, Distributed Development, etc)
Product and Line Managers, Project Managers, Developers, Testers, Business Analysts; and anyone interested in learning more about Scrum and agile methods.