Agile For Product Owners

Part 1: Agile Overview
Gain an overall understanding of the background and benefits of agile and common methodologies practiced in organizations today. Topics covered:
· What is Agile?
· Why Agile?
· Agile Manifesto and Principles
· Agile Methodologies
· Sprint Overview

Part 2: Product Owner Overview
Learn the role, responsibilities, and characteristics needed to become an effective Product Owner. Topics covered:
· Role of the Product Owner
· Responsibilities of the PO
· Characteristics needed to be a supportive PO

Part 3: The Agile Team
Explore the roles and characteristics of a strong agile team and learn what a Product Owner needs to do to support an agile team. Topics covered:
· Roles of an Agile Team
· Characteristics of a strong Agile Team
· Supporting an Agile Team

Part 4: Agile Planning
Many individuals believe when you implement agile practices, you throw planning out the window altogether. In this section we will dispel that myth and discuss in-depth the various levels of planning necessary to deliver in an agile environment. Topics covered:
· 5 Levels of Planning
· Vision Development
· Product Road Mapping
· Feature Prioritization
· Release Planning

Part 5: Building and Managing the Backlog
Learn how to develop user personas and write users stories in order to successfully build out and manage a product backlog. Topics covered:
· User Personas
· Epics
· Writing User Stories
· Sizing User Stories

Part 6: Sprint Planning and Execution
Discuss and understand the typical ceremonies conducted within a sprint in an agile development process. Topics covered:
· Sprint Planning
· Execution
· Backlog Refinement
· Demo
· Retrospective

Part 7: Agile Leadership
Explore what it means to be an agile leader and bring servant leadership to your teams. We will explore attributes of an agile leader and commit to becoming agile leaders in order to support our teams and grow our organizations. Topics Covered:
· What is Agile Leadership
· Servant Leadership
· Attributes of Agile Leaders