How To Become A Strong Product Owner

Learn what it takes to thrive in your journey

What you'll learn
How to excel as a Product Owner
The main skills of a strong Product Owner
Which are the main activities of a Product Owner on the daily business
Relevant techniques that help the Product Owner achieving the goals
Develop a Value-Driven Mindset
How to prioritise what matters the most
How to use User Stories to build great Products
Foster collaboration with User Story Mapping
Build meaningful Product with Value Proposition Design
How to focus on problems instead of solutions
How to estimate with Poker Planning
How to estimate with the Estimation Game
How to manage the Product Backlog Efficiently
Setting goals to pursue, Product Goal and Sprint Goal
Requirements
There are no prerequisites for this course, however I recommend reading the Scrum Guide in order to understand better the terms and expressions
Description
What does it take to be a Product Owner? You may wonder about this question and find no simple answer for it. Yet you want to develop your skills and benefit from numerous opportunities.  The market has thousands of open position waiting for you. How can you develop the skills to make you stand out in a crowded market?The course How to become a strong Product Owner shows in a simple way what you'll need to do to become a robust Product Owner. You'll quickly learn relevant techniques that work not only in theory but in practice.At the end of this course, you will know what the mindset of successful Product Owners is. You'll also know which activities you have to perform as a Product Owner and how to get the best result out of them.The methodology used for this course is divided into:Connection between theory and practiceEfficient Techniques you can apply Real cases analysis to help you learnPractical exercises to foster learningYou'll gain clarity on the following parts:The Product Owner roleEssential Skills to be a Product OwnerProduct Owner's daily activitiesThis course is for you who want to become a Product Owner or want to advance your skillset as a Product Owner.After ten years on the road as a Product Owner, I noticed many people falling into the same pitfalls as I did. Therefore, I created this course for you with a clear summary of how to avoid the traps awaiting you and excel as a Product Owner by having a value driven mindset.The market for Product Owners is hot.  Demand's higher than availability. If you want to benefit from this ever-growing market, the course How to be a Product Owner will help you become an attractive candidate.Last but not least important, at the end of this course, you'll have clarity on what is NOT to be a Product Owner. Many times we focus on what we should do to succeed, but we ignore the anti-patterns. I'll give you as many tips as possible to understand what great Product Owners do not do.Join thousands of students and let's change the product world for the better.

Overview

Section 1: What is the Product Owner Role

Lecture 1 Intro: What is the Product Owner Role?

Lecture 2 The Product Owner Role

Lecture 3 The Product Owner Journey

Lecture 4 Can Product Owners be Value Maximizers?

Lecture 5 The Skillset of Successful Product Owners

Section 2: What is NOT the Product Owner role?

Lecture 6 Intro: What is NOT a Product Owner

Lecture 7 Waiter

Lecture 8 Boss

Lecture 9 Architect

Section 3: Communication

Lecture 10 Intro: Communication

Lecture 11 Communication with Different Audiences

Lecture 12 Start With Why

Lecture 13 SUCCESs Communication Framework

Lecture 14 Empathize with Your Customers

Lecture 15 Partner with Your Stakeholders

Lecture 16 Tech Team

Lecture 17 Meetings

Lecture 18 Successful Meetings

Lecture 19 Communication Exercise

Section 4: Decision-Making

Lecture 20 Intro: Decision-Making Module

Lecture 21 Challenges of Making Decisions

Lecture 22 Importance of Decisions

Lecture 23 Making Decisions

Lecture 24 What Should You NOT Do with Decisions?

Lecture 25 Understand Who Is the Best Person to Make the Decision

Lecture 26 What Is a Good Decision?

Lecture 27 Decision-Making Exercise

Section 5: Focus

Lecture 28 Intro: Focus Module

Lecture 29 What Is Focus?

Lecture 30 Defining Goals

Lecture 31 Prioritization Techniques

Lecture 32 Common Problems with Prioritization

Lecture 33 The Importance of a Strong Vision

Lecture 34 Start With The End in Mind

Lecture 35 Multiple Stakeholders

Lecture 36 Focus Exercise

Section 6: Problem-Solver

Lecture 37 Intro: Problem-Solver Module

Lecture 38 Find a Worthy Problem

Lecture 39 Problem and Solution Sphere

Lecture 40 Focus on the Problem

Lecture 41 Canvas Value Proposition

Lecture 42 Exercise: Canvas Value Proposition

Section 7: Curiosity

Lecture 43 Intro: Curiosity Module

Lecture 44 Curiosity Fosters Innovation

Lecture 45 Everyday is a day to learn something

Lecture 46 Never Stop Learning

Lecture 47 Questions Over Statements

Lecture 48 Curiosity Exercise

Section 8: Product Backlog Management

Lecture 49 Intro: Product Backlog Management Module

Lecture 50 Responsibilities

Lecture 51 What NOT to do with the Product Backlog

Lecture 52 Best Practices

Lecture 53 The Product Backlog Item

Lecture 54 User Stories

Lecture 55 Spikes

Lecture 56 Bugs

Lecture 57 Tech Debt

Lecture 58 Tasks

Lecture 59 The Product Backlog Refinement

Lecture 60 What NOT to do During the Product Backlog Refinement

Lecture 61 Estimation

Lecture 62 Story Points

Lecture 63 T-Shirt Size

Lecture 64 Effort

Lecture 65 Planning Poker

Lecture 66 Estimation Game

Lecture 67 How to Start a Product Backlog

Lecture 68 User Story Mapping

Section 9: The Sprint

Lecture 69 Intro: The Sprint Module

Lecture 70 What Is the Sprint?

Lecture 71 How to Start the Sprint

Lecture 72 What Not to Do During The Sprint Planning

Lecture 73 Should I Segment the Sprint?

Lecture 74 What NOT to Do During the Sprint

Section 10: Measure the Results

Lecture 75 Intro: Measure the Results Module

Lecture 76 What Is NOT Value?

Lecture 77 What Is Value?

Lecture 78 How to Measure the Value

Lecture 79 Conversion Funnel

Lecture 80 Common KPIs

Lecture 81 Mobile KPIs

Lecture 82 Web KPIs

Section 11: Further Learning

Lecture 83 Books Recommendations

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