Scrum Team Member to Scrum Product Owner (2022 Update) E-Learning

Every organization is looking to transform towards a more Agile mindset. As a result, there is an increasing demand for Senior Software Project Managers with relevant training and experience in Agile methodologies relating to software development. In this journey, you will explore how to go from a Scrum Team Member to Scrum Product Owner.

This LearningKit with more than 15:42 hours of learning is divided into three tracks:

Course content

Track 1: Scrum Team Member

In this track, you will focus on the skills required for being a Scrum team member. This includes understanding the basics of Scrum, learning about different certification options, understanding what Scrum practices look like when applied to day-to-day activities, how to collaborate within a Scrum team, and Scrum development practices.
Cursussen (8 hours +):

Scrum Foundation: Scrum Basics

Course: 1 Hour, 41 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Scrum and the Manifesto for Agile Software Development
• Defining Agile, Scrum, and Lean
• Comparing Agile and Traditional Project Management
• The Agile Mindset
• Comparing Scrum and Agile
• Comparing Scrum and Lean
• The Basics of Scrum
• Comparing Scrum and Traditional Project Management
• The Advantages of Scrum
• Reasons Not to Use Scrum
• Dispelling Myths About Scrum
• Empiricism in Scrum
• Empirical versus Traditional Product Planning
• Course Summary

Scrum Foundation: Scrum Certification & the Scrum Guide

Course: 1 Hour, 4 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Scrum.org and Scrum Alliance
• Scrum Certification
• The Scrum Guide
• Changes to the 2020 Scrum Guide
• Scrum Theory and Values
• Scrum Team
• Key Scrum Roles
• How Scrum Roles Interact
• Scrum Events
• Course Summary

Scrum Foundation: Scrum Foundation: Scrum in Action

Course: 1 Hour, 25 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Sprint Overview
• Sprint Planning
• Daily Scrum
• Sprint Review
• Sprint Retrospective
• Scrum Events in Action
• Scrum Artifacts
• Product Backlog
• Sprint Backlog
• Product Increments
• Definition of Done
• Concurrency in Scrum
• Introducing Scrum to an Organization
• Course Summary

Scrum Foundation: Scrum Team & Collaboration

Course: 1 Hour, 20 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Working Groups versus Teams
• Values of Effective Scrum Teams
• Identifying Effective Teams
• How to Work as a Team
• Cross-functional Teams
• Implementing Collaboration
• Self-management
• Collaboration and Sprints
• Improving Collaboration
• Interacting with Customers and Users
• Course Summary

Scrum Foundation: Scrum Development Concepts

Course: 1 Hour, 6 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Benefits of an Iterative and Incremental Approach
• The Dangers of Partial Scrum Implementation
• Product Management vs. Product Development
• Product Management vs. Project Management
• Product Owner vs. Product Manager
• Timeboxing
• Benefits of Timeboxing
• Timeboxing and Scrum Events
• Product Backlog Refinement
• Product Backlog Refinement Activities
• Course Summary

Scrum Foundation: Best Practices

Course: 1 Hour, 38 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Scrum Success Stories
• Scrum Management
• Scrum Planning
• Scrum Team
• Scrum Estimating Techniques
• Software Project Development with Scrum
• Scrum Team Performance
• Scrum Backlog Management
• Daily Scrum
• Scrum Tracking Best Practices
• Scrum Forecasting
• Scrum Reporting
• Process Improvement in Scrum
• Quality Improvement in Scrum
• Course Summary

Assessment:

• Final Exam: Scrum Team Member

Track 2: Software Requirements & Design with Agile

In this track, you will focus on the skills required for being a Scrum Product Owner. This includes acquiring the core competencies that a Product Owner requires, understanding how to take customer needs and expectations and translate those to a product strategy, and the best approach to product planning and managing the backlog to provide product value.
Cursussen (7 hours +)

Product Owner: Core Competencies

Course: 1 Hour, 4 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Product Owner Accountability
• Product Owner Stances
• Fostering Effective Stakeholder Relationships
• The Product Owner and Scrum Team Relationship
• Scrum Product Ownership
• The Scrum Guide's Impact on the Product Owner
• Scrum Team Structures
• Techniques for Managing Team Dependencies
• Essential Product Owner Skills
• Collaboration Best Practices
• Course Summary

Product Owner: Fulfilling Customer Needs & Expectations

Course: 1 Hour, 17 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Product Discovery and Needs Validation
• Defining Key Stakeholders
• Customer Segmentation Approaches
• Product Discovery Elements
• Product Discovery Techniques
• Connecting Scrum Teams with Customers
• Avoiding Stakeholder by Proxy as a Product Owner
• Facilitative Listening Techniques
• Prioritizing Conflicting Customer Needs
• Collaborative Ordering Techniques
• Engaging Stakeholders with Open-ended Questions
• Stakeholder Engagement Techniques
• Reaching Final Decisions with Stakeholders
• Course Summary

Product Owner: Product Purpose & Strategy

Course: 1 Hour

• Course Overview
• The Product Owner and the Scrum Development Process
• Design Thinking for Product Owners
• Requirements Definition Techniques
• Customer Research for Product Definition
• User Story Techniques
• Effective User Stories
• Importance of Continuous Development
• Approaches to Identify Purpose
• Techniques to Communicate Strategy
• Product Strategy Operationalization
• Course Summary

Product Owner: Product Assumption Validation

Course: 55 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Product Assumption Types
• The Need for Validating Assumptions
• Approaches to Product Assumption Validation
• Cognitive Biases to Avoid
• Product Hypothesis Elements
• Product Hypothesis Development
• Product Idea Tests
• Course Summary

Product Owner: Product Planning

Course: 54 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Product Plan Value
• Plan Levels
• Creating a Product Plan
• Incremental Delivery Benefits
• Approaches to Product Increments
• Incremental Product Delivery Process
• Creating a Product Vision
• Planning a Product Release
• Course Summary

Product Owner: Product Backlog Management - Defining Product Value

Course: 1 Hour, 10 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Product Outcome vs. Product Output
• Product Backlog Characteristics
• Maximizing Outcomes and Outputs of Product Backlog
• Modelling Product Value
• Measuring Product Value
• Product Levels and Value
• Product Economics Terms and Concepts
• Describing Product Value for Stakeholders
• Linking the Product Backlog to the Product Goal
• Course Summary

Product Owner: Product Backlog Items and Refinement

Course: 1 Hour, 8 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Product Backlog Items
• Backlog Ordering Criteria
• Product Backlog Ordering Techniques
• Product Backlog Item Creation
• Definition of Ready Criteria for Product Backlog
• Effective User Stories
• The Value of Product Backlog Refinement
• Approaches to Refining the Product Backlog
• Product Backlog Refinement Best Practices
• Course Summary

Assessment:

• Final Exam: Scrum Product Owner