Juniper Hill Associates
Maximize the Value of Your Organization's Products
The Professional Scrum Product Owner course combines instruction and hands-on exercises to explore the “why” behind agile product management, the application of Scrum, and practical ways to help your Scrum team build the best product possible. We explore not only the tactical creation and delivery of a product but also the strategies and metrics for evolving it with an agile mindset.
2 day class is $1095 USD
Evolve the Product Based on Value
Product Ownership is About Vision, Value, and Validation:
Product Owners don’t just manage requirements—they evolve the product by deeply understanding its vision, delivering customer value, and validating outcomes.
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The Product Owner is a Strategic Value Maximizer:
Often mistaken for a “requirements generator,” the Product Owner’s role is focused on maximizing strategic value. This class explores how Product Owners can drive product impact through well-informed, value-focused decisions.
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Scrum is More Than an IT Delivery Method:
Scrum is commonly misinterpreted as a delivery tool mainly for IT teams. This course reframes Scrum as a flexible mechanism for delivering potential value to customers. By continuously responding to customer feedback, Product Owners can pivot towards delivering the highest value.
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Collaborative Requirement Creation and Product Backlog Management is Key:
While the Product Owner steers the Product Backlog, they aren’t solely responsible for creating or modifying requirements. Effective Product Owners communicate and collaborate closely with the Scrum Team to foster shared ownership and leverage team insights.
This course helps product owners embrace a strategic, collaborative approach that drives true product value.
Learning Objectives
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Understand uncertainty and complexity in software environments.
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Understand how an empirical approach controls risk and provides predictability in complex environments.
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Understand agility and Scrum’s place in the Agile discussion.
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Understand how each part of the Scrum framework ties back to the principles and theory while exposing lean wastes.
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Understand ways that agility can create a competitive advantage for a business.
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Demonstrate that a Product Owner is a strategic Agile product manager, not just a scribe
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Understand the meaning and importance of the Scrum values.
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Learn what Done means and why it is crucial to be transparent.
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Know how to use the Product Backlog to plan with agility.
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Understand how value metrics interact to provide a picture of product effectiveness.
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Learn the skills, traits, and behavior shifts required to be an effective Product Owner.
Why Juniper Hill Associates
Our primary trainer, Dr. Charles Suscheck, is a seasoned software development and Agile education expert, with over 30 years of experience that spans from hands-on development to enterprise-level Agile coaching.
He holds a Doctor's Master’s, Bachelor’s degrees in Computer Science. He has served as a full-time faculty and adjunct faculty member at several universities.
Beyond teaching, he consults with large organizations, helping align business and IT to maximize the benefits of Agile principles. Charles is a past Scrum.org Professional Scrum Product Owner course Steward.
Who Should Attend?
The course assumes basic familiarity with Scrum. If you are new to Scrum, this course will give you a solid foundation, but you should read the Scrum Guide (www.scrumguides.org) before class. The course is perfectly appropriate for non-IT professionals who are looking to apply Scrum in their context.
Why Scrum.org?
When you choose Scrum.org, you’re getting more than a course. You’re getting the course created by the inventor of Scrum, which is curated and evolved by a global network of experts.
Aside from a first-hand understanding of Scrum, what sets our courses apart is the collaborative approach. With input from hundreds of Professional Scrum Trainers worldwide, our courses continually evolve through a steward model. This collective expertise ensures that our content reflects the latest thinking and best practices in Scrum, giving you access to insightful and innovative training.
What is the Venue?
We will use Zoom and MURAL during the class. You don't need to be an expert in either too and you don't need any special applications. Everything is completely browser based.
2 day class is $1095 USD