Product Owner: Essential Skills and Tools for Innovation

Course Overview

By the end of this course, a learner will be able to: Explain how to refine and evolve the product vision and strategy over time, aligning it with changing market conditions, customer needs, and organizational goals. Explore advanced techniques for managing the product backlog effectively, including backlog prioritization strategies, leveraging AI, and dealing with technical debt. Illustrate advanced techniques for user story mapping, including creating story maps for complex products, identifying minimum viable products (MVPs), and refining product roadmaps. Summarize lean startup principles and practices for validating assumptions, experimenting with ideas, and maximizing value delivery while minimizing waste. Describe how to plan and prioritize product releases and scale Scrum based on business value, risk, and market feedback.