Course structure
Welcome
- Preparing for the Course: This section provides instructions on how to get started including navigating the course and how to contact Scrum.org support if need.
- PSPBM Skills™ Overview: This section provides an overview of the course including: learning objectives, learning outcomes, exercises and checkpoints.
Scrum – The Product Backlog
In this module, you will be introduced to foundational knowledge about the Product Backlog. You will also learn about the Product Owner’s accountability to the Product Backlog within the Scrum framework and how the Product Backlog supports empiricism.
- Overview
- The Product Backlog
- The Product Goal and Product Backlog items
- The Product Owner and the Product Backlog
- The Product Backlog and Empiricism
- Checkpoint
Forming The Product Backlog
In this module, you will dive into how both the Product Goal and Product Backlog items must be transparent and how they are critical to creating and maintaining an effective Product Backlog.
- Overview
- Effective Product Goals
- Effective Product Backlog Items
- Product Backlog Item Attributes and Templates
- Critiquing a Product Backlog
- Checkpoint
Managing The Product Backlog
In this module, you will explore different Product Backlog refinement techniques like sizing and splitting items to help you manage your Product Backlog.
- Overview
- Product Backlog Refinement
- Splitting Product Backlog Items
- Sizing Product Backlog Items
- Product Backlog Ordering
- Checkpoint
Collaborating with Your Team and Stakeholders
In this module we go further into the topic of creating transparency in the Product Backlog for effective collaboration between the Scrum Team and its stakeholders. Stakeholder collaboration can be challenging for many reasons, such as conflicting priorities, unclear expectations, and limited engagement.
- Overview
- Collaborating with Stakeholders
- Engaging Stakeholders
- Creating Transparency with the Product Backlog
- Unmanageable Product Backlogs
- Checkpoint
Bonus Module: Leveraging AI
In this module, we introduce areas in Product Backlog management where you can experiment with AI to complement the techniques we have already covered in the course. This includes examples, sample prompts, tips, and things to avoid.
- Overview
- AI-Powered Product Backlog Management
Course Wrap-up
- Course Summary
- End-of-Course Survey
- Ways to learn more from Scrum.org
- Certification Test Details
- Complete Course to receive Certification Test Passcode
