Exploring the day-to-day of Product Owners, Business Analysts, Product Managers, incl. CPSO and POPM cert prep
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.
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).
Course Content
- Intro – What is a Product Owner Anyway? –> 9 lectures • 51min.
- Overview of the Agile Framework and Mindset –> 6 lectures • 41min.
- Understanding Your Product and Your Customers –> 5 lectures • 26min.
- Product Backlogs & Backlog Management –> 8 lectures • 36min.
- Making the Product Right – Manage and Prioritize the Backlog –> 8 lectures • 54min.
- Next Steps in the PO/PM Journey –> 2 lectures • 5min.
Requirements
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!