Scrum Alliance: Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
Take the worlds first, and most respected agile product management certification course, from a Scrum Alliance approved company and an authorized Certified Scrum Trainer (CST)
Take the worlds first, and most respected agile product management certification course, from an approved organization
The Scrum Alliance Certified Product Owner® Certification was the first certification in the agile community to focus on product management. Product Owners apply an effectiveness paradigm, ensuring that we deliver those items that are most likely to increase company ROI, add value for the customer, and maximize learning. The continual learning from each release is used to adjust plans for future releases.
During this session you will hone your skills by breaking large chunks of work into smaller slices, prioritizing them, and then describing them to the extent necessary for a development team to build. You will focus on the strategy of what to build, and in what sequence, putting you in a position to lead both the strategy and technical execution aspects of product ownership. You will learn how to do all of this in a deep collaboration (no you don't talk to users and write stuff up for others to build, at least not anymore) that spans the organization, including business partners, end users, quality assurance (QA), developers, business analysts (BA) and even end users.
After successful completion of the course, and acceptance of the license agreement, you will be registered as a Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Product Owner®. More importantly, you will be in a better position to help your organization apply agile methods to drive effectiveness. In addition to the Product Owners, anyone involved in product development, including business users, business analysts, testers, coders, etc., often take, and benefit, this session.
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We have in-house CST capability so our trainers have been vetted further and are motivated to deliver excellence.
Grow-Lean is an approved Scrum Alliance Path to Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) Provider. This means that in addition to the CSPO we are authorized to deliver advanced courses.
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).
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Certified Scrum Product Owner Sessions
List of Currently Scheduled Public Certified Scrum Product Owner Sessions
| Session Date | Location | Price | Get Info / Register | ||
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| Wed 4/28 9:00 AM (EDT) | - | Thu 4/29 5:30 PM (EDT) | Live Online* | $1,295 , $795 until 4/20 | Get Info Register |
| Wed 5/5 9:00 AM (EDT) | - | Thu 5/6 5:30 PM (EDT) | Live Online* | $1,295 , $695 until 4/23 | Get Info Register |
| Thu 5/13 9:00 AM (EDT) | - | Fri 5/14 5:30 PM (EDT) | Live Online* | $1,295 , $695 until 4/23 | Get Info Register |
| Mon 5/24 9:00 AM (EDT) | - | Tue 5/25 5:30 PM (EDT) | Live Online* | $1,295 , $695 until 4/30 | Get Info Register |
| Mon 6/14 9:00 AM (EDT) | - | Tue 6/15 5:30 PM (EDT) | Live Online* | $1,295 , $695 until 5/7 | Get Info Register |
| Sat 6/26 9:00 AM (EDT) | - | Sun 6/27 5:30 PM (EDT) | Live Online* | $1,295 , $695 until 5/21 | Get Info Register |
| Sat 7/10 9:00 AM (EDT) | - | Sun 7/11 5:30 PM (EDT) | Live Online* | $1,295 , $695 until 6/4 | Get Info Register |
| Mon 7/19 9:00 AM (EDT) | - | Tue 7/20 5:30 PM (EDT) | Live Online* | $1,295 , $695 until 6/11 | Get Info Register |
| Thu 7/29 9:00 AM (EDT) | - | Fri 7/30 5:30 PM (EDT) | Live Online* | $1,295 , $695 until 6/25 | Get Info Register |
| Mon 8/9 9:00 AM (EDT) | - | Tue 8/10 5:30 PM (EDT) | Live Online* | $1,295 , $695 until 7/2 | Get Info Register |
| Sat 8/14 9:00 AM (EDT) | - | Sun 8/15 5:30 PM (EDT) | Live Online* | $1,295 , $695 until 7/9 | Get Info Register |
| Mon 9/20 9:00 AM (EDT) | - | Tue 9/21 5:30 PM (EDT) | Live Online* | $1,295 until 9/20 | Get Info Register |
| Sat 9/25 9:00 AM (EDT) | - | Sun 9/26 5:30 PM (EDT) | Live Online* | $1,295 until 9/25 | Get Info Register |
| Tue 10/19 9:00 AM (EDT) | - | Wed 10/20 5:30 PM (EDT) | Live Online* | $1,295 , $695 until 9/3 | Get Info Register |
| Sat 10/30 9:00 AM (EDT) | - | Sun 10/31 5:30 PM (EDT) | Live Online* | $1,295 until 10/30 | Get Info Register |
| Mon 11/8 9:00 AM (EDT) | - | Tue 11/9 5:30 PM (EDT) | Live Online* | $1,295 until 11/8 | Get Info Register |
| Wed 12/1 9:00 AM (EDT) | - | Thu 12/2 5:30 PM (EDT) | Live Online* | $1,295 , $695 until 10/29 | Get Info Register |
| Sat 12/11 9:00 AM (EDT) | - | Sun 12/12 5:30 PM (EDT) | Live Online* | $1,295 , $695 until 11/5 | Get Info Register |
Training Discounts
You may be able to save money if you register early, are an alumni, are attending with a group, or if you are collecting unemployment
There are number of discounts available for you. Alumni (those that have attended prior Grow - Lean training) can get the best prices. Other discounts are available for those
registering early, groups (three or more registrants), hardship, etc.
You can request a discount directly from the class list.
- Early-bird discounts are automatic (do not request).
- Can be automatically combined with an alumni discount.
- Early-bird discounts expire, so use them while they are available.
- Available to prior attendees of Grow-Lean Certified Training.
- Will automatically be applied at checkout (use same email).
- If alumni discount does not show during the registration (on second page) please request it.
- Grow-Lean will evaluate the request based on the number of attendees. More attendees, larger discounts.
