Professional Scrum Product Owner - Advanced (PSPO-A)

Upcoming PSPO-A training courses

Thursday 17 + Friday 18 November 2022
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Thursday 26 + Friday 27 January 2023
Location: BCN Amsterdam Arena
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Thursday 23 + Friday 24 March 2022
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Thursday 1 + Friday 2 June 2023
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Standard ticket
€ 1495,- excl. VAT/BTW

Combi deal PSPO + PSPO-A
€ 2495,- excl. VAT/BTW

The combi deal is available if you choose to pay by invoice. If you prefer to register and pay online, contact us and we will send you a discount voucher. Valid for 1 individual only.

What’s included

Free attempt at the globally recognized Scrum.org Professional Scrum Product Owner II certification assessment
Free 2nd attempt when you don’t pass your 1st attempt within 2 weeks
Certification insurance
Small class size: max. 10 students
Free book – recommended read selected by me
Official Scrum.org Professional Scrum Product Owner – Advanced Reference Guide
$ 200,- discount on the PSPO III assessment

Flip chart drawing of the training purpose

Free attempt at Scrum.org assessment + certification insurance

Mastering the Product Owner Stances

PSPO-A course in action, students are discussing while standing in front of flip chart visualisations on the wall

This 2-day Scrum.org certified Professional Scrum Product Owner – Advanced (PSPO-A) course focuses on helping experienced practitioners to:

expand their ability to establish a solid vision
validate their hypotheses
and ultimately deliver more value to their stakeholders.

This course is an interactive, experiential workshop where students explore topics through a series of exercises and discussions.

What you will learn during the PSPO-A course

The Product Owner’s role has many sides. It requires to engage in behaviors and adopt mindsets beyond the core of Agility and the Scrum Framework. This course surfaces these behaviors by challenging the student to adopt several different Product Owner stances:

Customer Representative – focused on understanding customer problems, challenges and potential opportunities
Visionary – communicating the vision, future state and possibilities in ways that foster common understanding
Experimenter – focusing on innovation, hypothesis testing and validating potential value to spark product innovation
Influencer – communicating with and influencing stakeholders, customers and the Scrum Team to act with common purpose
Collaborator – seeking input, ideas and feedback from others
Decision Maker – focusing on creating maximum impact by making clear choices and decisions

PSPO-A course topics

Understanding your products
Who are your customers?
Connecting product features to customer outcomes
Communicating the product vision and strategy
Value and pricing models
Innovation and experimentation
Stakeholders and stakeholder management
Agile governance, budgeting and contracting in relation to Scrum
Scaling the Product Owner role

Who should attend

The Professional Scrum Product Owner – Advanced course is an advanced course specifically designed for Product Owners and product managers who have practical experience managing or owning a product. It is also beneficial to Scrum Masters and stakeholders who work with Product Owners. Especially for those with at least one year experience of building products with a Scrum Team.

It is highly recommended to first participate in my Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO) training course before you consider to register for this Professional Scrum Product Owner – Advanced training course.

If you are not sure if this course is a good match with your current understanding of and experience with the role of Product Owner, please contact me and I’d be happy to advise you.

Professional Scrum Product Owner II (PSPO II) certification

All participants completing the PSPO-A course receive a password to take the Scrum.org PSPO II assessment. But do you attempt the PSPO II assessment within 14 days after the course and you score less than 85%? Then you get a 2nd attempt for free. And as a student of the PSPO-A course you also get a discount on the PSPO III assessment.

Since this assessment will be in English, participating in my English training course will help you prepare for the assessment in the best way possible.

What others say

“I enjoyed this very well facilitated training that brings lot of practical insights for Products Owners. Great job Matthijs for creating an open and safe environment for learning! I strongly recommend to join one of the future sessions to learn practical techniques to become an Entrepreneurial Product Owner”

Fabio Panzavolta – Professional Scrum Trainer

“This training from Matthijs really helped me a lot in understanding the role of the Product Owner even better. I learned a lot on how to be a better Product Owner. The location was great. Easy to reach by private or public transportation and the catering was all taken care of. I would definitely recommend Matthijs if you are looking for an advanced course for Product Owners.”

Murat Sürün – Interim Advanced Product Owner

“Matthijs is without a doubt one of the best trainers. He not only has mastered all the theory behind Scrum, but he has vast experience in applying that knowledge in the enterprise world. In his training courses he doesn’t just spout the agile platitudes at you, but deals with the real-life messy business of applying agile ideals to the day to day work. Matthijs’ trainings are invaluable if you are planning to actually be agile instead of just learning about Scrum.”

Kinshuk Kale – Change Agent, Agile and Innovation Coach

Our Scrum.org PSPO-Advanced trainers

Photo of Matthijs de Booij — Matthijs de Booij

My mission: inspiring others to discover new ways of working.

I have provided 100+ training courses and workshops in the fields of Scrum, Agile Product Development, and Kanban.

Over the years, I have advised and coached organizations within various industries from banking to healthcare. Before becoming an external consultant, trainer, and coach, I have been 5+ years part of different Scrum Teams. During that time I have been a Development Team member, Product Owner, and Scrum Master.

As an official Scrum.org licensed Professional Scrum Trainer (PST) I am trusted by the creators of Scrum to create the best possible foundation you can build on in practice.

Photo of Xaveer Rijpkema — Xaveer Rijpkema

Ever since I witnessed the benefits an Agile transformation can bring, I am passionate about inspiring teams and organisations to make the transition and help improve their workspace. Doing so, I have facilitated countless workshops and trainings around Scrum, Agility and Product Management.

Having hands on experience as both a Product Owner, Scrum Master and Transformation Consultant, I understand more than anyone that bringing Scrum theory into practice can prove to be very challenging. During my training courses, I draw examples from my experience varying from SME-companies in the Netherlands to corporate multinationals. Operating in fields from IT to Financial Services and Marketing.

In 2019, I felt honored to be admitted to ‘The Home of Scrum’ as an official Scrum.org licensed Professional Scrum Trainer (PST). Acknowledging my passion and efforts as a trainer.

Class room experience

Our training courses are characterized by minimizing use of Powerpoint slides. Instead, we maximize the use of visualizations on flip charts. Static Powerpoint presentations often force a class to adapt their learning to the way the slidedeck was developed. In our approach, we let go of these static slidedecks. This enables us to adapt content we are sharing to the conversation that is actually taking place. We have received great feedback on how our use of a flexible drawing style contributed to an outstanding learning experience. These visualizations will help you recollect the lessons learned through the exercises we did, the conversations we had, and your reflections throughout the training course.