The Product Backlog is not just a spreadsheet to be filled in because “it has to be.” It is a powerful communication tool that ensures everyone involved in the product – from stakeholders and investors to developers – shares the same understanding of what they want to achieve together. It represents the product vision broken down into concrete steps leading to the goal and the product’s success, while also serving as the centre of work management. When chaos appears in the backlog, it inevitably translates into chaos in the teams’ work.
The Professional Scrum Product Backlog Management Skills™ course is a hands-on training that shows how to move from an idea to a well-structured and transparent Product Backlog. Participants will learn not only techniques for creating, ordering, and refining the backlog, but also how to connect product goals with the work being delivered. The course emphasizes working with stakeholders, leveraging market feedback, and building and validating hypotheses. This makes the Product Backlog more than just an ordered list – it becomes a living tool for planning in complex environments and building competitive advantage.
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All Scrum.org™ certification preparation trainings delivered by Inprogress are taught by licensed Professional Scrum Trainers™ and officially approved by Scrum.org™.
Purpose of the training
- Learning and applying practical techniques to create, refine, and order the Product Backlog
- Understanding methods to communicate effectively with stakeholders
- Better interpreting and analysing stakeholder needs
- Capturing stakeholder needs as Product Backlog items
- Exploring better ways to make the Product Backlog transparent
Target group
- Professionals who are currently working as a Product Owner and are looking for practical ways to manage their Stakeholders and Product Backlog
- Scrum Masters wishing to be an effective coach to Product Owners
- Product Managers and Business Analysts looking to better understand their customers and stakeholders
- Anyone working on refining, describing or communicating Product Backlog items
Note: Training materials and the certification exam are in English; therefore, a working proficiency in English is required to understand the presented concepts
Benefits
- Understanding what the Product Backlog truly is and how to make it the central tool for communication and work management
- Gaining practical techniques for creating, refining, and ordering backlog items
- Learning to apply different backlog item formats and understanding their pros and cons through hands-on exercises
- Practicing prioritization using the Kano model and other decision-making tools
- Improving ability to interpret stakeholder needs and translating them into actionable backlog items
- Discovering the value of forming hypotheses and verifying them with stakeholder and market feedback
- Learning how to use the backlog to increase transparency and focus on delivering value
Exam and certification
Professional Scrum Product Backlog Management Skills™ (PSPBMS) exam details:
- multiple-choice, single-response questions test,
- number of questions: 20,
- pass threshold: 85% (17 out of 20 possible points),
- language of the exam: English,
- current list of available exam languages can be found on the Accreditor’s website,
- duration: 30 minutes,
- mode: online,
- date: post training,
- open book – candidates are allowed to use „Scrum Guide”,
- validity of the certificate: indefinite,
- the participant who scores the necessary number of points in the exam is awarded the international certificate in electronic form.
Note! As part of the PSPBMS training, each participant is entitled to two attempts at the PSPBMS exam, provided that the first attempt is taken within 14 days after the training. If the participant does not achieve the required passing score of 85%, they will receive a second attempt free of charge and with no time limit.
Training programme
Course outline:
- Example of a well- and poorly-constructed Product Backlog. Exercise on creating a good Product Backlog.
- A tool for defining product goals.
- Goals at different levels. Inspection and adaptation of goals at different levels.
- Formulating and verifying hypotheses.
- Stakeholder segmentation using the Stakeholder Map tool and discussion on maintaining relationships with them.
- Different formats of Product Backlog items – their pros and cons, with practical exercises in creating them.
- Prioritization using the Kano model.
