Scrum Product Owner Certification (SPOC™)

Overview

 The Product Owner represents the interests of the stakeholder community to the
Scrum Team. The Product Owner is responsible for ensuring clear communication of
product or service functionality requirements to the Scrum Team, defining
Acceptance Criteria, and ensuring those criteria are met. The Product Owner must
always maintain a dual view. He or she must understand and support the needs and
interests of all stakeholders, while also understanding the needs and workings of the
Scrum Team.

Applicants will be awarded the Scrum Product Owner Certified (SPOC®) certificate
by SCRUMstudy™ upon successfully passing the certification exam.

Prerequisites

There is no formal prerequisite for this certification. However, SDC® or
SMC® Certified professionals will be able to better understand the concepts required
for this certification exam

Audience Profile

This certification is for anyone who interfaces with stakeholders or works as a
Product Owner in a Scrum Team.

Course Objectives

 To familiarize participants with the concepts, advantages, and challenges of
the Scrum methodology.
 To equip participants with the knowledge needed to be the Product Owner.
 To provide practical knowledge of dealing with the Project Stakeholders and
take care of the business/value side of things.
 To prepare participants to pass the SPOC certification exam

Exam Details

 Multiple choice
 140 questions per exam
 No negative marks for wrong answers
 180 minutes duration
 Proctored online exam.
 Current pass rate: 93%

What’s Included

 Certification exam fee.
 Complimentary copy of the SBOK™ Guide.
 Free Lifetime Primary Membership.
 One-year Advanced Membership worth $120. PMI approved PDUs.

Key Benefits

  To familiarize participants with the concepts, advantages, and challenges of
the Scrum methodology.
 To equip participants with the knowledge needed to be the Product Owner.
 To provide practical knowledge of dealing with the Project Stakeholders and
take care of the business/value side of things.
 To prepare participants to pass the SPOC™ certification exam

Course Syllabus

  1. Agile and Scrum Overview
     a. What is Agile?
    b. Why use Agile?
    c. The Agile Manifesto
    d. Principles of the Agile Manifesto
    e. Agile Methods
    f. Other Agile Methods
    g. Scrum Overview
    h. Scrum Summary
  2. Scrum Roles
     a. Scrum Roles
    b. The Product Owner
    c. The Scrum Team
    d. The Scrum Master
    e. Advantages of Cross-functional Teams
  3. Planning in Scrum
     a. Scrum Flow
    b. Requirements in Scrum
    c. Prioritizing the Product Backlog
    d. Adaptive Project Management
    e. Scrum Planning
    f. User Stories
    g. The Concept of Persona
    h. Acceptance Criteria
    i. Generic Done Criteria
    j. Criteria for a Good User Story
    k. Estimation
    l. Importance of Value
    m. Risk Burn down Graphs
    n. Scrum Board
  4. Sprint Planning
     a. Sprints (from Product Owner’s point of view)
    b. Sprint Planning Meeting
    c. Planning Game
    d. Task Estimation
    f. The Sprint Backlog
  5. Implementation of Scrum
     a. Daily Stand-up Meeting
    b. Sprint Review Meeting
    c. Sprint Retrospective Meeting
    d. Product Backlog Grooming
  6. Scrum for Large Projects
     a. Scrum for Large Projects
    b. The Chief Product Owner
    c. Distributed teams in Scrum
    d. Transition to Scrum
    e. Mapping Traditional Roles to Scrum
    f. Maintaining Stakeholder Involvement

Maintaining Certification

 To maintain the certification status, Scrum Product Owner Certified (SPOC™)
professional will need to earn 40 re-certification credits every 3 years.