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IBM Product Owner Professional Certificate

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IBM Product Owner Professional Certificate

Get job-ready as a product owner in 3-4 months. Build the skills employers look for on a resume and prepare for the PSPO I certification exam. No prior experience required!

John Rofrano
IBM Skills Network Team
Daniel C. Yeomans

Instructors: John Rofrano

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Earn a career credential that demonstrates your expertise

(136 reviews)

Beginner level

Recommended experience

2 months at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Earn a career credential
Share your expertise with employers

What you'll learn

  • The job-ready product owner skills employers need, plus hands-on experience you can talk about in interviews. No prior experience required!

  • Master the principles, tools, and terminology product owners use daily within the Scrum framework.

  • How to effectively manage product backlogs, prioritize features, and adapt to evolving customer needs and market conditions. 

  • How to implement Agile practices like iterative development, user story mapping, while preparing for the PSPO1 certification exam.

Overview

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Taught in English
59 practice exercises

Prepare for a career in Business

  • Receive professional-level training from IBM
  • Demonstrate your proficiency in portfolio-ready projects
  • Earn an employer-recognized certificate from IBM

Professional Certificate - 6 course series

What you'll learn

  • A valuable understanding of the Product Owner role, career path, salary outlook, and growth opportunities within the Agile environment

  • How to apply Agile principles to manage and prioritize the product backlog

  • How to communicate a product vision aligned with stakeholders' expectations

  • In-demand management skills for Scrum teams, stakeholders, and customers

Skills you'll gain

Category: Backlogs
Category: Sprint Retrospectives
Category: Sprint Planning
Category: Agile Methodology
Category: Product Management
Category: Stakeholder Communications
Category: Stakeholder Engagement
Category: Project Management
Category: Product Development
Category: Product Roadmaps
Category: User Story
Category: Agile Project Management
Category: Product Strategy
Category: Workforce Development
Category: Agile Product Development
Category: Prioritization
Category: Meeting Facilitation

What you'll learn

  • Adopt the 5 practices of Agile, a subset of DevOps: small batches, minimum viable product, pair programming, behavior- and test-driven development.

  • Write good user stories, estimate and assign story points and track stories using a kanban board. Incorporate Scrum artifacts, events, and benefits.

  • Create and refine a product backlog using the sprint planning process. Produce potentially shippable product increments with every iteration.

  • Create burndown charts to forecast the ability to meet a sprint goal. Use metrics to enhance performance, productivity, and client satisfaction.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Sprint Planning
Category: Agile Methodology
Category: Sprint Retrospectives
Category: Backlogs
Category: Performance Metric
Category: User Story
Category: Team Oriented
Category: Estimation
Category: Agile Software Development
Category: Workflow Management
Category: Prioritization
Category: Continuous Improvement Process
Category: Kanban Principles
Category: Lean Methodologies
Category: Agile Project Management
Category: Performance Measurement

What you'll learn

  • Define operating systems, computer components, programming concepts, databases, and explain the differences between commercial and open software

  • Summarize the importance of computer networks, including wired and wireless connections; explore network resources and storage types in MS Windows

  • Describe how to protect against security threats, address public browsing security concerns, and list password management best practices

  • List the benefits of cloud computing, describe the cloud infrastructure layer, virtual machines, and summarize features of ticketing systems

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Computer Hardware
Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Operating Systems
Category: Computer Networking
Category: Data Storage
Category: Hardware Troubleshooting
Category: Database Software
Category: Network Troubleshooting
Category: Project Management
Category: Software Installation
Category: Computer Security Awareness Training
Category: Technical Support and Services
Category: IT Infrastructure
Category: Information Technology

What you'll learn

  • Effective communication strategies to represent the Voice of the Customer within Agile teams and organizations. 

  • Stakeholder engagement strategies to gather feedback, validate assumptions, make effective decisions, and influence results. 

  • Negotiation and conflict resolution skills to navigate competing priorities and viewpoints effectively.

  • Facilitation and leadership skills to effectively lead product discovery sessions, collaborative workshops, and decision-making processes.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Communication
Category: Conflict Management
Category: Agile Methodology
Category: Virtual Teams
Category: Backlogs
Category: Stakeholder Management
Category: Stakeholder Communications
Category: Product Requirements
Category: Customer experience strategy (CX)
Category: Team Building
Category: User Story
Category: Agile Product Development
Category: Cross-Functional Collaboration
Category: Negotiation
Category: Product Management
Category: Prioritization

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: User Story
Category: Product Roadmaps
Category: Product Management
Category: Scaled Agile Framework
Category: Lean Methodologies
Category: Business Priorities
Category: Agile Methodology
Category: Product Strategy
Category: Backlogs
Category: Sprint Planning
Category: Strategic Planning
Category: Stakeholder Communications
Category: Product Development
Category: Product Requirements
Category: Prioritization

What you'll learn

  • Practice for the Scrum.org Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I) certification exam in just 2 weeks

  • Learn about the PSPO I certification process, including educational and experience requirements, sign-up steps, and costs 

  • Explore the core competency areas assessed in the PSPO I certification and effective test-taking strategies

  • Complete practice tests and a full-length mock exam that simulates the real certification experience

Skills you'll gain

Category: Product Management
Category: Backlogs
Category: Sprint Retrospectives
Category: Sprint Planning
Category: Agile Methodology
Category: Agile Project Management
Category: User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Category: Scaled Agile Framework
Category: Prioritization
Category: Agile Product Development

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