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Certified Scrum Product Owner: From Vision to Value

Built for Product Owners and Product Managers who want a practical, repeatable way to turn ideas into outcomes—without losing alignment, clarity, or momentum.

  • Create a clear product direction that teams can execute without constant rework.
  • Build and refine a backlog that connects customer needs to measurable value.
  • Improve delivery decisions with better slicing, prioritization, and stakeholder alignment.

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Step-by-step: From Vision to Value

Work through these steps in order. Each step links to a specific article or video post (EasyDNNnews item), includes a one-sentence focus, and (optionally) a small exercise to apply it immediately.

1

You’ll learn how to express a clear product direction that aligns stakeholders and guides real backlog decisions.

Do this exercise: Write a one-sentence vision + three measurable outcomes you want in 90 days.
2

You’ll learn how to clarify who you serve and what decisions they must make—so your backlog has purpose.

Do this exercise: List 2 primary user types and the top 3 “jobs” they need done.
3

You’ll learn a practical slicing approach to create small, testable items that still deliver real value.

4

You’ll learn a simple prioritization model that makes tradeoffs explicit and reduces thrash.

Do this exercise: Score your top 5 backlog items by Value, Risk, and Learning (1–5).
5

You’ll learn how to run refinement so teams leave with shared understanding—not just more tickets.

6

You’ll learn lightweight stakeholder habits that keep direction aligned while protecting team focus.

7

You’ll learn simple metrics that show whether you’re improving value delivery—not just shipping more.

Steps - Free

24 Feb 2026

Step 1: Start with product vision that teams can actually execute

If the team cannot use it to prioritize backlog items, it is not actionable.

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Step 2: Identify customers, users, and the decisions that matter

If you cannot name:

  • Who you serve

  • What they are trying to decide

  • What “job” they need completed

Your backlog will drift.

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24 Feb 2026

Step 3: Turn outcomes into backlog slices (without giant stories)

If a backlog item cannot be completed inside a Sprint with clear acceptance criteria, it is not sliced—it is deferred complexity.

The goal is not smaller tasks.
The goal is small increments of validated outcome.

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24 Feb 2026

Step 4: Prioritize with Confidence: Value, Risk, and Learning

Prioritize with Confidence: Value, Risk, and Learning

This step introduces a simple, explicit prioritization model based on three dimensions: Value, Risk, and Learning (V-R-L).

Instead of relying on vague “priority” discussions, teams score each backlog item (1–5) on:

  • Value — business impact delivered

  • Risk — uncertainty reduced or exposed

  • Learning — validated insight gained

Making these criteria visible reduces backlog thrash, clarifies trade-offs, and exposes hidden assumptions. It also encourages earlier risk burn-down and faster validation of uncertainty.

The exercise requires scoring the top five backlog items and reviewing the ranking for balance. The goal is not mathematical precision, but strategic clarity.

AI can strengthen this process by stress-testing assumptions, surfacing overlooked risks, and simulating alternative rankings—while leaving final decisions to human judgment.

The broader outcome is disciplined, transparent prioritization aligned with strategy rather than habit.

For deeper capability, the next step is the AI for Scrum Product Owners class, which expands on using AI to refine backlog items, quantify value hypotheses, and improve decision quality.

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Scrum Product Owner Videos

A curated playlist of specific YouTube content.

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19 Jun 2026

AI + Scrum Cohort - Starts July 6. 2026

AI + Scrum Cohort - Starts July 6. 2026

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Event date: 7/6/2026 9:00 AM - 8/14/2026 5:00 PM Export event

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Most AI training is built for technologists. Most Scrum training ignores AI entirely. The AI + Scrum Cohort was built to close that gap — giving working Scrum practitioners a structured, practical path to integrating AI into the ceremonies, artifacts, and conversations that define their role every week.

Over six weeks, participants move from foundational prompt engineering through hands-on labs covering planning, refinement, retrospectives, documentation, and delivery. Week 1 splits into role-specific tracks — Scrum Masters and Product Owners each earn two Scrum Alliance Microcredentials before the full cohort unites for Weeks 2–6. The program closes with a capstone demo day where each participant presents a working improvement to their peers and earns the AI-Enhanced Scrum Practitioner certificate.

Every cohort is capped at 12 participants — small enough for real coaching, large enough for genuine peer learning. Templates, prompt libraries, and a Slack community are included. Rod Claar, CST, leads every session with 30+ years of software delivery and Agile training experience behind every example.

$499 per participant. Payment plan available. Corporate seats and private cohorts available for teams.

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