Product Owner Course

Product Discovery, product management, and effective collaboration with development teams

The Product Owner is one of the key roles in the Scrum framework. Their responsibility is not merely managing the Product Backlog, but guiding product development towards business goals and user needs.

In practice, many Product Owners quickly learn to write user stories and set priorities. However, it’s significantly harder to answer more important questions:

• Are we solving the right problem?
• How do we find out what users actually need?
• How do we reduce the risk of developing wrong solutions?
• How do we validate ideas before investing significant time and money into them?
• How do we align business goals, user needs, and technical limitations?

For this reason, the course’s central focus is on Product Discovery approaches, product decision-making, and understanding business value creation.

In addition to the Scrum framework, you will also learn about modern practices in product management, assumption validation, experimentation, and product development planning.

This course is suitable for:

• Product Owners,
• Product and Project Managers,
• Business Analysts,
• Department Heads and Managers,
• Development Team Members.

Prior knowledge of the Scrum framework is not required to participate.

After completing the course, you will:

• understand the Scrum process, roles, events, and interactions,
• understand the role, responsibilities, and authority of a Product Owner,
• be able to formulate and communicate a product vision,
• understand the difference between Product Discovery and Product Delivery activities,
• know techniques for researching user and stakeholder needs,
• understand methods for validating assumptions and reducing development risks,
• be able to use approaches such as Opportunity Solution Trees, Impact Mapping, experiments, and MVPs,
• understand the principles of Product Backlog management and prioritization,
• be able to collaborate with development teams in transforming ideas into viable product increments,
• understand the basics of product management and product lifecycle management.

Special focus of the course

A large part of the content is dedicated to Product Discovery and product management.

The course therefore goes beyond the usual scope of explaining the Scrum Product Owner role, also covering:

• user needs research (Product Discovery),
• product strategy formulation,
• validation of business and product assumptions,
• experimental product development,
• measuring results and business impact,
• connecting strategic goals with development activities,
• Release Planning and product strategy.

Certification Preparation

The course content provides the knowledge for directly taking the following certifications:

• Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I),
• Professional Scrum Product Owner II (PSPO II),
• Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I),

It also serves as a basis for the more demanding PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) certification.

Product Owner is an intensive, 5-day, 22-hour course available in Slovenian or English. It is conducted via remote platform and runs daily from 8:00 to approximately 12:30.

The course is equivalent to both beginner and advanced Scrum Product Owner courses from other providers.

Upon completion, participants receive a certificate of completion.

Discounts

• 10% for 2 or more participants
• 20% for 5 or more participants
• 30% for 10 or more participants