Professional Scrum Product Owner

Introduction

Organizations have increasingly started adopting Scrum, Agile framework for their innovation needs and enhanced productivity. The success of an Agile project invariably depends on the Scrum team’s performance which is steered by the Scrum master in the desired direction.

It is not a surprising fact that the salaries of Scrum professionals are on the rise, given the current unstable and bizarre situations that the world is exposed to. Having to finish projects on time and delivering quality products to customers, the Scrum Masters are the professionals whom companies turn to. Scrum Masters, with their exemplary skills of leadership, communication, facilitation, are no wonder the go-to solution for the IT team of any organization

A certified Scrum Master certification enables you to work across major companies like IBM, Tata Consultancy Services, CapGemini, Honeywell, BOSCH, Accenture, Deloitte and many more.
The job role could range anywhere from a Scrum master, delivery lead, project/program manager to an Automation engineer/Agile coach.
Based on the recent salary survey by Zip recruiter, the average annual salary for the Certified ScrumMaster is $116,659 a year.

This course teaches potential product owners how to reduce the cost of their products and systems, and in turn,reap profits for their organization. You’ll also learn about the mechanics of scrum and how the product owner fits into Scrum methodology.

Course Duration : 4 weeks @ 5 hours/week

Skills
You’ll Gain

Facilitation

Collaboration across teams

Leadership

Stakeholder communication

Forecasting with Scrum

Creating product vision

Segmenting customers and users

Conducting product discovery

Validating product assumptions

Planning product releases

Measuring value

Product backlog management

Is this
course for you?

This beginner-friendly course is for you if you’re interested in extracting the best of Scrum to create products of value. Anyone can attend the course, including:

Project Managers

Developers

Product Owners

Software Development Managers

Software Architects

Product Managers

Software Developers

Software Testers

Team Leads

Team Members

Leadership Teams

Course Pre-requisites

No prerequisites are mandated, but basic knowledge of Scrum in a real-world context is an advantage.

Curriculum

Day 1: Fundamentals of the Product Owner role

  • Values of Agile Development
  • Responsibilities of Product Owner
  • Appropriate Meetings with Product Owner
  • Compulsions of Product Owner
  • Leadership Traits of Product Owner
  • Understanding Business Values,
  • KPIs
  • Measuring Business Value

Day 2: Practical Skill Development

  • Product Build Up
  • User Stories
  • Strategic Product Goals
  • Release Strategies and Planning with
  • Scrum
  • Estimating and Prioritizing Requirements
  • Forecasting Capability with Scrum
  • Product Development across Teams
  • Total Cost of Ownership

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Facilitator Profile

A visionary leader offering over 23+ years of notable contribution in the entire gamut of delivering executive-level consulting to service & manufacturing organizations. Leadership forte entails achievement of measurable business results in supply chain process effectiveness and efficiency, unparalleled customer satisfaction and superior market performance; leveraging deep expertise, outstanding collaboration resulting in yield of multi-million dollar benefits to the bottom line.

Commonly Asked Questions 

Do Scrum masters get paid well?

Recent times of the pandemic has shown the increase in the demand for certain job roles. One among the most sough-after roles is the Scrum Masters. Leading organisations are ready to pay expert Scrum masters high salaries due to their ability to navigate extreme scenarios and deliver the projects without affecting either the time frame or the budget of the project.

What are the Companies that Prefer to Hire Certified ScrumMasters?

According to the Scrum Guides, “Scrum has been adopted by a vast amount of software development companies around the world.” 

 According to the latest data on Glassdoor, the top companies looking for expert Scrum Masters are:

  • Answer Financial Inc. – Encino, CA
  • Pegasystems – Cambridge, MA
  • Donnelley Financial Solutions – Glen Mills, PA
  • IntraEdge – Phoenix, AZ
  • Wipro Limited, Bengaluru
  • Zensar Technologies Limited, Hyderabad
  • JP Morgan Chase, Hyderabad
  • Barclays – Pune
  • Orange, Mumbai
  • Fiserv – Pune, and many more

What would be the Required Skills/Experience to enrol for the Scrum Master program?

  • Experience in playing the Scrum Master role for at least one year for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory.
  • Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency
  • Knowledge of various well-documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach (example: numerous Burndown technologies, various Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc.)
  • Preferred Skills/Experience (Any of these is a plus)
    • Experience in playing the Scrum Master role for at least two years for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory.
    • Knowledge of other Agile approaches: XP, Kanban, Crystal, FDD, etc.
    • Awareness and experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games.
    • Applicable knowledge of the technologies used by the team.
  • Excellent communication and mentoring skills.