PO Academy I – Product Owner Role, Craft, Skills and Tools

• Understand the role of Product Owner and difference between Product Owner and Product Manager
• List the key qualities that a Product Owner has to possess in order to succeed in the role
• Identify own strengths and weaknesses and define the plan to leverage strengths and improve on weaknesses
• Understand the key principles of Agile product development
• Plan and conduct customer research
• Build simple customer personas and customer journeys
• Develop product vision and product roadmap
• Drive the product development process and stakeholders communication
• Identify and fix issues with the team’s health
• Understand the difference between outcomes, outputs and team’s health
• Practice asking the right questions to ensure best product outcomes
• Estimate work using story points and t-shirt sizes
• Adjust to highly volatile and complex environment
• Practice creativity and flexibility
• Give actionable feedback that supports personal growth and is not faced with hostility
• Receive feedback without hard feelings and achieve continuous personal growth
• Facilitate meetings and events, ensuring the best outcomes
• Understand the difference between Jira and Trello
• Use advanced functionality of Miro, Zoom and Slack
• Know what and when can and should be outsourced

Who this course is for:

• Junior Product Owners and Product Managers
• Aspiring Product Owners and Product Managers
• Anyone who is curious about the role and wants to understand whether it could be a right fit for them
• Agile coaches who need tools to coach and train Product Owners
• Small business owners and startup owners who want to learn how to build great products efficiently