With the Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner (A-CSPO) you build on the CSPO and grow your ability to establish and communicate an actionable vision, rapidly test hypotheses, work effectively with stakeholders, and manage the backlog using a host of advanced techniques.
Unlike sessions offered by others, our A-CSPO is a true advanced session that is 100% live, completely interactive and slide-free.
The course uses Mural in a unique way that has been a huge hit with students and helps you stay fully engaged from beginning to end. We explore topics through exercises that drive deep discussion and you will learn from the industry’s most experienced A-CSPO Trainers, as well as from other advanced attendees. You leave ready to implement techniques the next day.
Your trainer is David Bulkin. If you want to know why to choose David, quoting him, "I continue to build stuff with agile.". He has an impressive 40 years of product experience and he is not stopping. He has 24 years dedicated to agile, and has successfully trained over 20,000 students.
What sets David apart is his continued active involvement in product development. His hands-on experience allows him to bring practical relevance to the classroom, ensuring that you gain applicable skills to immediately apply.
Join David's training and benefit from his wealth of knowledge, practical expertise, and unique ability to make learning both enjoyable and effective.
The A-CSPO training course was an amazing learning experience. David Bulkin is a very talented and enthusiastic instructor who made the concepts easy to understand. It was a very interactive and engaging session that included break-outs for practicing new strategies with your teammates. David is very thorough in his work and offers practical insights. Highly recommend!
David is great instructor, he is very knowledgeable and his approach to involve people in discussion and workout / case study was fabulous. He provided lots of real -time example that helped in getting subject knowledge further better.
Very well run class. You can read the mechanics of being a ScrumMaster in a few hours to be just OK at it. David Bulkin's class expertly teaches you the art of being a ScrumMaster to be great at it.
Excellent Company and Excellent Trainer. The class is very enjoyable because of David who has an excellent way of presenting and engaging the participants.
David makes his training session a very engaging experience that keeps you mentally & physically awake. The first time I took the training class with David was in-person in Dec 2018. This week was my renewal session after 2 years. It was amazing to experience how well David kept the web session alive and interactive... Best coach I ever had !
A weekend well spent! The material was covered in the most interactive and intuitive way. David has deep real world knowledge that he applies to the concepts. He keeps it engaging fun
David Bulkin was amazing!! Very engaging and interactive class, utilizing Mural platform for course which definitely cultivated a space for grasping the material even further
David is an excellent instructor. There is a lot of room for discussion and through breakout sessions, the class had the opportunity to share skills and experience. The class was based in the Agile mindset while teaching it.
David was an amazing instructor, and the pace of the course was perfect, with many real world examples. The whole structure was really well done. There were folks from all over the US, with varied backgrounds, and working situations. I would definitely recommend this course with David for anyone seeking this certification.
David was a fantastic teacher and it was obvious he truly has a passion for what he does. Class was fun and informative. Can't wait for the next one!
David was awesome! We had a very small class (class of 5 plus him) and he made it very interactive.
I thoroughly enjoyed the course and I couldn't have had a better trainer. David knows his stuff and forces you to think deeper than just surface level. I am totally new to the Agile Framework and Scrum methodologies and this was an excellent course for a beginner. I can't wait to take the more advanced courses. I am not it the IT field, but the training can be used across multiple disciplines.
Wonderful training for scrum, project ownership, et al. Engaging, useful, and funny presentations from David Bulkin make the experience seem less than a full day, while you still get all the knowledge you need for whatever project management initiative you are undertaking.
I take all of my certification classes with Grow Learn -- it is highly applicable, engaging, and key learnings are synthesized. You get an authentic experience of what agile really looks like, hands on. David Bulkin's sessions have -- and I cannot understate this -- literally changed our organization.
What an amazing course! David Bulkin did an job engaging our class and providing us with the information we need to pass the exam. But he also took time to provide tips and techniques that would help us become true practitioners of scrum. He provided us with scenarios in and out technology to help us apply scrum in multiple ways.
The class was excellent! David knowns his topics, presents well with examples, and explains things when questions are proposed. He utilized tools, such as Mural, very well with breakouts and activities. Although the class was 9-5, it had built in breaks and activities that kept us engaged without the meeting be a drain or feeling as though it was dragging on. The use of Mural was great; I had experience with Miro in the past and other whiteboards, but using Mural was an excellent way to get experience using a new tool. The course also discussed other tooling options and comparisons that we can use in our own daily processes.
