Professional Scrum Product Backlog Management Skills

In this one-day skills-building course, you will learn techniques and methods to effectively manage a Product Backlog that clearly expresses the future vision of the product and brings transparency to what is most valuable for the Scrum Team to work on to delight stakeholders and customers. You will get hands-on experience with refinement techniques such as decomposing and slicing Product Backlog items, while learning how simplicity can cure complicated and complex Product Backlogs.

You will be able to connect the Product Goals you are investing in to the work being done to ensure that you are delivering value as well as how to understand and manage your relationships with the stakeholders involved.

The course uses a combination of instructor-led and activity-based learning where you will work together with other participants in teams. As a Professional Scrum Trainer (PST), I bring my own facilitator experiences and stories to the class and use my skills as a professional trainer to deliver the material using my own unique delivery style. The result is an engaging, enjoyable learning experience where you gain a solid understanding of product backlog management principles, learn a good number of techniques, and how the Product Backlog brings transparency supporting the Scrum Teams’ effectiveness.

Over this one day, you will see why product backlog management is crucial for growing effective Scrum Teams.

Who should take this course

The Professional Scrum Product Backlog Management Skills course is appropriate for team members who are currently working as a Product Owner or Product Manager, or are supporting these, and are looking for practical ways to manage their Stakeholders and Product Backlog. The course caters to a range of roles involved in agile development and product management.

The Product Backlog Management course is particularly beneficial for:

• Professionals interested in learning essential Product Owner practices,
• Product Owners looking to better understand their customers and stakeholders
• Scrum Masters wishing to be an effective coach to Product Owners will also find valuable insights in this course
• Product Managers and Business Analysts looking to improve their Product Backlog management skills

As collaboration is a key factor in the success of any initiative, and as every single individual can step in when needed, it is important that any Scrum Team member, including the Scrum Master and the Developers, understand how to manage a Product Backlog, and have a number of techniques and practices at hand to support the Product Owner.

Key Learning Areas

• Students will be able to define the Product Goals you’re investing in, and the Product Backlog Items that will achieve the value you’re seeking.
• Students can apply practical techniques to create, refine, and order your Product Backlog
• Students are able to identify and effectively communicate with stakeholders
• Students capture your stakeholder’s needs on a Product Backlog
• Students find better ways to make your Product Backlog more transparent
• Students can use empiricism as a competitive advantage

Prerequisites

Although not blocking factors, you will make the most of the class if you:

• Have studied the Scrum Guide – available at https://scrumguides.org/.
• Took the Scrum Open assessment.
• Have already an understanding of Scrum either through working on a Scrum Team, or through taking part in a Professional Scrum Foundations or similar course.
• Have been on or are closely involved in solving complex problems, such as (but not limited to), building or enhancing a product or service.

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