Date: July 21-22, 2016
Time: 8:30am - 4:30pm
Location: Holiday Inn Express Atlanta NW – Galleria Area, 2855 Spring Hill Pkwy, Smyrna, GA 30080

Earn 16 PDUs!

PMI Talent Triangle PDU Categories
Technical Project Management: 13
Leadership: 1
Strategic and Business Management: 2 

Description:

Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) is an in-depth two day immersion into the world of Agile Product Management. The class is full of practical, real world techniques, which can be implemented immediately at your workplace. This class will allow your organization to enjoy the many advantages Scrum has to offer. Hands-on exercises demonstrate key concepts and let you experience the benefits of Scrum firsthand.

Course objectives:

1. Learn the history of Scrum
2. Learn the importance of having team values
3. Understand situations where using Scrum is appropriate
4. Learn the Scrum framework
5. Learn the roles and responsibilities in Scrum
6. Learn how to create a product vision statement
7. Learn how to create a product roadmap
8. Learn how to establish user roles and personas
9. Learn how to seed a product backlog
10. Learn how to write user stories
11. Learn how teams relatively size backlog items
12. Learn how to quickly assess business value
13. Learn how to tell a good user story from a bad one
14. Learn multiple ways to prioritize my product backlog
15. Learn the key meetings in Scrum
16. Learn how to track team progress
17. Learn how to play product box
18. Learn to identify areas where we might get into trouble during Scrum implementation.
19. Learn to select a product as a real-world example for class exercises.
20. Learn to list and explain the additional meetings recommended for Scrum.
21. Participate in an open forum to discuss challenging questions about Scrum, so that I can utilize the collective intelligence of the class participants to brainstorm creative ways to solve problems.

Who should attend:

• Product Managers/Business Analysts
• Functional/Operational Managers
• Project Sponsors
• IT Leadership (Managers/Directors/VPs/CIOs/CTOs)
• Anyone interested in learning the benefits of Scrum

Instructor: Lonnie Weaver-Johnson, CST

Instructor Biography: 

Lonnie Weaver-Johnson, CST is the Agile Practice Lead for The Braintrust Consulting Group. She obtained a degree in communications and then went on to a 20+ year career implementing IT projects and leading people through change. Lonnie enjoys transforming people through; coaching, conflict resolution, performance management, and imparting knowledge. Lonnie started working with Scrum in 2006 and her experience has taken her across the United States and to foreign lands such as India and Canada. Helping teams learn and grow together until they reach a high performing stage is Lonnie’s passion. Her candid and patient coaching style helps people understand how to make the necessary behavioral changes to make Scrum work for their teams. She also enjoys partnering with leaders to help them understand how the changes will impact their organization. Lonnie has been an IT leader, a business analyst, a corporate trainer, a ToastMaster officer, a public speaker in her community, and a volunteer at local high schools training kids in team development. In all cases Lonnie brings high energy to her classes, motivates the learners, and uses humor and stories to keep people engaged. To contact Lonnie please e-mail her at lonnie.weaver-johnson@braintrustgroup.com or join her on LinkedIn.

Date: July 21-22, 2016
Time: 8:30am - 4:30pm
Location: Holiday Inn Express Atlanta NW – Galleria Area, 2855 Spring Hill Pkwy, Smyrna, GA 30080

RSVP: Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Registration Fee:

$ 1,147 --- PMI Atlanta Chapter Member
$ 1,247 --- Non-Member

Members receive an additional $100 off the class price.  Reduced price is reflected upon registration.

Early Bird Discount of $100 through Friday, July 1, 2016

Please note that walk-ins on the same day as class are not allowed. Registration must be completed on-line in advance of RSVP date provided in course description. 

* For information on the event, please contact Scott Dunbar at BrainTrust Consulting Group.  Refunds will be processed by BrainTrust Consulting Group.