Po Academy I - Product Owner Role, Craft, Skills And Tools

Your journey as a Product Owner begins here

What you'll learn
Understand the role of Product Owner and difference between Product Owner and Product Manager
List the key qualities that a Product Owner has to possess in order to succeed in the role
Identify own strengths and weaknesses and define the plan to leverage strengths and improve on weaknesses
Understand the key principles of Agile product development
Plan and conduct customer research
Build simple customer personas and customer journeys
Develop product vision and product roadmap
Drive the product development process and stakeholders communication
Identify and fix issues with the team's health
Understand the difference between outcomes, outputs and team's health
Practice asking the right questions to ensure best product outcomes
Estimate work using story points and t-shirt sizes
Adjust to highly volatile and complex environment
Practice creativity and flexibility
Give actionable feedback that supports personal growth and is not faced with hostility
Receive feedback without hard feelings and achieve continuous personal growth
Facilitate meetings and events, ensuring the best outcomes
Understand the difference between Jira and Trello
Use advanced functionality of Miro, Zoom and Slack
Know what and when can and should be outsourced
Requirements
No prior knowledge or experience is required
Description
Product Owner is a relatively new, yet very hot role with rapidly growing demand. According to Glassdoor the median salary of a Product Owner is $107,368 in US. Whether you are already stepping into this role, or are only considering to become a PO in the near future, this course is for you.After completing this course you will develop a good understanding of the role (who Product Owners are and what they do), the craft (what constitutes the majority of their day to day work), the skills and the tools you need to master in order to be successful. We will cover all the basics of customer research, product planning, working with a team and with stakeholders. Most of the lessons are followed by practical exercises which would allow you to immediately apply the new knowledge and skills, identify your strengths and weaknesses and gradually become a good Product Owner.It is impossible to learn a new profession in 3 hours, but this course will provide you with all the information you need to get started. In the following courses of this series we will be diving deeper into different aspects of the profession, so after nailing all the basics you will know what you need to learn and practice next.What should you expect after completing this course?You will develop an in-depth understanding of the profession, key skills and tools. You will know what are your strengths that will help you to excel in the Product Owner role and you will understand in which areas you need to gain additional knowledge or practice. You will develop a fluency in Product Owner lingo, and will have enough theoretical knowledge to start interviewing for the junior Product Owner roles. You will master a number of useful tools that you can add to your resume and you will be able to confidently navigate product planning and development processes.Emm… What about Product Managers?We will discuss it in the course, but in most companies the roles of PO and PM often overlap. So if you are a Product Manager or are aspiring to become one, chances are high you will find this course very useful. If in doubt, check out the first lesson (free preview is available) and decide if it's relevant to you or not.Why this course?Your instructor is an enterprise Agile Coach (ex-Indeed and ex-McKinsey) who has trained thousands of people, hundreds of teams and dozens of organizations throughout her career. I have developed and conducted multiple trainings and bootcamp programs for Product Owners and Product Managers, coaching both those who are new to the role as well as senior POs and PMs looking to acquire new skills. I focus on practical aspects, give you actionable tools and help you to make your new skills stick. I care about your success and I want to see more skillful and motivated Product Owners in this world!Sign up today and let's take the first step towards your new career together!

Overview

Section 1: Understanding the role of Product Owner

Lecture 1 Role of Product Owner

Lecture 2 ACTIVITY: How comfortable are you with Product Owner role

Lecture 3 Product Owner or Product Manager? Understanding the difference

Lecture 4 Product Owner qualities

Lecture 5 ACTIVITY: Exploring your strengths as a Product Owner

Lecture 6 What is Agile?

Lecture 7 ACTIVITY: How can you be more Agile?

Section 2: Product Owner Craft

Lecture 8 Customer research - what why and how

Lecture 9 ACTIVITY: Planning customer research for your product

Lecture 10 Product planning

Lecture 11 ACTIVITY: Building vision and roadmap

Lecture 12 Inspect and adapt mindset

Lecture 13 Driving the team

Section 3: Product Owner Skills

Lecture 14 Asking the right questions

Lecture 15 ACTIVITY: preparing questions

Lecture 16 Estimation and prioritization

Lecture 17 ACTIVITY: practicing estimation and prioritization techniques

Lecture 18 Adjusting to change

Lecture 19 ACTIVITY: practicing flexibility and creativity

Lecture 20 Feedback and its importance

Lecture 21 ACTIVITY: giving the right feedback

Lecture 22 Facilitation

Section 4: Tools

Lecture 23 Backlog - Jira, Trello

Lecture 24 Online collaboration - Miro

Lecture 25 Online conferencing - Zoom

Lecture 26 Team communication - Slack

Lecture 27 About analytics

Lecture 28 About outsourcing

Section 5: Conclusion

Lecture 29 Course conclusion

Junior Product Owners and Product Managers,Aspiring Product Owners and Product Managers,Anyone who is curious about the role and wants to understand whether it could be a right fit for them,Agile coaches who need tools to coach and train Product Owners,Small business owners and startup owners who want to learn how to build great products efficiently