Washington University in St. Louis
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AGI530: Agile Product Ownership (21 hrs)

Course summary:

The Agile Product Ownership course is an ICAgile-accredited training program that focuses on value-driven software delivery and the accompanying mindset necessary to succeed in an agile environment. Participants in this course will learn a variety of techniques that emphasize customer value, lightweight requirements, prioritization methods, progressive elaboration, product/project road mapping, story mapping, effective user stories and acceptance criteria.

The course is designed to teach participants the skills and knowledge necessary to become effective agile product owner in an agile environment. Throughout the course, participants will practice using these techniques to develop and manage product backlogs, prioritize features, and engage stakeholders.

Course outline:
Product Ownership as an Agile Discipline and Craft:
  • Product Ownership and Maximized Value
  • Role Scope and Diversity
Skills and Behaviors for Business Value Analysis and Product Ownership:
  • Thinking Skills
  • Behaviors
Seeking Value:
  • Determining Value in the Initiative
  • Communicating Value
The Discovery Process:
  • Understanding Stakeholders
  • Analyze to Determine Value
  • Exploring the Solution
The Continuous Discovery of Value:
  • Managing Artifacts
  • Enabling Valuable Delivery

Learning outcomes:

  • Describe the concept of product ownership, show how it maximizes value and list many different aspects of value
  • Discuss the Manifesto Values and Principles and their relationship to delivering business value
  • Demonstrate collaborative, team-based decision-making approaches and experience/identify how they can be applied in the context of your own work
  • Work in an iterative process with incomplete information
  • Apply stakeholder analysis tools such as personas and empathy maps
  • Explain the “the minimum amount of analysis necessary” in a change initiative in your own environment.
  • Apply prioritization and ranking techniques
  • Illustrate how different types of constraints can influence a change initiative
  • Practice an Agile Risk Management approach
  • Explain examples of different modeling techniques and provide guidelines on how they can be used on different types of initiatives
  • Identify artifacts that will “live long” and ways to record and maintain them so they will be valuable in the future
  • Produce a definition of “done” at different levels of detail for a change initiative
  • Demonstrate the impact of overloading and how to maintain a sustainable pace
  • Arrange and adapt a backlog based on feedback and changes, with a strong focus on knowing when to stop
Type:
Virtual
 
Day & Time:
Mon & Wed
Feb 3, 2025
5:00 to 7:30PM
 
Enrollment Deadline:
Jan 27, 2025
 
Location:
Zoom
 
Course Fee(s):
$1,495
 
CEUs:
2.1
 
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Enrollment Deadline is Jan 27, 2025 at 5 PM CST. Beyond this date, please call 314-935-4444 to register.

Parking and refreshments are provided.

CANCELLATION POLICY
A full refund will be given when a registrant cancels more than five (5) business days prior to the start of the class. Cancellations received within 5 business days of the start of the class and no-shows will be billed in full. Another person may be substituted at any time at no additional charge.

A request to transfer a class to a future date can only occur if the request is more than 5 business days prior to the start of class.  Otherwise, the request will be considered a cancellation and the policy will apply.
Type:
Virtual
 
Day & Time:
Mon & Wed
May 5, 2025
5:00 to 7:30PM
 
Enrollment Deadline:
April 29, 2025
 
Location:
Virtual
 
Course Fee(s):
$1,495
 
CEUs:
2.1
 
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Enrollment Deadline is April 29, 2025 at 5 PM CST. Beyond this date, please call 314-935-4444 to register.

Parking and refreshments are provided.

CANCELLATION POLICY
A full refund will be given when a registrant cancels more than five (5) business days prior to the start of the class. Cancellations received within 5 business days of the start of the class and no-shows will be billed in full. Another person may be substituted at any time at no additional charge.

A request to transfer a class to a future date can only occur if the request is more than 5 business days prior to the start of class.  Otherwise, the request will be considered a cancellation and the policy will apply.
Type:
Virtual
 
Day & Time:
Tuesday & Thursday
Aug 19, 2025
5:00 to 7:30PM
 
Enrollment Deadline:
Aug 12, 2025
 
Location:
Zoom
 
Course Fee(s):
$1,495
 
CEUs:
2.1
 
add2cart
 

Enrollment Deadline is Aug 12, 2025 at 5 PM CST. Beyond this date, please call 314-935-4444 to register.

Parking and refreshments are provided.

CANCELLATION POLICY
A full refund will be given when a registrant cancels more than five (5) business days prior to the start of the class. Cancellations received within 5 business days of the start of the class and no-shows will be billed in full. Another person may be substituted at any time at no additional charge.

A request to transfer a class to a future date can only occur if the request is more than 5 business days prior to the start of class.  Otherwise, the request will be considered a cancellation and the policy will apply.
Accrediting Associations:
  • ICAgile (International Consortium for Agile)

Prerequisites:

Applies toward the following certificate(s):
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