Learn the foundations of Product Ownership

This live instructor led course takes you through the role of product owner and covers everything from the basics of agile through to managing a product backlog.

  • Live engaging interactive exercises to practice core skills

  • Flexible remote online delivery across 8 modules

  • Online instructor support via slack and email

A comprehensive curriculum

Developed from over 20 years agile experience

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Pre-Work

    • Welcome from your instructors

    • Overview of the Course
  • 2

    Agile and Scrum Overview

    • What is Agile?

    • Introduction to Scrum (video) [5min]

    • Scrum Values

    • The Scrum Guide

    • Empiricism (video) [3min]

    • Agile vs Waterfall (video) [3.5min]

    • Scrum vs Waterfall

    • Scrum Roles and Responsibilities

    • Scrum vs Kanban

    • Quick Quiz
  • 3

    Scrum Product Owner

    • The Many Hats of a Product Owner

    • Product Owner in a Nutshell

    • Prioritisation

    • Product Leadership
  • 4

    Product Vision

    • Product Strategy

    • Product Discovery

    • Product Inceptions

    • Product Vision

    • Product Goal

    • OKRs

    • Product Pitching
  • 5

    Product Backlog

    • Adaptive Planning

    • Product Backlog

    • User Stories

    • Iterative Delivery

    • Slicing Work

    • Collaborative Specification with Examples

    • Test Strategy
  • 6

    Product Planning

    • Story Mapping

    • Release Planning

    • Sizing

    • Forecasting

    • Improving Predictability
  • 7

    Scrum Team

    • Scrum Team - Accountability (11.5 min)

    • Scrum Team - Cross Functional (8.5 min)

    • Scrum Team - Self-Managing (2.5 min)

    • Scrum Team - Definition of "Done" (9.5 min)

    • Scum Master - Role (8 min)

    • Scrum Master - Facilitation (3 min)
  • 8

    Certification and Next Steps

    • Participant Survey and Testimonial

    • Certificate of Completion

    • Bonus reading: Kanban and Scrum - Making the most of both

Instructors

Founder | Melbourne Australia

Ben Hogan

Ben is the founder of Freshwater Academy and an expert practitioner and trainer.

Ben teaches Product and Tech Strategy, OKRs, Wardley Mapping, Product Discovery, Lean, Agile and Kanban.

For more info connect with him on linked-in: www.linkedin.com/in/agileben/ and follow him on Twitter: @agileben

Co-facilitator

Zoe Hogan-West

Zoe is the co-founder of Freshwater Academy. She gets entrepreneurs and small businesses feeling productive, focused and proud of their achievements through coaching, teaching and facilitation.