Course Outline
Introduction
• What a Product Owner really does (and what they don't)
• The Product Owner in Scrum and in large organisations
Product Vision, Goals and Roadmap
• Writing a product vision that people remember
• Setting product goals
• Building a roadmap that survives contact with reality
Backlog Management
• Refinement as a continuous activity
• Splitting large items into valuable increments
• Ordering the backlog
Prioritisation Techniques
• Value vs. effort
• MoSCoW
• Cost of delay
Stakeholder Management
• Mapping stakeholders in large organisations
• Saying "no" with arguments
• Managing expectations and dependencies
Working with the Team
• Collaboration with business analysts, UX and engineering
• The Definition of Ready and the Definition of Done
Measuring Success
• From outputs to outcomes
• Choosing success metrics
• Case study: shortening a loan application from 30+ minutes to 5
Practice
• Building a backlog and roadmap for a real product case
Summary and Next Steps
Requirements
Prerequisites
• Basic familiarity with Agile or Scrum
• Some experience working on projects or products, in any role
Audience
• New and aspiring Product Owners
• Business analysts and project managers moving into product roles
• Business experts who work closely with delivery teams
Testimonials (3)
The training was practical and straight forward
Mutu Bengui - EMIS - Empresa Interbancaria de Servicos, S.A
Course - Agile Product Management - Growth Marketing
workshops, practical cases
Joanna Nowak - LKQ Polska Sp. z o. o.
Course - Introduction to Agile Testing
team exercises
