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Enroll in our Course Led by David, an Active PO!

100% Live - Online

Enroll in our Course Led by David, an Active PO. Experience Real-World Product Management Firsthand!

Price
895 USD 699 USD until 21 Mar
Certification Fees Included
Date
Two 8.00-hour sessions
Thu Jun 11 - 10:30 AM (EST) to
Fri Jun 12 - 6:30 PM (EST)

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.

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Key Details

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

Live and Interactive

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.

  • You utilize a variety of custom-built tools and techniques while learning about the mechanisms behind each.
  • You leave ready to use these tools in your own environment.

Engaging and Practical

  • Explore real-world scenarios and case studies
  • Participate in deep simulation and engaging games
  • Hear stories from the instructor’s agile consulting and leadership experience
  • See how tools like the ones used in class can also be used in product development to both create and communicate a vision and the details to get there
  • Leave ready to advance your product development through pragmatic tips and stories from the instructor’s 25 years consulting experience, as well as learning from often equally experienced fellow students.

Deep and Customized

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

What You Learn

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.

Develop a Product Mindset

Develop a Product Mindset

Think Like a Product Owner

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 Skills

Learn 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

Discover Market Segments

Discover Market Segments

Understand Potential Customers

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 Focus

If 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.

Create an Effective Strategy

Create an Effective Strategy

Understand Product Market Fit

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 Strategies

We review several additional tools for developing a coherent strategy, including positioning statements, story maps, and experience maps.

Define the Details

Define the Details

Induct from the Bottom Up

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 Angles

With induction, we look at happy and unhappy paths, and create test scenarios that cover the various ways users can interact with your product.

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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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Choose an Experienced Trainer


David Bulkin

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.

What You Learn

Key learning areas in the Advanced-CSPO

Elevating the PO Role
Make the case for a strong PO with an appropriate amount of authority and autonomy
Engaging Stakeholders
Bringing stakeholders with divergent interests and strong personalities together and helping them align
Scaling Teams and the Product Owner Role
Find effective ways to set up, align and synchronize between teams from a product perspective
Moving Beyond Scrum
Applying ideas and techniques from Lean Startup, Kanban and DevOps
Finding Value
Discovering true needs and testing potentially risky assumptions
Aligning with Legacy
Working with legacy systems and waterfall teams
Applying DevOps
Applying CI/CD to get to market frequently and drive learning loops
Dealing with Change
Working efficiently with frequent priority changes by businesses and stakeholders
Roadmapping with Agility
Planning out several years into the future while remaining agile
Measuring and Reporting
Creating transparency into progress with minimal overhead in an engaging fashion
Executing with Excellence
Designing and facilitating more effective Scrum events and activities like planning, reviews and backlog refinement
Using Collaborative Modeling
Increase trust, speed and product quality with collaborative modeling
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When we lift each other up, we all rise to new heights

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:

  • Students, Vets, Active Military
  • Groups and Not-Profit-Organizations
  • Individuals facing financial hardship

Browse our upcoming sessions, pick a session, and select the “Discounts” link to apply.

Let’s navigate this journey together.

Elevate your impact
Exclusive Bonus - One on One Coaching

60 minutes with agile expert Arlen Bankston or David Bulkin

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.

100% Live Online Training
No Outside Work Required

Get Certified by taking the class

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.

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Ensure Your Quality

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.

What You Get

Everything you need to take your product management journey to the next step.
Live On-Line Training
100% live, fully interactive sessions with real-time Q&A, discussions, and hands-on exercises. No pre-recorded videos. Just expert instruction tailored to your questions.
Certification Fees
Complete certification fees included, from course attendance through your CSM license. No hidden costs or surprise charges.
A-CSPO Certification
Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner (A-CSPO) Certification which is good for two years.
CSPO Renewal
All of your other Scrum Alliance certs, including the CPSO are renewed for two years. No need to pay any additional fees to the Scrum Alliance and no need to collect and record SEUs.
One Free Class Retake
Hear perspectives from new classmates. Retake a A-CSPO for free within 120 days as long as we continue to deliver this session.
Two-Year Scrum Alliance Membership
Two-year Scrum Alliance membership included. Access exclusive member content, networking opportunities, and discounts to Scrum Gathering events worldwide.
Alumni Discount
Growing discounts on future training: 5% off your second course ($225+), 10% off your third, up to 25% off as you continue your agile journey.
16 PMI PDUs
Get 16 Project Management Institute (PMI) Professional Development Units (PDUs) to help meet your PMI continuing education requirements.

Earning Your Certification

The Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner (A-CSPO)

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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.

  • Attend at least 14 hours of class time.
  • Have a Scrum Alliance® CSPO Certification.
  • Can validate at least 12 months in the role of a Product Owner, or PO Coach over the last five years.

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.

Upgrade and Expand Your Agile Toolbox

Beyond the Basics

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.

What's most important?
What’s most important: building a new feature, making it better, or keeping your system secure?