- Cannot be combined with other discounts.
- Request and use early.
- Cannot be combined with other discounts.
- For use by those that work for an employer that does not reimburse for training.
- Early-bird rate may be lower, so check that first.
- Not combinable with other discounts.
- Submit a copy of state unemployment compensation document.
- Register early as discount is based off of current price which goes up.
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There are number of discounts set aside for each session for Grow-Lean Training alumni, those registering early, groups of three or more, for the unemployed, and in a limited number of cases, for those paying on their own.
If you are an alumni you get an automatic discount, at checkout. Register now as there are specific number of discounted seats per each session.
We will respond to your request in no more than one business day, usually much faster than that.
Please use the online interface for requesting a discount as described in the "Request a Discount" tab prior to contacting us so we have your required information.Find a Session
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Attendance
Come to our session to start or checkpoint your agile product development journey
- Business Analyst and Product Owners
- Quality Assurance
- Software Developers and Tech Leads
- Project Managers and PMO Staff
- Scrum Masters and Product Owners
- Business Users
- Engineering
- Marketing
- Business Process
- Management
Learning Objectives
Go beyond the mechanics of collecting requirements and learn how to empirically discover what to build
The Certified Product Owner® Certification focuses on the effectiveness paradigm.
A good Product Owner (PO) ensures that we deliver what was asked for, a great Product Owner leads a discovery
process to deliver what is actually valuable
(what is asked for and what is valuable are often not the same).
The PO ensures that items that are most likely to increase company ROI, add
value for the customer, and maximize learning are built, then released. The development and release processes generate learnings that guide future releases. By continual
learning you can ensure long term success even in the face of short term failures.
After the session you will be registered with the Scrum Alliance as a Certified Product Owner®. More importantly, you will have the conceptual basis on how to determine:
- Why: clarify the vision and measurable goals
- What: collaboratively and iteratively define the functionality
- When: prioritize on value (to business, users, and for learning)
- Done: determine when stories, features and releases are complete
You will apply the Scrum framework to product development and practice a dual-track readiness maturation process to prepare your team for release planning and sprint planning events gaining a practical perspective on applying the roles, artifacts and ceremonies of Scrum via hands on exercises, discussion and simulation.
You will learn how a variety of other frameworks strengthens Scrum and allows you to maximize value delivery.
- XP and DevOps®: XP (Extreme Programming) is a Scrum superset for engineering excellence, including, among other things Test Driven Development (TDD), refactoring (keeping a code base clean) and continuous integration (build and test at least daily). DevOps builds on XP and adds continuous delivery (CI/CD) so that you can get to market, and learn, faster.
- SAFe®, LeSS®, Scrum@Scale®: Scaling frameworks that provides additional roles, ceremonies and artifacts to work across multiple teams.
- Kanban: Known for visualizing, limiting WIP creating flow, and making policies explicit. We focus on Kanban for your readiness pipeline (refinement).
- Lean Startup®: An approach to mitigating business risks by getting to market quickly with a release that is also an experiment, learning from it, and adapting based on leanings. These concepts are critical to all PO's, in startups and large companies alike.
Exercises, discussions, simulations, games, yes we really mean games, case studies, examples and fun, yes even jokes, are interwoven throughout the course to illustrate the principles being taught in an immersive, engaging manner so that you learn, while enjoying yourself.
Pre-reads
Prepare in advance to maximize course value
If you have time prior to the session, you can benefit by by clicking here to check free reading material and videos.
Start with the Agile Manifesto and the principles behind it. This is a short read at less than two pages.
Spend a bit more time reading the Scrum Guide. It is 13 pages but the pages are not dense.
Have some more time, watch the Scrum Alliance videos.
What You Get
From workbooks to a great training experience
- High quality printed book
- Light breakfast, lunch, snacks, coffee, tea and beverages
- Two-year membership to Scrum Alliance
- Designation as a Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO) upon successful completion of class
- An experienced agile expert as your trainer
- Up to 16 PDUs and 14 SEUs
Agenda
Empirical Product Development
Ten Reasons Why You Should Attend a Grow-Lean Training
Before, during and after the class, choose Grow-Lean so...
- Go with a safe choice as Grow-Lean is a Scrum Alliance Registered Education Provider and Path to CSP Educator with Certified Scrum Trainers on staff (no rent a trainer).
- You won't get canceled on at the last minute (choose your training company wisely). Over 98% of our attendees for Certified ScrumMaster Sessions (CSM, A-CSM, CSPO) get to attend the class they register for (i.e. cancellations are rare and when they happen we give lots of notice).
- Get trained by a Scrum Alliance® approved, Certified Scrum Trainer (CST).
- Gain an understanding of the agile philosophy with principles you can apply immediately.
- Gain practical skills you can apply in your workplace.
- Have fun while learning. Yes, serious fun, don't go to a boring training!
- You have a trainer with significant real world experience, as well as significant experience delivering training.
- Get increased retention via hands-on simulations, frequent quizzing, discussions and multiple mechanisms.
Certification Information
Basic facts about the certification
- No additional charge to become certified.
- No exam required now, exam expected to be required for classes soon.
- Must attend a minimum of 14 hours class time to become certified.
- Two years Scrum Alliance Membership.
Contact Us
Reach out to us, we are responsive and will respond to requests in a business day
- Contact us via phone at +1.609.975.9294 between 9:00 AM ET to 5:30 PM ET US.
- For discount requests on public sessions, please use the "Get Info" button on the class list, choose the discounts tab, and enter appropriate information, before contacting us, so we have your information.
- For questions about coaching, consulting or private training, you can contact us via phone at +1.609.975.9294 or via email (links below).
- For support, contact us at +1.609.975.9294 or via email (links below).
