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Developed by Scrum.org, the self-paced Professional Scrum Product Owner™ Fundamentals interactive course is designed for aspiring and current Product Owners, product managers, and business analysts looking to elevate their skills. This online course provides a comprehensive introduction to the Scrum framework and explores all facets of the Product Owner role, including accountabilities and relationships with the Scrum Team, stakeholders, and the broader organization. Through an optimized mix of reading, videos, quizzes, and interactive decision-making activities, students will master the fundamentals of leading with a customer focus. Participants will discover how to effectively set and drive product vision, strategy, and goals. By studying real-world scenarios, common pitfalls, and concrete practices, you will learn how to balance vision, value, and validation to leverage the Scrum framework and deliver highly valuable products. Additionally, this course addresses the most frequent questions fielded by Professional Scrum Trainers. It serves as excellent pre-learning for more advanced courses and is an invaluable resource for preparing for the PSPO I certification test, making it a highly practical step in your professional development.

Syllabus

The Product Owner in Scrum

In this module, we will explore why the Product Owner accountability exists and its purpose within a Scrum Team. We will discuss several antipatterns that inhibit a Product Owner from being effective and successful.

Vision

In Module 1, we introduced the 3 Vs of vision, value and validation as the core elements to effective Product Ownership. In this module, we will explore the first element of vision.

Value

In this module, we will explore how vision sets the foundation for the second core element of Product Ownership, which is value. Once a product vision is established, the next question is, “How is it used to deliver value?”

Managing Value

In this module we will explore the ongoing process of discovering and delivering value through Product Backlog management and Evidence-Based Management™.

Validation

In the first four modules, we explored how to craft a compelling product vision, set outcome-oriented Product Goals, pursue value through experimentation and manage the Product Backlog. All these steps are in pursuit of fulfilling the Product Owner accountability: maximizing value. In this module we will discuss how the Scrum framework enables a Product Owner to work collaboratively with the other Scrum Team members and stakeholders to continuously validate and improve their product.

Bonus: Frequently Asked Questions

This module contains frequently asked questions and answers that align with the Scrum Guide and Professional Scrum about the Product Owner accountability.