I had great training with David. One of the most important things for me was sharing real-life examples and relating them to the theory. One more benefit was the frequent opportunity for the participants to discuss different points of view and work on practical users cases. I am looking forward to my next training course.
David is an amazing coach of agile and general leadership. Where many teachers will provide textbook observations, David provides practical advice based on real experiences. I always feel that I come away with tactical improvements that I can make as a leader and coach for my own teams. He also has a unique ability to make even a virtual training engaging and totally fun.
First class in a long time where I was fully engaged. Smaller classes, and very interactive. Real world scenarios. I really enjoyed having David Bulkin as an instructor. He was super funny and helpful. Thanks for an amazing class.
This was another great course provided by David Bulkin! The content was conveyed in a way that was easy to understand, and the ability to work with other class members via breakout rooms helped me practice what was taught. The pace of the course was good, and the structure of the course kept me interested the entire time. I definitely learned a lot from this course; and will apply it to my current job. I plan to take another course from David in the near future!
Grow-Lean is the best Agile Training Company by far! Their instructors are very knowledgeable and give practical advice and scenarios to learn from. The medium they use for sharing and engaging students in a virtual environment is fantastic! I would recommend them over any other training company I have worked with. David did an amazing job of covering the material in an engaging way that involved everyone even though it was in a virtual environment. He is knowledgeable and experienced and is a great instructor. I would recommend him and the Grow-Lean training company any time!
Working Grow-Lean was a very professional company to work with. Their materials were informative and all of their correspondence was thorough and helped with learning the material.
The practice sessions, lecture material all very informative and very detailed. It would be good idea to provide how to's on MIRO software, but not critical. Whole class was very well instructed
Grow-lean mentors are very welcoming and always check on their students to make sure they are receiving they knowledge being transferred. I will definitely recommend it who ever try to enroll with Grow-lean
Had an informative and engaging time over these last two days learning all things Scrum! Grow-Lean definitely prepared me and I feel confident proceeding both into this exam as well as into my career! Any and all should come and take this course!
Do you want theory or reality? Learn from an agile expert who still actively builds product. This workshop is 100% live and builds on David's four decades of product development experience.
The result is like a private consulting experience, just more fun.
We assesses personal situations and dynamically reorient towards creating practical paths forward for each participant. As such, to get maximum benefit and to receive the certification you should have a minimum of one year’s experience in a product role.
Grow Your Career, Grow Your Organization
The samples shown below have embedded exercises. You are seeing the result. Most topics start with an exercise followed by deep discussion and problem solving.

A successful PO is open-minded, thoughtful, and collaborative, prioritizing learning through research and experimentation.
Per the "Darth Vader" exercise sample, we examine the evil, but common, dysfunctional behaviors that PO's exhibit. This helps you reflect and improve your approach.
Improve Your Soft SkillsLearn to hone your active listening, facilitate (yes, PO's need to facilitate) and apply collaborative decision-making to harness the collective intelligence of diverse stakeholders

Learn how to systematically engage with potential customers to uncover unmet needs and pain points through various techniques including structured interviews, surveys, website analytics and user observation.
Find Your FocusIf you try to make your product right for everyone, it won't serve anyone. The example exercise is used to learn about segmenting customers with shared characteristics so you can tailor your product to them.

The sample canvas builds on the Lean Canvas™. We start with an exercise of growing our ice cream shop with custom flavors. Through this engaging activity you understand how to validate customer needs and assess product market fit for your different customer segments .
Develop Product StrategiesWe review several additional tools for developing a coherent strategy, including positioning statements, story maps, and experience maps.

The sample learning material is from our FLUID™ meta-model. A PO uses FLUID™ to discover, prioritize and plan product development. Step 4 of the model provides guidance on induction, working from the bottom up, to add to and change our plans while validating and adjusting our strategy. W
View Details from Different AnglesWith induction, we look at happy and unhappy paths, and create test scenarios that cover the various ways users can interact with your product.
At Grow-Lean, we understand that job loss and financial hardships can be overwhelming. Many of our customers and community members have shared their challenges, and we want to help.
For a limited time, we are providing even deeper discounts, making it easier for you to continue learning and advance your career. This program applies courses taking place between now and 15 March 2026 and includes early bird (automatically applied), alumni, groups (3+ at one or many events), hardship, out of pocket, student, teacher and military. Apply for a discount on the session date you are interested in.
