Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) Workshop
Thursday Nov 23 and Friday Nov 24
9:00 AM to 17:00 PM
Xebia Academy Amsterdam in Amsterdam
Support@Grow-Lean.com or +1.609.975.9294

Certified Scrum Product Owner

Reality Based, Certified Agile Workshop with Everything You Need to Be a CSPO

Date
Thu Nov 23 to Fri Nov 24
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location Xebia Academy Amsterdam
Wibautstraat 200
Amsterdam, 1091 GS
+31 (0)20 760 9844
Fees € 1570 EU
until 23 Nov
Trainer Arlen Bankston
Agile Coach & Trainer
Notes This is an in person class. Please ensure you arrive at the venue prior to the start. Dress in layers as temperatures in training venues can vary.

The Certified Scrum Product Owner®, a.k.a. the CSPO, was the world's fist agile certification for product development and is still the most popular. It covers Product Owner (PO) activities through the lens of the Scrum Framework focusing on the effectiveness paradigm where we discover what to build instead of delivering what was planned.

The session provides you the intellectual tools you need to ensure that we continually learn so we can deliver those items that are most likely to increase company ROI, add value for the customer, and create new learning. If you are product focused and want to expedite your journey towards evidence based product development, where data, not emotion, drives your decisions, take the Grow-Lean Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO) session.

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Refund Policies

What happens if you can't attend

We try to avoid cancellations and expect you to be similarly respectful; so there are fees associated with cancellations to cover a portion of costs we incur, including credit card processing.

Grow-Lean has established policies around situations where you as an attendee, or Grow-Lean as a host, must cancel or reschedule. Grow-Lean's policies are significantly more consumer-friendly than most other training providers. We do this because we realize that unforeseen things happen, but we ask that you be thoughtful about canceling late so we can continue to put our customers first.

By registering yourself or others for the session, or by being a registrant, you agree to the policies below. If you have any questions, please contact us.

Cancellations

Cancellation requests received at least sixteen (16) days prior to the event will receive a 100% refund minus a 5% credit card processing fee.

Cancellation requests received fifteen (15) to eight (8) days prior to the event will receive a 100% refund minus a 5% credit card processing fee and a $125 late cancellation fee.

Cancellation requests received seven (7) or less days prior to the event will receive a credit equal to 50% of the amount paid that can be applied to any future event that the registrant will take in the next twelve months.

Reschedule Requests

Reschedule requests received at least sixteen (16) days prior to the event will have no fees for the first request. Additional reschedule requests will be subject to a $125 transfer fee.

Reschedule requests received less than sixteen (16) days prior to the event will be subject to a $125 transfer fee.

Grow-Lean Reschedule Events

We try to avoid rescheduling. If Grow-Lean needs to reschedule, all registrants will promptly receive a 100% refund. Registrants may decide to be transferred into the rescheduled event, or another upcoming event, instead of the refund if they desire.

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Arlen Bankston

CST | CSP-SM | CSP-PO | CAL | A-CSM | CSM | A-CSPO | CSPO | LSS MB | SAFe SPC5

Arlen Bankston has been a thought leader in the agile community for 24 years. He led two consultancies for over 20 years, funding and building products, leading UX/UI work within agile teams and coaching large-scale organizational transformations across dozens of companies. This means that you’ll get practical, situationally specific advice instead of theoretical hand waving. Arlen’s extensive instructional and game design background results in a uniquely entertaining and practical workshop experience. Arlen goes to great lengths to help students share with one another, a benefit unique to these most advanced classes.

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Refund Policies

This Grow-Lean course if via partner Xebia. During registration confirm their policies.

This is a partner class with Xebia and registration will be via the Xebia website, using their registration system, and adhering to their policies. The policies listed are up to date as of 22-September-2021 and represent information on the Xebia website at that time. You should confirm these policies during your registration process which takes place on the Xebia Website.

In the text below, when you see "our" and "we", this is referring to Xebia. When you see "website" this is referring to www.xebia.com.

General

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These training terms apply to all our trainings, courses, and sessions where we take care of the program and trainer (each a “training”) and to all documents you use to purchase a training, including for instance a purchase order. We hereby explicitly reject the applicability of any other terms and conditions, including your general terms and conditions.

