Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner (A-CSPO)
"Bring your product development challenges, aspirations, fears and dreams and together we will take you from adhering to specification to discovering and building to value."
Arlen and David, Grow-Lean Trainers for A-CSPO Courses
Overview
This is a unique class, based two plus decades of lean and agile experience by a lauded entrepreneur, presenter and consultant.
- You utilize a variety of tools and techniques while learning about the mechanisms behind each.
- You leave ready to customize these approaches for your own environment.
In the session you...
- Explore real-world scenarios
- Participate in deep simulations
- Learn from the instructors long lean and agile background
- Learn from the experience of others while sharing your own
The result is like a consulting experience; just more fun.
Participants at both a relatively new and deeply advanced levels should fine value in this course, as it assess personal situations and is consistently reoriented toward creating practical paths forward for participants.
Why choose our training? You get...
- Deep discussion and learning.
- A 100% live collaborative session.
- Meaningful answers to questions.
- Case studies and real-life examples.
Plus, you will laugh! We provide edutainment so that you have energy that drives retention.
There are no hidden cost or expenses. Everything is covered including the certification fees. You get practice quizzes to use before and after class as well as 1-on-1 mentoring with your trainer.
As an added bonus you can take the class again for free within 120 days. You can also take advantage of additional discount off of a different session (like CSPO).
Upcoming Sessions
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| Mon 10/18 9:00 AM (EDT) | - | Tue 10/19 5:30 PM (EDT) | Live Online* |
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| Thu 12/2 9:00 AM (EDT) | - | Fri 12/3 5:30 PM (EDT) | Live Online* |
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| Sat 12/18 9:00 AM (EDT) | - | Sun 12/19 5:30 PM (EDT) | Live Online* |
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Training Discounts
Are you a student, a veteran, unemployed, an alumni, paying out of pocket or registering a group? Claim your Grow-Lean discount now!
Please use the on-line interface for requesting a discount as described in the "Request a Discount" tab prior to contacting us so we have your required information.Find Session
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Super Early Bird
Combines With: Alumni, Hardship
Able to register five plus weeks in advance?
Then use the Super Early Bird. It called Super for a reason as, other than hardship discounts, it is the lowest price available. Don't delay, register today.
Out of Pocket
Combines With: Alumni, Early Bird
Have to pay from your own wallet and won't be reimbursed by any third party? Then an out of pocket discount makes sense for you.
Group
Combines With: Early Bird
Bringing friends or colleagues to the same session? The more you bring the larger the discount. You can register all at one time or everyone can register themselves.
Early Bird
Combines With: Alumni, Group, Hardship, Out of Pocket, Student, Veterans, Senior
Able to register in advance? Use the discount that combines with most everything. If you are not combining the discount there is no need to request it, just register. For combinations, request the other discount.
Alumni
Combines With: Everything!
Get 5% off for each public session you took with us, up to 25%. Automatically combines with Super and Regular Early Birds, just register.
If you qualify for any other categories request the alumni discount and provide an explanation to receive the maximum savings.
Hardship
Combines With: Super Early Bird, Early Bird, Alumni
Suffering an economic hardship or collecting unemployment benefits and able to provide proof such as an unemployment notice or separation agreement? Then the hardship discount, which is the lowest possible price, is right for you.
Student
Combines With: Early Bird
Are you a full-time student attending college and looking to make yourself more marketable upon graduation? If so take advantage of a student discount.
Veteran
Combines With: Early Bird
Are you active duty military or a veteran? Looking to expand your skill set and market yourself. If so, take advantage of a veteran discount.
Senior
Combines With: Early Bird
Are you 65 years young or more? Still looking to learn and advance your career? If so you can benefit from a senior discount.
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What You Learn...
Key Learning Areas are shown. As an advanced class we cover these topics in depth.
- Elevating the PO Role : Make the case for a strong PO with an appropriate amount of authority and autonomy
- Engaging Stakeholders : Bringing stakeholders with divergent interests and strong personalities together and helping them align
- Scaling the Role : Work across teams and organizations
- Moving Beyond Scrum : Applying ideas and techniques from Lean Startup and Kanban
- Finding Value : Discovering true needs instead of trying to build to spec
- Aligning with Legacy : Working with legacy systems and waterfall teams
- Applying DevOps : Applying CI/CD to get to market frequently and drive learning loops
- Dealing with Change : Working with constant priority changes by businesses and stakeholders
- Roadmapping with Agility : Planning out several years into the future while remaining agile
- Measuring and Reporting : Creating transparency into progress
- Executing with Excellence : Designing and facilitating more effective Scrum events
- Using Collaborative Modeling : Increase trust, speed and product quality with collaborative modeling
...What You Earn
By taking the session you earn the chance to become an Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner (A-CSPO) as long as you meet requirements for work experience (one year a Product Owner or similar role) and have a CSPO certification.
The advanced certification will differentiate you, but more importantly the deep learning will allow you to interview with confidence and apply advanced techniques in the work place.
Go Beyond Scrum
As an advanced class we go beyond Scrum and cover how to grow with practices from other agile frameworks:
- XP and DevOps: Engineering practices to continuously deliver quality.
- SAFe®, LeSS® Scrum@Scale®: Align multiple teams on one endeavor.
- Kanban: Limit WIP, increase focus and create flow.
- Lean: Apply the mindset from the mother of agile.
- Lean Startup®: Apply build-measure-learn loops to improve outcomes.
Don't stop at Scrum. Come to this session and learn how to apply ideas from a variety of frameworks.
Practice Quizzes?
Yes, practice quizzes.
There is no exam for your certification, but you can still get significant benefit from our practice quizzes as they help ensure you know the basics so your classroom experience can focus on the big picture.
- The practice quizzes are active learning that increases retention.
- They apply what cognitive science calls retrieval practice.
- Retrieval practice makes learning challenging which helps you remember the material.
If you have time prior to the session use them as a refresher. Or perhaps, during the session you notice some weak spots and review the quizzes post class to fill in the knowledge gaps.
Immersive classroom exercises...
We use technologies including Miro, Mural, Google Slides, Google Jam Boards and others to create an interactive training experience.
You use these technologies in breakout rooms with class peers, learning Scrum and Agile hands on.
Why Choose Grow-Lean...
- Small group of elite, experienced trainers.
- Fair pricing, high quality.
- Caring customer support before and after your training.
- Delivery focused, not sales focused. You get what you paid for.
- Everything is included. Don't get surprised by hidden fees!
- Free retake within 120 days for any session at same or lower price.
- Our trainers are actual practitioners. Don't trust talking heads!
- Training material and approaches vetted by experts.