Scrum Product Owner Certified (SPOC™)

Course Overview

Scrum Product Owner Certified (SPOC™) certification exam is designed to confirm applicants practical and working knowledge of Scrum that equips them to handle the business aspects and stakeholders in a Scrum environment. Product Owner represents the interests of the stakeholders in the Scrum Team. Commonly called ‘the voice of the customer’, the Product Owner is responsible for ensuring clear communication of product or service functionality requirements. The Product Owner also prioritizes the requirements from the point of view of an end user, for maximum business benefit, defines the Acceptance Criteria, and ensuring those criteria are met. Applicants will be awarded the Scrum Product Owner Certified (SPOC™) certificate by SCRUMstudy upon successfully passing the certification exam.

Audience Profile

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

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.

Reference book
A Guide to Scrum Body of Knowledge (SBOK™ Guide) by SCRUMstudy.

Scrum Product Owner Certified (SPOC™) Course Outline

● Agile and Scrum Overview
○ What is Agile?
○ Why use Agile?
○ The Agile Manifesto
○ Principles of the Agile Manifesto
○ Agile Methods
○ Other Agile Methods
○ Scrum Overview
○ Scrum Summary
● Scrum Roles
○ Scrum Roles
○ The Product Owner
○ The Scrum Team
○ The Scrum Master
○ Advantages of Cross-functional Teams
● Planning in Scrum
○ Scrum Flow
○ Requirements in Scrum
○ Prioritizing the Product Backlog
○ Adaptive Project Management
○ Scrum Planning
○ User Stories
○ The Concept of Persona
○ Acceptance Criteria
○ Generic Done Criteria
○ Criteria for a Good User Story
○ Estimation
○ Importance of Value
○ Risk Burndown Graphics
○ Scrum Board
● Sprint Planning
○ Sprints (from Product Owner’s point of view)
○ Sprint Planning Meeting
○ Planning Game
○ Task Estimation
○ The Sprint Backlog
● Implementation of Scrum
○ Daily Stand-up Meeting
○ Sprint Review Meeting
○ Sprint Retrospective Meeting
○ Product Backlog Grooming
● Scrum for Large Projects
○ Scrum for Large Projects
○ The Chief Product Owner
○ Distributed teams in Scrum
○ Transition to Scrum
○ Mapping Traditional Roles to Scrum
○ Maintaining Stakeholder Involvement

Expected Outcome:

The participants will be prepared to take SPOC™ certification exam and pass. Also they will be able to apply the concepts in their day to day job.

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

How to Apply 1. Register on SCRUMstudy.com and apply for the SPOC™ exam (OR) Attend a classroom training provided by a SCRUMstudy A.T.P. and then register on SCRUMstudy.com

2. Apply for the exam by paying the fee or by using the exam voucher provided by a SCRUMstudy A.T.P. You need to submit relevant documents (if required).

3. Access the online course and take the exam

• Get access to online course on ‘Introduction to Scrum’.
• Copy of SBOK™ Guide online version.
• Schedule the two hour proctored exam.
• SCRUMstudy verifies the application; confirms the exam date & time.
• Take the two hour proctored exam online. Learn and take the exam.

4. Upon successful completion of the exam get an online certificate.

• Your name will be added to the SCRUMstudy Certification Registry.
• If unable to pass the exam, you can schedule again and take a maximum of two free exam retakes.

Additional Note

Please note that courses come with an Online Certificates, for Physical Certificates (Optional) kindly contact us for fees and details.