Agreement, Changes, and Cancellation

You can apply for our trainings on our website. By applying, you expressly confirm that you agree to our training terms. An agreement exist only if and when we have confirmed your application in writing. Commitments from or agreements with our personnel or third parties engaged by us are only enforceable when we have confirmed such commitments and/or agreements in writing.

You can always cancel a training in writing. We will not charge you for a training if you cancel it up to 1 month before the first training day. We will charge you 50% of the training price if you cancel a training between 1 month and 2 weeks before the first training day. If you cancel a training within 2 weeks of the first training day, we will charge you the full training price.

We may interrupt, reschedule, and/or cancel a training in case of unforeseen circumstances, including without limitation a shortage or excess of applications for a specific training, or illness of the trainer. We will always notify you of this as soon as possible. After you have received such notification, you will have 2 weeks to cancel the training and receive a full refund.

Xebia Academy Amsterdam

Wibautstraat 200
Amsterdam, 1091 GS
+31 (0)20 760 9844

The beating heart of the city

Our Xebia Amsterdam office brings you to the beating heart of the city, for a training experience that's both dynamic and inspiring.

The creative, chill space reflects our informal teaching style, as well as our passion for exchanging knowledge smoothly. Huge, whiteboard walls encourage a visual, interactive vibe while the fourth glass wall keeps it all, literally, transparent. Kick start your morning with a fresh-brewed cappuccino, whipped up by one of our friendly hospitality colleagues. Then wrap up your day with a drink and bite at our bar, while you mull over your learnings with your trainers and fellow participants.

With a metro stop right at our doorstep, you can easily reach Xebia Amsterdam by public transport. Or, if you still prefer to drive, there’s plenty of parking in the neighborhood or nearby garages.

Route / Parking to Xebia Amsterdam

By public transportation

Opposite the Wibautveste you will find various metrostations, tram and bus stops, for example:

  • From Amsterdam Central Station: metro 51, 53 and 54.
  • From RAI Congress Centre: bus 65, or take tram 4 transfer to metro 51.
  • From WTC: metro 51.
  • Take exit Graaf Florisstraat.

By car

From Utrecht (A2)

  • Follow the A2 Amsterdam, Exit Amsterdam Centre.
  • End A2 at the traffic light, after the bridge turn right into the President Kennedylaan (s110).
  • Go straight on, road becomes the Amsteldijk (s110), until you reach a T-crossing.
  • Turn right into the Torontobrug (s100).
  • Turn right into the Wibautstraat (s112).
  • Follow this road for 1 km, the Wibautveste is on your right.

From Schiphol / The Hague (A4)

  • Follow A4, road becomes A10.
  • Take exit 12 Amsterdam Centrum, turn left on the Gooiseweg (s112).
  • Continue straight on, turn right on the roundabout (first exit) and follow s112 Wibautstraat.
  • Turn right on the Vrolikstraat, turn right on the Olmenweg and turn right on the Platanenweg.
  • Turn left into the Wibautstraat (s112), the Wibautveste is on your right.

From Amersfoort (A1)

  • From the A1, turn A10 (ring road) east.
  • Exit Centrum (s112), turn left at the traffic lights.
  • Continue straight on, turn right on the roundabout (first exit) and follow s112 Wibautstraat.
  • Turn right on the Vrolikstraat, turn right on the Olmenweg and turn right on the Platanenweg.
  • Turn left into the Wibautstraat (s112), the Wibautveste is on your right.

From Haarlem (A9)

  • At the Haarlemmerweg (s103) turn right A10 (ring road) direction Den Haag/ Utrecht.
  • Take exit 12 Amsterdam Centrum, turn left on the Gooiseweg (s112).
  • Continue straight on, turn right on the roundabout (first exit) and follow s112 Wibautstraat.
  • Turn right on the Vrolikstraat, turn right on the Olmenweg and turn right on the Platanenweg.
  • Turn left into the Wibautstraat (s112), the Wibautveste is on your right.

Parking

You can use the Q-Park Centrum Oost (Wibautstraat 3). Parking fee is charged (6 euros per hour with a maximum of 30 euros per day). It is a 12 minute walk from the Q-Park to the Wibautveste. You can also take metro 51, 53 and 54 from Metrostation Weesperplein to Metrostation Wibautstraat. You can also park on the streets surrounding the office which is 6 euros per hour.