This is a trick question. They’re all important, but for different reasons, and require different information to order properly. Making it even more difficult some items fit with, or depend on, others, making prioritization even more difficult. We’ll show you how to balance innovation, iteration and operation work at both a strategic road-map and tactical sprint level, prioritizing each using situationally specific tools.
Unplanned changes in the Sprint?

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.

Is your Sprint Review a status meeting?

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.

Why Choose Grow-Lean?

Longest tenured trainers, smaller classes and higher quality.

  • Small group of elite, experienced, experts.
  • 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 practitioners, not talking heads!
  • Unique exercises, templates and approaches.
  • Small class size so you get personal attention.

Practice Quizzes

There is no certification exam, but these quizzes help reinforce what you learn

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.

Everything is Included

No surprise fees

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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.

Session Schedule

Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner (A-CSPO)


Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner

Mon, 9 Mar to Tue, 10 Mar
9:30 AM to 5:30 PM (EST)
Online - 2 days
Arlen Bankston

895 USD 699 USD <br/>until 6 Mar
Discounts



Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner

Mon, 16 Mar to Tue, 17 Mar
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (EST)
Online - 2 days
Arlen Bankston

895 USD 699 USD <br/>until 6 Mar
Discounts



Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner

Thu, 2 Apr to Fri, 3 Apr
9:30 AM to 5:30 PM (EST)
Online - 2 days
Arlen Bankston

895 USD 699 USD <br/>until 6 Mar
Discounts



Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner

Mon, 6 Apr to Thu, 9 Apr
6:00 PM to 10:00 PM (EST)
Online - 4 days
David Bulkin

895 USD 699 USD <br/>until 6 Mar
Discounts



Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner

Thu, 23 Apr to Fri, 24 Apr
10:00 AM to 6:00 PM (EST)
Online - 2 days
Arlen Bankston

895 USD 699 USD <br/>until 14 Mar
Discounts



Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner

Mon, 27 Apr to Tue, 28 Apr
10:30 AM to 6:30 PM (EST)
Online - 2 days
David Bulkin

895 USD 699 USD <br/>until 14 Mar
Discounts



Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner

Mon, 18 May to Tue, 19 May
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (EST)
Online - 2 days
Arlen Bankston

895 USD 699 USD <br/>until 21 Mar
Discounts



Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner

Mon, 8 Jun to Tue, 9 Jun
9:30 AM to 5:30 PM (EST)
Online - 2 days
Arlen Bankston

895 USD 699 USD <br/>until 21 Mar
Discounts



Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner

Thu, 11 Jun to Fri, 12 Jun
10:30 AM to 6:30 PM (EST)
Online - 2 days
David Bulkin

895 USD 699 USD <br/>until 21 Mar
Discounts



Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner

Mon, 15 Jun to Tue, 16 Jun
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (EST)
Online - 2 days
Arlen Bankston

895 USD 699 USD <br/>until 21 Mar
Discounts


Mon, 9 Mar
9:30 AM (EST)
 -  Tue, 10 Mar
5:30 PM (EST)
Arlen Bankston
Online - 2 days
895 USD 699 USD until 6 Mar
Mon, 16 Mar
9:00 AM (EST)
 -  Tue, 17 Mar
5:00 PM (EST)
Arlen Bankston
Online - 2 days
895 USD 699 USD until 6 Mar
Thu, 2 Apr
9:30 AM (EST)
 -  Fri, 3 Apr
5:30 PM (EST)
Arlen Bankston
Online - 2 days
895 USD 699 USD until 6 Mar
Mon, 6 Apr
6:00 PM (EST)
 -  Thu, 9 Apr
10:00 PM (EST)
David Bulkin
Online - 4 days
895 USD 699 USD until 6 Mar
Thu, 23 Apr
10:00 AM (EST)
 -  Fri, 24 Apr
6:00 PM (EST)
Arlen Bankston
Online - 2 days
895 USD 699 USD until 14 Mar
Mon, 27 Apr
10:30 AM (EST)
 -  Tue, 28 Apr
6:30 PM (EST)
David Bulkin
Online - 2 days
895 USD 699 USD until 14 Mar
Mon, 18 May
9:00 AM (EST)
 -  Tue, 19 May
5:00 PM (EST)
Arlen Bankston
Online - 2 days
895 USD 699 USD until 21 Mar
Mon, 8 Jun
9:30 AM (EST)
 -  Tue, 9 Jun
5:30 PM (EST)
Arlen Bankston
Online - 2 days
895 USD 699 USD until 21 Mar
Thu, 11 Jun
10:30 AM (EST)
 -  Fri, 12 Jun
6:30 PM (EST)
David Bulkin
Online - 2 days
895 USD 699 USD until 21 Mar
Mon, 15 Jun
9:00 AM (EST)
 -  Tue, 16 Jun
5:00 PM (EST)
Arlen Bankston
Online - 2 days
895 USD 699 USD until 21 Mar