Scrum & Safe Product Owner | Product Manager For Beginners

Exploring the day-to-day of Product Owners, Business Analysts, Product Managers, incl. CPSO and POPM cert prep

What you'll learn

Understanding Role and Responsibilities of a modern Product Manager

How to Manage and Prioritize the Backlog

Effective Stakeholder Engagement

Next steps for those who want to become Certified Product Owners (and Project Managers)

Deeper Understanding of Agile Frameworks like Scrum and SAFe

Differentiating Between Product Owner and Product Manager Roles (and Others)

Requirements

No prior project or product management experience required.

Seriously, no prereqs. We've designed this course for people new to IT and Scrum and SAFe, and who don't know a Product Owner from the Owner of a Football Team.

Description

The Scrum & SAFe Product Owner | Product Manager for Beginners course explores the intricate world of the Product Owner and Product Manager roles within the Scrum and SAFe Agile frameworks, and is designed as a launching pad for newcomers to this field.Join industry professionals Brian Culp (CPSO, SAFe SA) and Steve Martin (CPSO, CST) for this tour of the Product Onwer job function. Brian and Steve draw on a combined 40 years of real-world experience leading and coaching scrum teams, making this course a perfect fit for those who are complete noobs to the Product Owner world.Here's what you'll learn:Define the role of the Product Manager. The course begins with an overview of the Product Manager role, and especially focuses on what can be expected from a PM in a typical company/department with a focus on Information Technology.Manage and Prioritize the Product Backlog. Spoiler alert! One of your most essential duties as a Product Manager will be to manage the team's Backlog. The course explores several real-world methods to help you align the teams work with the demands of customers and the business. You'll learn practical techniques for stakeholder management, backlog grooming, prioritization, and more.Understanding Product Manager duties at Scale. The course then tackles the question of how Product Managment responsibilities tend to operate in large organizations.Along the way, you'll also be developing a deeper understanding of Agile principles and practices, while also enhancing your understanding of the Scrum framework.Enroll now, and be better prepared to navigate the sometimes rocky terrain of a career in Product Management. See you in class!

Overview

Section 1: Intro - What is a Product Owner Anyway?

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Who This Class Is For

Lecture 3 What is Product Development and Project Management?

Lecture 4 What's a Product Owner?

Lecture 5 What's a Product Manager

Lecture 6 What's a Business Analyst

Lecture 7 What's a Project Manager

Lecture 8 VUCA and what makes it hard for PD and PM

Lecture 9 Certifications in the POPM World (and how to get one)

Section 2: Overview of the Agile Framework and Mindset

Lecture 10 Intro - Mindset and the Awesome PO/PM

Lecture 11 Agile Umbrella (Team: Scrum, Kanban, XP)

Lecture 12 Agile Mindset (Exploring the Four Agile Value Statements)

Lecture 13 Scrum in 10 Minutes - Especially from Product Owner Perspective

Lecture 14 Definition of Done - Why it Matters

Lecture 15 Section Summary and Key Takeaways

Section 3: Understanding Your Product and Your Customers

Lecture 16 Intro - POs Are in the Problem Solving Business

Lecture 17 Product Vision

Lecture 18 Know Thy Customer - A Look at Personas

Lecture 19 Roadmaps and Release Plans

Lecture 20 Section Summary and Key Takeaways

Section 4: Product Backlogs & Backlog Management

Lecture 21 Intro - What's All This Backlog Business About?

Lecture 22 Initializing your Product Backlog

Lecture 23 Backlog Ordering Techniques - 20/20

Lecture 24 Backlog Ordering Techniques - MSCW

Lecture 25 Backlog Ordering Techniques - WSJF

Lecture 26 Product Backlog Refinement

Lecture 27 User Stories

Lecture 28 Section Summary and Key Takeaways

Section 5: Making the Product Right - Manage and Prioritize the Backlog

Lecture 29 Intro - Transitioning Your Backlog to Increments of Value

Lecture 30 The PO During Sprint Planning

Lecture 31 PO Responsibilities During the Sprint

Lecture 32 Sprint Challenges for the PO

Lecture 33 Sprint Review - PO Best Practices

Lecture 34 Program Increment (PI) Planning

Lecture 35 The Product Owner at Scale

Lecture 36 Section Summary and Key Takeaways

Section 6: Next Steps in the PO/PM Journey

Lecture 37 What To Do To Get Certified (recap CSPO vs PSPO vs SAFe PO/PM)

Lecture 38 Next Steps - Creating Your Action Plan

Aspiring Product Owners (or Business Analysts or Program Managers),Scrum Masters (who want to have a better work relationship with POs on their team),Software Developers and Engineers (who want to collaborate more effectively with their Scrum peers),Project Managers and Team Leads,Product Directors and Managers (who want to better lead their team of POs and BAs)