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This ICAgile-accredited course focuses on value driven software delivery and its accompanying Agile product ownership mindset. You will put specific techniques to practice that emphasize customer value, lightweight requirements, prioritization methods, progressive elaboration, product/project roadmapping, story mapping, effective user stories and acceptance criteria. This certification, relevant for Business Analysts, Product Owners, Product Managers and Business Subject Matter Experts, will provide you an excellent foundation in value-based Agile solutions delivery.
Learning Topics - 21hrs
Session 1
PRODUCT OWNERSHIP AND THE AGILE MANIFESTO
» Learning objectives & ICAgile roadmap
» What is product ownership
» Characteristics of a product owner
» Relating to the Agile manifesto
» XP, Scrum, and Kanban frameworks
» Managing artifacts in an Agile world
Session 2
COMMUNICATION AND THINKING
»Personality styles
» Decision making styles
»Tracking decisions
» Thinking styles
» Communication styles
» Sailboat activity
» Flexibility in communication
» Tough questions: foundation of trust
» Collaboration and communication
» Bridging gaps
» Incentives and motivation
» Seeing the big picture
Session 3
PRODUCT VISION AND YOUR CUSTOMER
» Systems thinking
» DMAIC–Lean Six Sigma
» Critical thinking
» What is a stakeholder
» Collaborate to establish product vision
» Personas
» Empathy path
» Using persona and empathy map
» Value proposition
Session 4
SEEKING VALUE
» Value based on persona
» Tools to express value
» Product vision
» Product scope
» Value context
» What is business value?
» Determining planned value
» Product delivery roadmap
» Delivering value with constraints
» Business value analysis context
Session 5
ANALYZING AND PRIORITIZING VALUE
» Defining scope
» Determining highest value
» Scope definition techniques
» Scope definition activity
» Identifying measurable outcomes & goals
» The balanced scorecard
» Tools for prioritizing value delivery
» Prioritizing and ranking technique
» Relative value estimation
» Kano model
Session 6
EXPLORING THE SOLUTION
» Identifying risks & constraints
» Identifying risks
» Agile risk management
» Innovation
» Lean startup
» Progressive elaboration
» Story mapping
» Specification by Example (SBE)
» Behavior Driven Development (BDD)
» INVEST
» Story slicing
Session 7
QUALITY IN AGILE
» Acceptance criteria
» Delivery against the acceptance criteria
» Sprint review
» Inspect and adapt
» Domain Specific Languages (DSLs)
» Model your information
» Decision making models
» Domain model
» What is quality
» Quality in an agile project
Session 8
ENABLING VALUE DELIVERY
» Just in time & just enough planning
» Defining done
» Maintaining a sustainable pace
» Kahoot review
» Conclusion shoutout
» Exam review
What People Are Saying About Product Ownership for the Team
Enjoyed the stories from all attendees as well as the instructors.
Liked the instructors’ role in ensuring that each team member works with a different member every time.
Always kept the excitement going!
Really depicts challenges working with various team dynamics.
Loved the activities!
All the activities were well done!