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Taking product ownership beyond the backlog
The Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner course is a highly interactive two-day programme for Product Owners who have mastered the basics and want to develop the more sophisticated skills that enable them to maximise value across complex product environments. The course includes discussion, group exercises, and practical techniques that attendees can apply immediately.
The course enables Product Owners to work more effectively with a diverse range of stakeholders, balance competing priorities across multiple Sprints, take a user-centred approach to product discovery, and manage a Product Backlog that communicates clearly with all audiences. It also addresses how to validate assumptions through appropriate metrics while remaining aware of common cognitive biases that can distort product decisions.
Delivered by Jon Spruce, a Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Trainer, the A-CSPO builds directly on the CSPO and reinforces the core responsibilities and accountabilities of the Product Owner role, including how continuous improvement applies to product ownership itself.
What your people will learn
- How to appreciate the full importance of the Product Owner role and its responsibilities
- How to balance competing needs of a diverse group of stakeholders over multiple Sprints
- How to set goals and plan in line with a clear, evolving product vision
- How to ensure the product maintains focus on the features of most value to customers and users
- How to manage, refine, and communicate a Product Backlog to all stakeholders, including multiple teams
- How to define business value and validate learning using appropriate metrics, with awareness of cognitive biases
- How to communicate with and facilitate all appropriate stakeholder groups to achieve alignment
- How to apply continuous improvement as a Product Owner
Why organisations choose A-CSPO
Product Owners who have been practising for a year or more often find they have developed their own approaches that work well in some situations and less well in others. The A-CSPO provides the structure and techniques to fill those gaps: more rigorous goal-setting, better stakeholder facilitation, and clearer thinking about how to measure and validate the value the product is delivering.
It is particularly valuable for Product Owners working in complex environments with multiple stakeholder groups or across more than one team.
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Advanced Goal Setting and Planning
- Evolution and realisation of Product Strategy
- Communication and transparency of vision and goals
- Collaborative road map evolution
- Setting Product and Sprint goals
Empathising with Customers and Users
- Enabling communication between customers, users, and developers
- Engaging with the user perspective
- Facilitating visualisation of product discovery
Product Backlog Management
- Understanding and measuring value
- Prioritisation and links to Product Goals
- Product Backlog refinement: how, when, who, and why
Validating Product Assumptions
- Validated learning
- Cognitive biases
- Experimentation to test business ideas
- Appropriate metrics and the pitfalls to avoid
Who this course is for
- Experienced Product Owners who want to consolidate their knowledge and address questions from practice
- Product Owners, Product Managers, and Delivery Managers
- Team Leaders and Agile Coaches wanting to deepen their product ownership understanding
- Those responsible for maximising value across complex product environments
Certification
Attendees who complete the course earn the Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner® (A-CSPO) designation from the Scrum Alliance. There is no separate exam; the certification is awarded on successful course completion by an accredited Certified Scrum Trainer.
- Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner® (A-CSPO) certification
- Certification awarded on course completion, no exam required
- Two years Scrum Alliance membership on certification
- Digital badge from the Scrum Alliance
The A-CSPO certification requires an active CSPO and at least two years of experience in the Product Owner role. Certification is valid for two years and renewed through Scrum Education Units (SEUs).
What attendees get after the course
- Two days of instruction from a Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Trainer
- Course materials handbook and access to electronic reference documentation
- Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner® (A-CSPO) recognition from the Scrum Alliance
- Two years Scrum Alliance membership on certification
- Digital badge on successful certification
Prerequisites
Attendees should hold a Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO) certification or equivalent, and have at least two years of industry experience in the Product Owner role. This ensures attendees can engage fully with the advanced techniques and have sufficient real-world context to apply what they learn.
Delivery options
We offer this course as a private cohort for organisations, or as a public course where individuals can book a place alongside practitioners from other organisations. Both formats are available remotely or in person across the UK, Europe, and the USA.
Private delivery keeps the discussion grounded in your team's actual context. Public delivery is ideal where individuals want to train alongside peers from outside their organisation.
About the Scrum Alliance A-CSPO
The Scrum Alliance is the world's largest Scrum certifying body. The Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner® designation builds on the foundational CSPO and is only available through an accredited Certified Scrum Trainer, ensuring genuine depth and practical experience in delivery.
Lead trainer
Jon Spruce
Certified Scrum Trainer (CST)
Jon is an experienced Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Trainer with a background in coaching Scrum teams and running highly interactive, practical courses.