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Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner®

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Prove your value with an advanced class to excel at the truly tough job of being a product owner. Fewer than 5,000 people have achieved this certification worldwide—take this class and stand out as a specialist.

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Segment the needs of multiple stakeholders and manage multiple projects with ease

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Validate product assumptions and inspire teams with a compelling product vision

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Create a forecast and deliver on time with a well-prioritized and articulated backlog

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I would highly recommend this course as it provides an extension of the framework done in the CSPO course. Brian was a fantastic instructor and the coursework was level appropriate and engaging.
Diane Marino
I strongly recommend the A-CSPO class offered by Mountain Goat Software! The training provided me with practical knowledge and tools for successful product ownership. Interacting with the other Product Owners and learning from their experiences was invaluable!
Angela A
MGS is the absolute best at providing scrum training and they keep outdoing themselves with every course I attend!
Kelly G
Mountain Goat Software is truly a cut above when it comes to scrum training. Their courses are so smooth, engaging, and up-to-date with the latest in scrum practices. They also do a great job at creating community and fostering connections. Thank you MGS for bringing us all together to learn!
Danielle Bernier
Excellent class! It gave the attendees a good insight into all the practical help and direction when actually being at work that we can use as a Product Owner!
Sophia L

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Our Instructors

Mountain Goat has handpicked instructors that share our training values. These are people with deep experience, who are leading teams with agile today and can give you real-world answers about what does and doesn’t work.

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Brian Milner

Brian is the Senior Vice President of Training and Coaching with Mountain Goat Software and is a Certified Scrum Trainer. Starting out as a developer, Brian worked up through management layers, then transitioned to Scrum Master and then Coach. His practical experience in both waterfall and agile organizations helps him clarify what works and what doesn’t, plus he has many years’ experience helping teams transition to agile. 

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Lance Dacy

As a Certified Scrum Trainer, Lance has trained and coached teams through many successful Scrum implementations since 2011, from Fortune 20 companies to small start-ups. Lance is also experienced in showing agile coaches and managers how to help cross functional, self-organizing teams deliver high value for customers as early as possible by using Scrum. 

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Team Home

Team Home is a collaboration platform that we designed for our courses. It is optimized for live, online training. Participants benefit by collaborating in ways beyond what is possible with generic whiteboard software such as Mural or Miro. Instructors can observe activity across all rooms, improving the effectiveness and efficiency of exercise debriefs.

 

Click below to see samples of the 100+ exercises instructors use in our courses.

In this CSPO exercise, participants take on roles in a movie studio and spend virtual currency to prioritize what will make them a successful movie.

Participants experience the benefits of collaborating and working as a cross-functional team in this exercise from Working on a Scrum Team.

During the CSM exercise, participants discuss how managers should interact with Scrum teams. Also shown is the custom debrief view used by instructors so they know which items need the most discussion after the exercise.

Exercises have custom debrief views for instructors, which help them know which topics warrant the most discussion after the exercise.

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On completion of the pre-recorded videos, live sessions, and proof of a CSPO certification and 12 months relevant experience, you will be registered with the Scrum Alliance as an Advanced-Certified Scrum Product Owner

14 PDUs within the PMI.
16 SEUs towards your CSP designation within the Scrum Alliance.

Additionally, if you currently hold a certification with the Scrum Alliance, attending this course will automatically advance your previous certification expiration date to the new certification expiration date.

Course Outline

1. The Product Owner Role

You’ll discuss the product owner role and demonstrate an understanding of how different organizations may affect your approach to this role. You’ll learn advanced techniques for working with stakeholders to gain information about their goals, and communicate progress.

2. Planning and Strategy

Create a successful product vision and break it into Product Increments that are valuable to stakeholders. You’ll  communicate a forecast for your vision and plan a product release.

3. Customers and Users

Navigate and segment the needs of customers and users (including what to do when those needs conflict). You’ll work on discovery techniques so that the needs of customers and users are clear, leading to successful product outcomes.

4. Validating Product Assumptions

Learn different approaches to validate product assumptions based on cost and quality of learning.

5. Working with the Product Backlog

In the advanced course, you build on your knowledge of the product backlog so you can translate backlog items into value for stakeholders. This means knowing which items bring the most value to different stakeholder groups, as well as managing and prioritizing items so that the team is always working to maximize outcome.