Product Owner II for Agile Intermediate: Certification Prep

This is an unofficial course and is not endorsed by, or affiliated with any Scrum organization

This course will help to prepare you for taking more intermediate Product Owner certifications, for example, Scrum .org’s Professional Product Owner® level 2 (PSPO II®) assessment, but it is not official training for PSPO II®. Please see the end of this description for more information.

Boost your CV with a more advanced Product Owner qualification.

Many people have beginner level certifications, but you can become one of the few with a more advanced certification on your CV.

Learn how Product Owners actually maximize value with a much deeper knowledge of what it is to be a Professional Product Owner. Do you want to take your Scrum Product Owner knowledge to the next level?

Great, then this course is for you.

This course will cover all the topics you need to know about for certifications. Firstly I explain many advanced concepts such as the project management vacuum, the product mindset and the experimentation loop. We look at the Key Value Areas and the Key Value metrics in depth, explaining what they are and how to calculate them.

We cover:

• Business Strategy

• How to budget in Agile

• The Product Vision/Goal

• How to ensure Product Value

• Product Backlog Management

• Forecasting and Release Planning

• Stakeholder management and Customers

• Product Backlog Management

And more.

I also provide you with many exam-style questions reflecting the topics and scenarios you will likely get asked in actual assessments. I go over these questions in depth explaining the answers so you can fully grasp the knowledge and be fully prepared to take certifications such as those from Scrum. I even provide you with 2 practice tests and links to many other free advanced Product Owner tests to give you lots of practice before taking the real thing.

I  cover the 5 different levels of being a Product Owner. With this knowledge, you will identify where you currently are and what you need to do to become an even better Product Owner and progress to the next stage. We look at the Product Owner stances meaning, what things good Product Owners do. I also cover some of the bad but common stances that you should avoid. I’ll also take you through organizational design and building an Agile culture, portfolio planning and business strategy.

If you are an entrepreneur with an idea, or currently a Product Owner or just aspiring to be one, this course will teach you how to manage risk ensuring you produce a Product your customers really want. We will look at the concept of a Minimal Viable Product, experimenting, and paper prototyping so you don’t waste time and money.

I even cover the tricky situation of budgeting in Scrum and which contract types can work with iterative agile development.

Have you ever finished a project and the item developed was over budget, delayed and once launched it didn’t get as many users as you hoped?

If this sounds familiar, then this course will help.

My course will teach you how to keep your focus on the Product and deliver value via regular releases.

Who is your instructor?

Michael James is a UK Business and Leadership Instructor who has over a decade of experience in management and leadership in the corporate environment and has been working in product development for over 10 years as both a private consultant and for one of the largest organizations in the UK. Michael James has also managed and built many private entrepreneurial mobile app and website products with 1000s of downloads and users.

Michael James has taught tens of thousands of students worldwide to pass Scrum exams, most getting an almost perfect score first time.

What students are saying: 

  “I have been a product owner in a scrum team for almost two years now, without certification, and he is really showing me how to be better at it. I am enjoying this course and I think I will be in a great position to write my exams when I am done.”

  “Very good course thus far. It is honestly exceeding expectations and is super easy to follow. Great Job!”

  “Very help, easy to understand, and appreciate the examples to work through and apply information taught”

  “I took the test and PASSED thanks for this wonderful course”

This course recaps the entire Scrum theory essentials to ensure you ace the easy questions, before moving on to the more advanced professional Product Owner concepts.

• Agile and Scrum recap

• The certification exam preparation

• Practice questions with detailed explanations

• Questions inspired by certification exams

• Certification assessment tips

• Example problem scenarios and how to handle them

• The Product Mindset

• The Project Management Vacuum

• The 3 Vs (Vision, Value, Validation)

• The Stances of a Product Owner

• The Stages of a Product Owner

• How to budget and types of contracts

• Release management and Roadmaps

• The Experiment Loop

• Minimal Viable Products

• SPRINT – quick prototyping

• Business Model Canvas

• Crafting a Product Vision

• The Cone of uncertainty

• Key Value areas (CV, UV, A2I, T2M)

• Key Value Metrics in depth

• The Product Life Cycle

• Stakeholder management

• Empiricism

• Evidence-based management

• Professional vs mechanical Scrum

• The Product Owner

• Organization Design and Culture

• Business Strategy

and much more

Anyone who is looking to build a career in Scrum, Agile and management must understand the above. If you don’t, then this course is perfect for you.

So go ahead and click the enroll button, and we’ll see you in lesson 1

Cheers,

Mike

The statements made and opinions expressed herein belong exclusively to Michael James and are not shared by or represent the viewpoint of Scrum org. This training does not constitute an endorsement of any product, service or point of view. Scrum org makes no representations, warranties or assurances of any kind, express or implied, as to the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability, availability or currency of the content contained in this presentation or any material related to this presentation. In no event shall Scrum org, its agents, officers, employees, licensees or affiliates be liable for any damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages for loss of profits, business information, loss of information) arising out of the information or statements contained in the training. Any reliance you place on such content is strictly at your own risk.

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