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Scrum Alliance: CST | CSP-SM | CSP-PO | CAL 1 | SAFe: SPC | PMI: PMI-ACP
David Bulkin is a managing director and head of training services at Grow-Lean. He assists teams as a coach / mentor; delivers training, and builds product. He has trained 20,000 students, and impacted thousands via public speaking and coaching. Unlike many trainer/coaches, he continues to build systems.
David delivers training, including the CSM, A-CSM, CSPO and A-CSPO courses; and has trained over 20,000 students with over 10,000 being with the Scrum Alliance.
David mentors and coaches teams and individuals.
He does all of this while actively building software, filling various roles at different times, including designing, coding, testing, PO and Scrum Master (think about that, someone who does what they teach).
David's commitment to helping others and his continued work as a team member positions him to deliver a practical perspective that will help you boost your career.
David's thought leadership in 2009 on progressive elaboration for agile requirements influenced what is now known as refinement (entering Scrum in 2011). David has successfully applied agile to manufacturing, marketing, sales, finance, and other areas outside of IT. He was an independent reviewer of the original PMI-ACP body of knowledge that fed the creation of the PMI-ACP Exam and has worked on the exam questions for the Certified Scrum Master Exam. David’s broad background ensures you are getting up-to-date ideas to apply.
David is an industry veteran with 40 years of product development experience. In 2001, David's eBanking Team at JP Morgan Chase implemented agile with Kent Beck, the Father of Extreme Programming (XP), and perhaps also Agile, was the team coach. In addition to eBanking, David was also responsible for Online Account Opening, Insurance and Retirement Services.
David's deep experience, his high energy level, and his continued hands-on work helps David stay practical and level-headed . He can understand your needs so you benefit from his experience.
We have heard from many students about their challenges with job loss and the fear of it.
We have expanded our discounts from now through March 15, 2026, to help you keep moving forward.
Deep discounts are available for:
Browse our upcoming sessions, pick a session, and select the “Discounts” link to apply.
Let’s navigate this journey together.
To ensure transformative value beyond certification, we are offering an exclusive bonus a complimentary 60-minute, one-on-one coaching session to the first 10 registrants of each session.
This will help you translate your newly acquired knowledge into actionable strategies for your team, your organization and yourself.
Secure your spot now and seize this unique opportunity to work directly with an industry expert.
Earn your certification in a 100% live, online class, with no additional / outside work required. We do ask that you read the Scrum Guide which is at most 30 minutes of time.
The class has 20 exercises followed by discussion and reflection about real-world opportunities and challenges.
Avoid offline study and low interaction training by signing up today.
Want more value from the session we will work with you to make it happen with options including a free retake and/or one-on-one support.
Get the best quality training from a provider you can trust.
At present there is no examination required to achieve the Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner (A-CSPO) Certification. Taking the session earns your A-CSPO if you meet the requirements outlined below.
The advanced certification will differentiate you, but more importantly the deep learning will allow you to interview with confidence and apply advanced techniques in the work place.
The A-CSPO also allows you to pursue Certified Scrum Professional Product Owner (CSP-PO) certification, which completes the Path to CSP.
The PO role is challenging and misunderstood. We demystify the process and equip you with the strategies to succeed. We draw from decades of experience and provide innovative problem-solving techniques. You leave with new ideas and practical solutions.
How do you deal with unplanned mid-Sprint changes?
We’ll practice several techniques from the lean and product management communities for dealing fluidly and systematically with emergency and unplanned work. We’ll also help you prepare for fixed date deliveries, ensure the team has appropriate time to deal with technical debt and process improvements, and show how to avoid both over- and under-committing within the sprint.
Does your Sprint Review fail as a true product feedback loop and put participants to sleep?
It doesn’t have to be this way. Learn some unique tricks for bringing interactivity, life and practical worth to a session that often functions as little more than a status check to turn it into a session where we align and adjust future plans. You will also learn patterns for running large-scale reviews with many interdependent teams.
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.
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.
Be careful of the company you pick. With Grow-Lean everything is covered including the certification fees, practice exams a free class retake (within 120 days), and you receive additional discounts off of your next session, including the Certified Scrum Professional Product Owner (CSP-PO).
There are no surprise costs when you register or accept your license and we have a user friendly transfer and cancellation policy.
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