It is not a required order however we recommend that you take the classes in the following order:

1. Professional Scrum Product Owner™ Fundamentals

2. Professional Scrum Product Backlog Management Skills™

3. Effective Stakeholder Collaboration for Scrum Teams™

Following completion of the courses within the specialization students will be able to:

• Pass the Scrum.org Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I) Certification exam

• Pass the Scrum.org Professional Scrum Product Backlog Management Skills (PSPBM Skills) Certification exam

• Articulate the Product Owner’s accountability to maximize value through an outcomes-focused approach

• Recognize how a Product Owner collaborates with both stakeholders and the rest of the Scrum Team to maximize the value of their product

• Summarize how empiricism and Scrum enable Product Owners to prioritize, make decisions and validate quickly

• Explain how the Product Backlog reflects what the Product Owner considers valuable for the product

• Discuss the importance of customer and user engagement in helping a Product Owner pursue value and confirm direction

• Describe how a Product Owner uses product vision to drive value delivery through strategy

• Implement practical techniques to create, refine, and order the Product Backlog

• Identify how to use AI to assist Product Backlog management

• Describe empiricism as a competitive advantage

• Discuss better ways to make the Product Backlog more transparent

• Capture stakeholder needs as Product Backlog items

• Interpret stakeholder needs

• Explain techniques to effectively communicate with stakeholders

• Explain the role of stakeholders in Scrum and how they contribute to the success of a product

• Explain the importance of a clear product vision and shared goals for aligning stakeholders to enable effective decision-making

• Implement collaboration strategies based on the categorization of stakeholders

• Demonstrate empathy-driven techniques to uncover stakeholder needs, goals and pain points beyond stated product requirements

• Adapt stakeholder collaboration strategies for different stakeholders, situations and levels of complexity

• Describe how to align stakeholders around priorities and trade-offs when managing conflict and challenging dynamics

• Describe effective communication skills to drive decisions and sustain stakeholder engagement in real-world scenarios

This course is completely online, so there’s no need to show up to a classroom in person. You can access your lectures, readings and assignments anytime and anywhere via the web or your mobile device.