Arlen Bankston

CST | CSP-SM | CSP-PO | CAL | A-CSM | CSM | A-CSPO | CSPO | LSS MB | SAFe SPC5

Arlen Bankston has been a thought leader in the agile community for 24 years. He led two consultancies for over 20 years, funding and building products, leading UX/UI work within agile teams and coaching large-scale organizational transformations across dozens of companies. This means that you’ll get practical, situationally specific advice instead of theoretical hand waving. Arlen’s extensive instructional and game design background results in a uniquely entertaining and practical workshop experience. Arlen goes to great lengths to help students share with one another, a benefit unique to these most advanced classes.

Certified Scrum Product Owner

Starting Your Journey to Product Excellence

Certified Scrum Product Owner Logo

The Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO) was the world's fist agile certification for product development and is still the most popular. The Grow-Lean CSPO covers Product Owner (PO) behaviors, actions and activities through the lens of the Scrum Framework. If you are product focused and want to expedite your journey towards evidence based product development, where data, not emotion, drives your decisions, take the Grow-Lean Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO) session. Our session is 100% hands on, with zero slides, and it is an actual product development course, as compared to requirements workshop offered by others.

This class is being delivered in a Grow-Lean / Xebia Academy partnership. Xebia Academy policies for registration, pricing, and cancellation apply.

Key Details

A unique CSPO course taught by a highly engaging agile product management expert

Live and Interactive

Participate in an in-depth, hands-on, 100% live workshop with no slides and no PowerPoint. Take product development scenarios from high level concept down to build ready descriptions.

Along the way learn about the Story Mapping, Story Writing, Shift Left Testing, and other conceptual tools that all Product Owners should know.

Scrum from a PO Perspective

If you want a slightly modified Certified ScrumMaster you have many options. If you want a deep course on actual agile product development, choose Grow-Lean.

We cover Scrum, but from the perspective of a PO, and we go well beyond the Scrum guide to help you apply tools fit for your context.

Hands on and Deep

In this session you learn by doing. We will spend a considerable amount of time creating a Positioning Statement, Lean Canvas, Story Map, and Stories, for a realistic scenario.

We will also do exercises like the one shown where we identify the metric in the small case study.

As a result, you leave ready to apply what you have learned when you return to work.

Authentic

Based on 50+ Years Agile Experience

This live online workshop is based a collaboration of Arlen Bankston and David Bulkin, who combined, have over 50 years of product development experience. Both of them also have over two decades of agile experience, have trained thousands on agile product development, meaning, you get authentic learning.

Agenda

Core Topic Areas

The class is highly interactive. A small portion of the training material is done sequentially. Approximately 2.5 hours into the session we start a simulation and use the questions and learning from the simulation to drive the class flow.

Earning Your Certification

The Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

Certified Scrum Product Owner Logo

At present there is no examination required to achieve the Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) Certification. Taking the session earns your CSPO if you participate in at least 14 hours of class time.

Grow-Lean covers the certification fees and you receive two years of Scrum Alliance Membership.

The certification will help differentiate you , but more importantly the learning will allow you to interview with more confidence and apply core product development techniques in the work place.

The CSPO also allows you to pursue the Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner (A-CSPO) and Certified Scrum Professional Product Owner (CSP-PO) certification, to complete the Path to CSP.

What You Get

Everything you need to become a CSPO with no hidden costs.

Live On-Line Training
Fully live and interactive. Many other classes use canned videos. You can use YouTube for that!
Certification Fees
All fees to get you certified are covered. There are no additional or surprise charges.
Two Year Scrum Alliance Membership
You receive a two-year membership with the Scrum Alliance which gives you access to member-only content and discounted access to Scrum Gathering events.
Alumni Discount
Take one training of $500 or more and get 5% off, two get 10% off, three get 15%, all the way up to 25% off.
16 PMI PDUs
Get 16 Project Management Institute (PMI) Professional Development Units (PDUs) to help meet your PMI continuing education requirements.

Upgrade and Expand Your Agile Toolbox

Go beyond basic and learn new mental models and approaches.

The Product Owner role is both the most difficult and most poorly understood in the annals of agility, but there are plenty of tried-and-true ways to deal with the difficulties that you face. We have years of creative problem solving ready to bring to bear on your issues and guarantee that you will walk away with some fresh new ideas.

Grow Your System from the Bottom Up

Define what to build based on what we learn.

