2-Day Course: Agility, Scrum, and the Product Owner Role

A 2-day intensive training centered on maximizing product value through effective backlog management, stakeholder alignment, and user-centric prioritization. Master the Product Owner’s role in defining vision, refining requirements, and driving delivery. Includes official Agile Academy Certification.

Official Certification & Learning Bundle

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will receive the Product Owner Level 1 certification from the Agile Academy. This globally recognized life-long credential validates your understanding of Scrum and your ability to serve as an effective Product Owner.

Benefits:

• Certification exam after the training (30 questions, unlimited retakes)
• Official Agile Academy certification included in course fee (lifetime validity, no renewals, no hidden fees)
• Digital certificate and badge upon passing
• Product Owner Level 1 E-Learning (lifetime access; valued at CHF 230,-)
• Any other Agile Academy self-paced E-Learning (one year membership; valued at CHF 230,-)
• Agile Academy Community membership (lifetime access)
• AI Agile Coach (one year membership)

We believe this bundle is extremely valuable and recommend to take the full package. However, participants can also opt out (please notify us when signing up if you want to do this). The price is then reduced by CHF 300,-.

Course Structure

• Day 1: Agility & Scrum Foundation
• Day 2: Deep Dive: Product Owner Role

Agility & Scrum (1st Day)

This module focuses on understanding what agility is and what it brings to the table. You’ll learn essential terms like complex vs. complicated, push vs. pull, and effectiveness vs. efficiency, enabling participants to engage in discussions and actively support their organization’s journey toward becoming (more) agile.

Experience Scrum firsthand and dive into its key elements: accountabilities, events, artifacts and its commitments. You’ll learn how Scrum differs from traditional approaches and why working in iterations and delivering increments is critical. This session covers practical examples, exercises, and applications of Scrum in various fields.

Product Owner Role (2nd Day)

This full-day module delves into the responsibilities of a Product Owner, focusing on writing effective user stories, backlog refinement, Minimal-Viable-Products (MVPs), stakeholder management. Participants will learn strategies to manage a product backlog, run productive Sprint Reviews, and ensure successful product delivery.

Target Audience

This course is ideal for Product Owners, Scrum Masters, developers, and anyone interfacing with a Scrum team. It’s also beneficial for stakeholders, managers, and those looking to deepen their understanding of agile practices and the Product Owner role.

Additional Details

• Prerequisites: None
• Training Mode: In-person or online

Participants will leave this course with a strong understanding of agile practices, Scrum, and the tools needed to be an effective Product Owner in any organization.

Your Trainer

Klaus Bucka-Lassen is a veteran in Scrum Trainings. He has trained more than 20 times together with Jeff Sutherland, the father and co-creator of Scrum and gained an extremely deep understanding of how and why Scrum works. Something you will hardly get anywhere else in or near Switzerland. With a total of 200+ Scrum Master, Product Owner and Scrum@Scale trainings and more than 2000 students, Klaus is one of the most experienced trainers in Switzerland. He speaks fluently English and native Danish and German (and even Swiss-German). Klaus is really proud of his average rating of 4.82 out of 5 from the participants of his courses.

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