Product Owner Coaching Syllabus

Here is a suggested coaching syllabus to cover the Product Owner Learning Objectives based upon the Scrum Alliance learning objectives.

Session	Learning Objective Mapping
Scrum Framework	F1.2 - Scrum and its Purpose F1.6 - Scrum in its Entirety
Scrum Roles	F2.1 - How Scrum Roles Interact F2.2 - Cross Functional and Self Organising Teams 1.1 - 3 organizational contexts that affect the approach to the Product Owner role 1.2 - 3 anti-patterns that might exist for Product Owners
Agile Manifesto	F1.1 - Scrum and Agile Manifesto
5 Scrum Values	F1.3 - 5 Scrum Values
Empirical vs Predictive Control Processes	F1.4 - 3 Pillars of Empirical Process Control F1.5 - Traditional vs Empirical Product Planning
Iterative vs. Incremental	F1.7 - Iterative and Incremental Approaches 2.2 - 1 way to create a product plan or forecast with stakeholders 2.3 - 1 way to plan a product release 2.4 - 2 approaches to identify small, valuable, and releasable Product Increments
Sprints	F3.1 - Timeboxing F3.2 - 5 Scrum Events
Sprint Planning & Product Backlog Refinement	F3.1 - Timeboxing F3.2 - 5 Scrum Events F4.3 - Product Backlog Refinement F4.4 - 3 Activities During Product Backlog Refinement 3.7 - 3 benefits of Development Team direct interactions 5.6 - Create a Product Backlog Item that includes description of desired outcome and value 5.7 - 1 approach to Product Backlog Refinement 5.8 - 3 criteria for ordering the Product Backlog
Daily Scrum	F3.1 - Timeboxing F3.2 - 5 Scrum Events
Sprint Review	F3.1 - Timeboxing F3.2 - 5 Scrum Events
Sprint Retrospective	F3.1 - Timeboxing F3.2 - 5 Scrum Events
Definition of Done	F4.2 - Definition of Done
Scrum Artefacts	F4.1 - 3 Scrum Artefacts
Working With Stakeholders	1.3 - 1 technique to provide progress toward goals 1.4 - 3 techniques to engage, gather information and derive insights
Agile Estimation	1.3 - 1 technique to provide progress toward goals 5.5 - 3 terms related to product economics
Scaling Scrum	1.5 - 2 ways of overcoming challenges when working with multiple teams
Purpose & Strategy	2.1 - 1 way of creating a product vision 2.2 - 1 way to create a product plan or forecast with stakeholders
Release Planning	2.2 - 1 way to create a product plan or forecast with stakeholders 2.3 - 1 way to plan a product release
Release Strategy	2.2 - 1 way to create a product plan or forecast with stakeholders 2.3 - 1 way to plan a product release 2.4 - 2 approaches to identify small, valuable, and releasable Product Increments
Strategic Awareness	2.2 - 1 way to create a product plan or forecast with stakeholders
Evolutionary Strategy	2.2 - 1 way to create a product plan or forecast with stakeholders
Story Mapping	2.3 - 1 way to plan a product release 2.4 - 2 approaches to identify small, valuable, and releasable Product Increments
Backlog Strategy Archetypes	2.4 - 2 approaches to identify small, valuable, and releasable Product Increments 5.6 - Create a Product Backlog Item that includes description of desired outcome and value
Customer Research	3.1 - Why a Product Owner performs discovery and validation work 3.2 - 1 approach for segmenting customers and users
Collaboration Frameworks	3.3 - 1 technique to prioritise between conflicting customer (or user) needs
Design Sprint	3.4 - 3 aspects of product discovery and how each contributes to successful product outcomes 3.6 - 3 approaches to connect the Development Team directly to customers and users
Empathy Mapping	3.5 - 1 technique to describe users and customers: their jobs, activities, pains, and gains
Testing Assumptions	4.1 - How Scrum supports validating product assumptions 4.2 - 1 approach to validate product assumptions by their cost and quality of learning
Feature Debt	5.1 - describe the relationship between outcome and output
Working With The Product Backlog	5.2 - 3 attributes of a Product Backlog item that help assess maximising outcome 5.3 - 2 techniques to measure value 5.4 - Value from 3 different stakeholder groups

See Also

• Product Owner Workshop Syllabus
• Product Owner
• Scrum Master Coaching Syllabus
• Scrum Master Workshop Syllabus
• Scrum Framework
• Scrum Master

References

• The Scrum Guide
• Certified Product Owner (CSPO) Learning Objectives, 2021
• Scrum Foundations Learning Objectives, 2021