Product Owner - Enterprise Agile Coaching

About

The two-day training for Product Owners is designed to equip participants with the skills necessary to fulfil the role of a Product Owner – a business-minded entrepreneur collaborating closely with other members of the Scrum team. Through a combination of exercises, discussions, and lectures, participants gain insights into the principles of Scrum and understand the daily responsibilities of a Product Owner. This includes collaboration with the Scrum Team to optimize value and functioning within the broader context of the organization or enterprise.

The training takes participants through the process of defining a product, covering aspects such as creating a product vision, establishing a roadmap, identifying Business Drivers, and understanding the needs of customers and users through the formulation of User Stories, a common practice in agile methodologies. Attendees will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively construct and manage the Product Backlog.

“If you don’t get any negative feedback, if your ideas are never invalidated, then you won’t learn enough.”

Roman Pichler

Length: 2 days
Level: Foundation
Form: 50% lectures / 50% workshops
Registration: Training on demand for groups
Logistics: At the customer’s premises (on-site) or anywhere else

The Scrum process

Sprint Planning is time-boxed to a maximum of eight hours for a one-month Sprint. For shorter Sprints, the event is usually shorter. The Scrum Master ensures that the event takes place and that attendants understand its purpose. The Scrum Master teaches the Scrum Team to keep it within the time-box.

The Sprint Backlog is the set of Product Backlog items selected for the Sprint, plus a plan for delivering the product Increment and realizing the Sprint Goal. The Sprint Backlog is a forecast by the Development Team about what functionality will be in the next Increment and the work needed to deliver that functionality into a “Done” Increment.

The Daily Scrum is a 15-minute time-boxed event for the Development Team. The Daily Scrum is held every day of the Sprint. At it, the Development Team plans work for the next 24 hours. This optimizes team collaboration and performance by inspecting the work since the last Daily Scrum and forecasting upcoming Sprint work. The Daily Scrum is held at the same time and place each day to reduce complexity.

A Sprint Review is held at the end of the Sprint to inspect the Increment and adapt the Product Backlog if needed. During the Sprint Review, the Scrum Team and stakeholders collaborate about what was done in the Sprint. Based on that and any changes to the Product Backlog during the Sprint, attendees collaborate on the next things that could be done to optimize value. This is an informal meeting, not a status meeting, and the presentation of the Increment is intended to elicit feedback and foster collaboration.

The Sprint Retrospective is an opportunity for the Scrum Team to inspect itself and create a plan for improvements to be enacted during the next Sprint. The Sprint Retrospective occurs after the Sprint Review and prior to the next Sprint Planning. This is at most a three-hour meeting for one-month Sprints. For shorter Sprints, the event is usually shorter. The Scrum Master ensures that the event takes place and that attendants understand its purpose.

The Increment is the sum of all the Product Backlog items completed during a Sprint and the value of the increments of all previous Sprints. At the end of a Sprint, the new Increment must be “Done,” which means it must be in useable condition and meet the Scrum Team’s definition of “Done”.

The Product Backlog is an ordered list of everything that is known to be needed in the product. It is the single source of requirements for any changes to be made to the product. The Product Owner is responsible for the Product Backlog, including its content, availability, and ordering.

The Scrum Team consists of a Product Owner, the Development Team, and a Scrum Master. Scrum Teams are self-organizing and cross-functional. Self-organizing teams choose how best to accomplish their work, rather than being directed by others outside the team.

Product Backlog refinement is the act of adding detail, estimates, and order to items in the Product Backlog. This is an ongoing process in which the Product Owner and the Development Team collaborate on the details of Product Backlog items. During Product Backlog refinement, items are reviewed and revised.

Topics Covered

Introduction to Agile (in-depth understanding of the Agile Manifesto)
Agile and the traditional approach (sequential cascade)
Theoretical foundations of Scrum
The three pillars of Scrum
Understanding the differences between project management and product management
Overview of Scrum elements (Rules, Roles, Artifacts, Events)
Product Owner – who is he and what is his role in the team
Technical vs Business Product Owner
Good Product Owner features
Product management in Agile
Valuation of product features, value proposition
Ways to measure the value delivered
Value provided and costs
Product Backlog and requirements management
Setting priorities
Estimates
Planning and monitoring the progress of work in Scrum
Scaling in Scrum
Product Owner’s work tools
Scrum patterns and anti-patterns
Preparation for the PSPO I exam

Learners taking this course are:

Future and current Product Owners
Agile team clients
Project / product sponsors
Middle and senior staff
Members of Scrum teams
PMO, specialists and managers supervising projects
Suppliers whose clients want to switch to an agile project management model
Everyone interested in learning the differences between three popular approaches: PRINCE2, PRINCE2 Agile, SAFe, DAD, LeSS, DSDM and Scrum (the trainer is an experienced Agile Coach, certified in these areas)
Everyone interested in using Scrum in practice
Everyone interested in thorough preparation for the Professional Scrum Product Owner I exam (PSPO I)

Learning Goals

Trainer's experience

The trainer is certified in all key Agile frameworks and methodologies and certified in the PROSCI method to carry out change management activities with 20+ years of international training experience and 15+ years of experience in Agile/Digital Transformations. Additionally, the trainer is certified in tools and tests for personality assessment and communication styles, as well as team building and analysis of team strengths and weaknesses.

Main trainer certifications in the field of Agile frameworks and methodologies:

Scrum: PSM III, PSPO III, PAL-EBM, PAL I, PSU I, PSK I, PSD I (Scrum.org)
Kanban: Kanban Coaching Professional (KCP), Kanban Management Professional (KMP) (Kanban University)
NEXUS: Scaled Professional Scrum (SPS) (Scrum.org)
LeSS: LeSS Practitioner (Less.works)
Disciplined Agile: CDAC (Disciplined Agile & PMI)
Scaled Agile Framework: SAFe SPC 4.6 & SPC 5 (ScaledAgile)
DSDM: DSDM Agile Trainer-Coach (Agile Business Consortium)
AgilePM: AgilePM Approved Trainer (APMG International)
PRINCE2 Agile: PRINCE2 Agile Approved Trainer (AXELOS)

Main trainer certifications in the field of Change Management / Transformation:

PROSCI ADKAR: Methodology, process and tools for carrying out changes in organizations including agile/digital transformations (certified by PROSCI Inc.)

Main trainer certifications in the field of questionnaires, tests, and tools for testing personality, competencies, and strengths of people as well as for conflict management and team building:

DISC D3: DISC D3 personality/competence test (DISC / TEAMS / VALUES / BAI) (certified by PeopleKeys).
- Application: Team building; Building personal self-awareness; Building awareness about communication styles and preferences.
SDI: Strength Deployment Inventory (certified by Personal Strengths Publishing).
- Application: Building team maturity in conflict self-management.
MBTI: Myers-Briggs questionnaire (MBTI) to measure human preferences in perceiving the world and making decisions (certified by The Myers & Briggs Foundation).
- Application: Team building; Building personal self-awareness.
BELBIN: BELBIN Team Role Test (certified by BELBIN Associates).
- Application: Building very efficient and well-coordinated teams created with all necessary competencies (and personality traits) to achieve success.

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