  • Novice PO: generate requirements largely by yourself based on your understanding.
  • Advanced Beginner: elicit and gather requirements from experts.
  • Competent: elicit and gather requirements from experts, developers and other stakeholders.
  • Effective: Lead your team and stakeholders through collaborative learning loops, building, and discovering what to build next together.
Determmine Why, What, When, Done

As an effective PO, you delegate the "How", and collaboratively define...

  • Why: clarify the vision and measurable goals.
  • What: collaboratively and iteratively define the functionality.
  • When: prioritize on value, including for the business, for users, and to grow learning).
  • Done: determine when stories, features and releases are complete.
Create Feedback Cycles

Create short cycles where items most likely to increase company ROI, add value for the customer, and maximize learning are built and rapidly and released. This....

  • Generate data which is interpreted by the PO.
  • Generate learning from the data.
  • Adjust plans based on what was learning.
  • Maximizes value by continuing to inspect and adapt.

Start and Stay with Grow-Lean

Grow-Lean Delivers the CSPO, Adavanced CSPO, and Certified Scrum Professional PO

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Scrum Alliance® CSPO Sessions can only be delivered by a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST). Becoming a CST is difficult and there are less than 300 CSTs world-wide, so companies often use CSTs associated with multiple organizations. We have in-house CST capability so our trainers have been further vetted.

Grow-Lean is an approved Scrum Alliance Path to Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) Provider. In addition to the CSPO we are authorized to deliver advanced courses including the Advanced CSPO (A-CSPO), and the Certified Scrum Professional Product Owner (CSP-PO). So, you can start and stay with Grow-Lean.

Grow-Lean is an approved Scrum Alliance Registered Education Provider (REP), meaning that we can list and deliver continuing education classes that earn you Scrum Education Units® (SEUs).

Certified Scrum Product Owner Journey

Steps to Improve Your Career with a Certified Scrum Product Owner Certification

  1. Choose a trainer has actual deep experience as a PO. Arlen and David both have significant experience in product development.
  2. Register for the session with a reputable company; choose Grow-Lean.
  3. Use our pre-reads and practice quizzes to prepare.
  4. Attend a lively, Powerpoint free, hands on session.
  5. Login from the link sent in the email.
  6. Accept your license with Scrum Alliance.
  7. Experience career growth.

Pre-Class Reading and Videos

Maximize your learning with preparation

Pre-reading for the your Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Product Owner training.
If you have time prior to the session, you can prepare by reviewing the free reading material and videos.
  • Start with a short read, the Agile Manifesto and the principles behind it.
  • Read the Scrum Guide. It is 13 light pages.
  • Have some more time, watch the videos on Scrum.
  • Even more time, check the Certified Scrum Product Owner specific material.
Don't let your voice get drowned-out in a large 50 person class.
Choose Grow-Lean for a small class, personal experience, where you voice is heard?

Why Choose This Session?

Because you get deep, real learning in an interactive environment.

  • Get one of the worlds most experienced CSPO Trainer..
  • Receive the best value in advanced CSP-PO training.
  • Participate in deep discussions.
  • Benefit from a 100% live session (beware of offline variants).
  • Learn from case studies and real-life examples.
  • Everything covered with no hidden cost.
  • Receive meaningful answers to questions.
  • Have fun and enjoy the session.

Why Choose Grow-Lean?

Longest tenured trainers, smaller classes and higher quality.

  • Small group of elite, experienced, practical agile trainers.
  • The highest quality for a fair price.
  • Caring customer support before and after training.
  • Interactive class experience.
  • Everything is included. No hidden fees!
  • Trainers are actual practitioners. Don't trust talking heads!
  • Unique training material, templates and approaches.
  • Small class size so you get personal attention.

Everything Included

No Nasty Surprises!

Be careful of the company you pick. With Xebia everything is you need to be certified is included. . There are no surprise costs when you register or accept your license.

Practice Quizzes?

There is no exam, but the quizzes reinforce learnings

There is no exam for your certification, but you can still get significant benefit from our practice quizzes as they help ensure you know the basics so your classroom experience can focus on the big picture.

  • The practice quizzes are active learning that increases retention.
  • They apply what cognitive science calls retrieval practice.
  • Retrieval practice makes learning challenging which helps you remember the material.

If you have time prior to the session use them as a refresher. Or perhaps, during the session you notice some weak spots and review the quizzes post class to fill in the knowledge gaps.