Audience

The audience of the CSPO course includes those accountable for optimizing the value of products and product families.

• Product Managers responsible for the delivery of a product, from conception to customer usage.
• IT Development Managers responsible for a line of business or internal company system.
• Strategy managers responsible for the overarching direction of a product or product family.

Knowledge of iterative, incremental techniques is required. A basic knowledge of Scrum is useful.

Description

The CSPO course teaches students how to be an Agile program, product or IT development manager in a complex environment. Traditional Scrum courses take a myopic view of the Product Owner role, ignoring large aspects of product management. This course looks much more broadly than that, at the creation and retention of value. Through this lens, it then teaches students specific tactics and strategies for maximizing the flexibility and responsiveness of software product creation. Organizations need to be "Agile;" it is no longer an option. They must be able to deliver new or enhanced products and systems as dictated by customers, competition, and business pressures. As the environment they operate within changes, they need to be flexible while adhering to their purpose. As they flex, they need to be both predictable and efficient, while controlling risk. If Product Management were simple, there would be no need for this course. However, product managers are responsible for juggling competing priorities of customers, the marketplace, and their business, all while managing risk within a state of constant change. Additionally they must organize and prioritize the competing needs and interests of their own company, from systems architecture to financial performance and strategic alignment. These responsibilities are very difficult in large, global organizations that develop and market interrelated products and product families. But they are also difficult in smaller companies whose customers require continuous improvement in real-time. This course teaches techniques for fulfilling these responsibilities. In the course, we address how to optimize the value of current systems. Students learn how to progressively order requirements and work to become more Agile. The goal will be releasing products as fast as needed and no faster than customers can absorb. The steps to reach this end point will be addressed in detail.

PMPs: This course counts for 15 Professional Development Units (PDUs).

Agenda

Part A: Scrum Framework
Story: "As a Product Owner, I want to understand the Scrum framework so that I can work in harmony with it."

• Agility
• Introducing Scrum
• Timeboxing
• The Empirical Journey
• Team and ScrumMaster
• Product Owner Role
• Defining "Done"
• Undone Work Debt

Part B: Activities and Interaction
Story: "As a Product Owner, I want to known when and how I should interact with other participants so that I can keep on top of my day-to-day work."

• Product Backlog
• Constraint Stories
• Sprint Planning
• Sprinting
• Sprint Review
• Scrum Values

Part C: Shaping the Product
Story: "As a Product Owner, I want to shape my product in an agile way to help ensure that we build the right thing."

• Envisioning
• User Roles
• User Stories
• Story Mapping
• Prioritisation

Part D: Release Management
Story: "As a Product Owner, I want to manage releases using agile techniques to help me maximise Return on Investment."

• Release Planning
• Grooming the Product Backlog
• Agile Release Management
• Next Steps

Course Price

All prices are inclusive of VAT.

Standard fee
Individual participant: Php 50,000
Group of 3 or 4: Php 47,500/person
Group of 5+: Php 42,500/person

Early bird fee (must be paid in full 3 weeks prior to course start)
Individual participant: Php 45,000
Group of 3 or 4: Php 42,750/person
Group of 5+: Php 38,250/person