Professional Scrum Master (PSM) and Product Owner (PSPO) Certification Course

Full Course Description

Throughout the class, students will develop and solidify their fundamental Scrum knowledge and have opportunities to expand their way of thinking about what it takes to be part of a self-managing team. They will explore both the inward facing mindset and the outward facing skills needed to deliver value and create impactful customer outcomes on a frequent basis. Accountabilities of the Scrum Master and Product Owner are interwoven with the Scrum values and the pillars of empiricism in a way that challenges students to immediately approach work in new ways following the class. PSMPO is much more than just a set of slides and an instructor. In this course, students engage in hands-on activities and explore real-life cases for how Scrum Masters and Product Owners can be successful.

Exclusively for In-House Private Training

This course is only available for private training events sponsored by organizations ready to provide first-class training for employees. It is not offered in an open public setting. This course is explicitly designed to grow the proficiency of an organization's Scrum Masters and Product Owners as they learn together and discover what it takes to effectively work together with the entire Scrum Team and stakeholders.

Course Objectives

• Grow an Agile mindset and build awareness of why values and principles are key to success
• Understand the Scrum framework and how empiricism enables rapid delivery of value
• Build knowledge of how the Scrum Master and Product Owner accountabilities jointly serve the team, customers, and the organization
• Experience techniques for focusing on the customer and delivering incremental value
• Explore approaches for building alignment and execution of the strategy through product vision and product goal
• Learn ways for understanding, delivering and measuring value
• Practice how to manage the product backlog in ways supportive of achieving the product goal
• Create clarity on how release planning builds transparency and helps manage stakeholder expectations
• Solidify the importance of done and discerning what is done and what is undone
• Gain appreciation for the art of working with self-managing teams and building a sustaining capability for solving complex problems

Who Should Attend

The Professional Scrum Master and Product Owner course is designed for Scrum Masters and Product Owners to learn together. This is especially important as they collectively provide leadership that Scrum Teams need to satisfy stakeholders,  including customers and users through the early and continuous delivery of value. When bringing this course into your organization, take care to include participants that will be working on teams together. We suggest participants read through the PSM Focus Areas as well as the PSPO Focus Areas before the class.

Professional Scrum Certification

All participants completing this course receive passwords to take both the Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) and the Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I) assessments. Class participants who attempt the assessments within 14 days of receiving their free password and do not score at least 85% will be granted a 2nd attempt at no additional cost. As a student in this course, you are also entitled to a 40% discount on the PSM II and PSPO II Assessments.