The Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner (A-CSPO) course is designed for experienced Product Owners who want to deepen their expertise and advance their product ownership capabilities. This comprehensive training builds upon foundational Scrum knowledge to explore sophisticated techniques for product strategy, stakeholder management, customer empathy, and value delivery. Participants will engage in hands-on exercises and real-world scenarios to develop advanced skills in managing complex product environments, working with multiple teams, and driving continuous product improvement through evidence-based decision making. The topics covered in the course include:

Product Owner Core Competencies

• Developing the mindset, behaviors, and actions that distinguish successful Product Owners
• Mastering advanced stakeholder interaction techniques for sustained engagement across multiple Sprints
• Practicing facilitative listening techniques to improve communication and understanding
• Exploring alternative discussion formats beyond traditional open dialogue
• Implementing effective decision-making processes with diverse stakeholder groups
• Identifying development practices that enhance quality and reduce technical debt
• Recognizing and implementing approaches for scaling Scrum across multiple teams
• Managing and visualizing dependencies in complex product environments

Advanced Goal Setting and Planning

• Examining real-world examples of how product strategy evolves in agile organizations
• Practicing multiple approaches to identify product purpose and define strategic direction
• Creating collaborative product plans and forecasts with stakeholder input
• Mastering techniques for visualizing and communicating product strategy, ideas, features, and assumptions Empathizing with Customers and Users
• Practicing advanced product discovery methods to uncover user needs and market opportunities

Advanced Product Assumption Validation

• Identifying cognitive biases that can impact Product Owner effectiveness and business value delivery
• Evaluating Sprint Review effectiveness for inspection and adaptation based on Sprint Goals
• Comparing and contrasting different approaches to validating product assumptions
• Integrating assumption validation techniques seamlessly into the Scrum framework
• Developing testable hypotheses for target customer segments
• Creating comprehensive plans to test and validate product hypotheses

Product Backlog Management

• Applying multiple techniques for modeling and measuring product value
• Mastering advanced Product Backlog ordering techniques to support Product Goals
• Ensuring Product Backlog items are properly prepared and "ready" for upcoming Sprints
• Integrating feedback from multiple sources to generate and refine Product Backlog items
• Experimenting with innovative approaches to improve Product Backlog refinement processes