ADVANCED Certified Scrum PRODUCT OWNER® (A-CSPO)

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Rating 5/5: "The session on Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner exceeded expectations in every way. Sam created an engaging and collaborative environment that made complex concepts easy to understand and apply. The mix of discussions, exercises, use of AI tools throughout, and real-world examples kept the learning dynamic and relevant. Overall, this training has strengthened my ability to deliver greater value as a Product Manager and provided actionable strategies to enhance agility within our teams"
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Overview

Our Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner® (A-CSPO) course is for working Product Owners ready to go deeper. Over two highly interactive days you'll sharpen the skills that set great Product Owners apart: strategy, discovery, experimentation and measuring value.
The course is a fully gamified, immersive live online experience. In teams you'll take a new product from strategy through discovery, planning and experimentation to delivery, where we vibe-code with AI to create a real working product. You learn from and with experienced Product Owners across cultures, geographies and industries.
Format: 2 days, live online via Zoom, with group work in Miro. No exam: your certification follows the end-of-course feedback survey.
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What will you learn?

🧭 The PO role and ecosystem The mindset and actions of a successful Product Owner, how the role fits with product management, and the shift from project to product.
🎯 Product strategy Turn real problems into AI-powered product ideas, considering viability and desirability, and pitch your product using various product value/strategy canvases.
🔍 Product discovery Personas, interviews, surveys and prototypes, and how to connect developers directly with customers and users.
🗺️ Product planning Product planning/roadmapping, the Kano model and MoSCoW help plan a first release and forecast with stakeholders.
🧪 Experimentation Spot the cognitive biases that trip up Product Owners, find your riskiest assumptions, and test hypotheses inside Scrum.
📈 Delivery and measuring value Order the backlog with WSJF to support a Product Goal, keep it lean, measure value, manage technical debt and know when to pivot.

How the two days run

The course is fully gamified: in teams, you take a new AI product from idea to delivery through a series of short sprints. Day 1 covers the Product Owner role, then the strategy, discovery and planning sprints. Day 2 opens with a PO Open Space, then experimentation, delivery and measuring value.
1. PO role and ecosystem Share your PO successes and disasters, play the PO game, map the Product Owner ecosystem and explore the move from project to product.
2. Product Strategy Sprint Pick real problems to solve, generate AI solutions, prioritise by viability and desirability, and pitch your product. Then practise working with stakeholders using Six Thinking Hats, create a Value Proposition Canvas and Product Vision/Strategy canvas.
3. Discovery and Planning Sprints Build personas, interviews and prototypes and see real discovery examples. Then create your Product Roadmap, apply the Kano model and plan Release 1.
Great Product Owners don't just manage a backlog. They discover, test and measure value, and this course shows you how.
4. PO Open Space Bring the topics you most want to explore, prioritise them with Lean Coffee, and dig in with experienced Product Owners from other industries.
5. Experimentation Sprint Uncover cognitive biases, find your riskiest assumption and design experiments, guided by Sam's real case study of validating a new product with A/B tests and a 12-week pilot.
6. Delivery and Measure Value Sprints Prioritise with WSJF, apply ten tips to tame an oversized backlog, create your own value measures, manage technical debt, and learn when to pivot. What you'll leave with
  • The A-CSPO certification from Scrum Alliance (no exam)
  • Hands-on experience taking a product from strategy to delivery
  • Practical techniques for discovery, experimentation and measuring value
  • Ten tips to tame an oversized Product Backlog
  • A real product case study to learn from
  • Course slides, templates and Miro resources
  • Ongoing support through our WhatsApp learning community

What participants say

  • Rating 5/5: "The session on Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner exceeded expectations in every way. Sam created an engaging and collaborative environment that made complex concepts easy to understand and apply. The mix of discussions, exercises, use of AI tools throughout, and real-world examples kept the learning dynamic and relevant. Overall, this training has strengthened my ability to deliver greater value as a Product Manager and provided actionable strategies to enhance agility within our teams"

  • Rating 5/5: "There were not even single slides or deck, this is an amazing training session with complete involvement of entire participants. Virtually a gamified ways of training is lovely to attend. I would strongly recommend the whether you are an aspiring or Senior POs you must take this training."

  • Rating 5/5: "A lot of useful content that was done in an engaging and very human way :), I learned things I didn't know I could learn about"

  • Rating 5/5: "Excellently designed course to give flavour of current world pro lessons and possible ways to resolve. Hands on with some of new techniques and use of AI in day to day taste is key attribute here."

  • Rating 5/5: "Loved the amount of collaboration, the different activities and how interactive it was"

  • Rating 5/5: "I liked the content and the journey Sam took us through to get through the various topics, the collaboration between each other and learning off one another"

  • Rating 5/5: "Sam does an excellent job of keeping people engaged and teaching virtually. One of the best run virtual courses"

  • Rating 5/5: "Sam ran an excellent two-day A-CSPO course. He handled a room of mid to senior-level participants brilliantly, keeping it hands-on and collaborative so we learned as much from each other as from him. Genuinely nothing I'd change, the sessions felt seamless and the learning was immediately practical. Highly recommend"

Who should take this course

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Working Product Owners, product managers and business analysts who want to grow beyond the basics, especially in strategy, discovery and experimentation. To receive the A-CSPO certification you'll need to:
• Hold an active Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO) from Scrum Alliance.• Have at least 12 months' experience as a Product Owner (or equivalent) in the past five years. You can attend before you reach 12 months; you'll need the experience to activate your certification.
New to the Product Owner role? Start with our Certified Scrum Product Owner® course, which has no prerequisites.
Additionally, exploring opportunities to gain more experience as a Product Owner would be beneficial.

Questions

  • Am I eligible?
  • You'll need an active Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO) and at least 12 months' Product Owner experience in the past five years. You can attend before you reach 12 months; you'll just need the experience to activate your certification.

  • How do I get certified?
  • There's no exam. Complete a short feedback survey at the end of day 2 and Scrum Alliance will issue your A-CSPO certification.

  • How can I prepare?
  • Bring real product challenges from your work. You'll use them in the PO Open Space and the activities. There's also some light homework between day 1 and day 2.

  • What do I need on the day?
  • A computer with Zoom, a reliable internet connection and a webcam. We'll use Miro for group work and WhatsApp to share ideas.

  • Can you run this for our team?
  • Yes — we can run A-CSPO in-house for your organisation.

  • Where next? Many graduates go on to Certified Scrum Professional – Product Owner (CSP-PO), Agile Coaching (ICAgile) or our Certified Agile Facilitator (CAF) course.
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