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:

11-12 Dec 2008
Location:

Vreeland, Netherlands

Venue:

De Nederlanden Hotel and Restaurant
Duinkerken 3
Vreeland, Netherlands
http://www.nederlanden.nl

Price:

1595 Euro

Introduction to Agile

A Case for Change

Scrum Process Overview

Agile Planning Overview


Communicating with the Team

Agile Requirements

Agile Estimation


The Product Owner in Scrum

Discovery Sessions

Product Backlog

Release Planning

Sprint Planning

Sprint Backlog

Sprint

Sprint Review

Daily Scrum

Sprint Retrospective


Understanding Customer Needs

Describing Customers

Agile User Experience

Defining & Prioritizing Value


Communicating with Stakeholders


Tracking & Ensuring Project Success


Bonus: Getting the Most Out of Scrum

Picking the Right Projects

Agile Contracts

Resource & Portfolio Management

Distributed Delivery

Product and Line Managers, Project Managers, Developers, Testers, Business Analysts; and anyone interested in learning more about Scrum and agile methods.