COURSE SPECIFICATIONS

Course Summary

The purpose of this tutorial is to expand on the role of the Scrum  Product Owner and outline the roles played and deliverables   produced in the various stages of the Scrum process.The Scrum Product Owner role is vitally important as they are the only person that determines and prioritizes all the features of the product.

Key Content

• describing all the Scrum Team roles with particular focus on the Scrum Product Owner
• what User stories are and how to create User stories that are ‘Agile”
• how to build and prioritize your first and subsequent releases
• using the Relative Value Scoring, Relative Weighted Value Scoring and the Risk-Value
  Prioritization methods
• how to build and interpret Sprint and Release burndown charts
• how the Product Owner participates in the in the Sprint Demo and Retrospective
• how the Scrum Product Owner role is a natural fit for the IT Business Analyst. 

Who Should Attend

Business Analysts, Functional Managers , Project Managers, Business Managers

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Learning Objectives

• Gain understanding of the all the activities the Scrum Product Owner is responsible for

• Understand how determine, write and prioritize quality User Stories to build the Product Backlog

• Get insight into how best to building your Release Plan and the subsequent tracking on burndown charts.

Features

Reviews

Perfect Fit
Reviewer: Miriam from WestPac

I'm a BA and finally I know of a role I can play in the Agile world. The Product Owner role is ideal for me.

Quality User Stories 
Reviewer: Elizabeth from BCBS

I've heard of User Stories before, but this turtorial really explains the Best Practices to employ. I particularly like the way I can write tests for each one.

New to Agile Scrum
Reviewer: Burt from Desmond

Our team is just breaking into the Scrum world. Thanks for putting all of this in perspective.

Course Content

Welcome

Section Contents

Introduction

Scrum Team Roles

• Product Owner
• Project Road Map
• Scrum Components
• The Start of Scrum

User Stories

Building a Release

Prioritizing User Stories

• Relative Value Scoring
• Relative Weighted Value Scoring
• Risk-Value Prioritization

The Commitment

Scrum Burndown Chart

• Creating a Burndown Chart
• What it all Means
• Example (After 1st Daily Scrum)
• Example (After a few more days)
• Release Burndown Chart

Ending the Sprint

• Sprint Review: Inspect & Adapt
• Sprint Rertrospective

Why the Excitement about Agile Scrum?

Scrum Value

Natural Fit for a Business Analyst?

Summary

Next Steps

Reference Material Available