Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner (A-CSPO)

Virtual Training as a response to COVID-19:

If necessary, this course will be offered online instead of in-person. The online course will use video conferencing and live instructor facilitation with the same engaging and interactive training style you expect from Agility 11. We also offer free transfers to a future in-person course if you prefer.

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The Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner® (A-CSPO) is an immersion into the Product Owner role with hands-on activities teaching you the skills to become the CEO of your product with leading-edge and practical Agile techniques and tools.

“The class was absolutely fabulous. Brad was very knowledgeable. He is one of the best instructors I’ve met in my 30+ year career.”– Doug Hall, Sr. Integration Manager

Why choose Brad Swanson and Agility 11?

• We have 10+ years of real-world experience in successful Agile transformations at organizations from 10 to 2000 people
• Interactive, hands-on learning – not boring slides
• Practical tools and techniques you can apply immediately
• Our participants love our classes, with an average rating of 9 out of 10

What you’ll learn:

• Tools for defining a clear product vision and value proposition
• Advanced techniques for collaborating with and aligning your stakeholders
• Balancing the perspectives of product value, viability, feasibility and usability
• Techniques for customer discovery and user empathy
• Principles & methods for experimenting and validating product ideas
• Developing product strategy to focus on impact over output
• Recognizing and guarding against cognitive biases in ourselves and stakeholders
• Effective ways to collaborate with your product development team
• Frameworks for scaling Product practices across multiple teams

What our participants are saying:

“Awesome. Very engaging.” -- Shavaughn Swain“Course was very interactive and engaging. It was great having an instructor with such a breadth of knowledge and enthusiasm for Scrum/Agile with no hidden agendas or slant toward any software products. Brad's style is very approachable, informative, and was more like a coach helping us to learn by first providing the information, then using activities to help reinforce what we just learned. I would recommend this course and instructor to anyone.” – Mary Trotter

Requirements for A-CSPO certification

The A-CSPO course is open for anyone to participate, however, you must meet these requirements in order to earn the Scrum Alliance A-CSPO certification:

1. Hold a Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) from the Scrum Alliance
2. Have at least 12 months of work experience specific to the Product Owner role within the past five years.

You may complete the 12 months of work experience before and/or after taking the A-CSPO course. The Scrum Alliance will grant the certification upon validation of work hours submitted in your Scrum Alliance online profile. See the Scrum Alliance site for more details about certification.

Discounts

• Early Bird: $200 discount off the regular price for early registration
• Groups: $100 per person discount for 3 or more people
• Military: $500 discount for troops making the transition to civilian work

Contact info@agility11.com for military and group discounts. No discount code is required for the early bird discount.

Onsite training for your team:

Contact info@agility11.com to inquire about bringing our training to your office for your team.

What’s Included

• Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner® credential by the Scrum Alliance (for those who meet all Scrum Alliance requirements)
• Two years of Scrum Alliance membership
• Breakfast, lunch, and coffee

PMI PDUs

Participants earn 15 PDUs for the PMI, which can be applied to Project Management Professional (PMP) and PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) designations.

Refund Policy

We offer a 100% refund if you cancel at least 7 calendar days before the course starts. Within 7 days, we offer 100% credit toward a future course from Agility 11, or a $200 cancellation fee.