What's next after CSPO?

Once after completing CSPO and practising the concepts for almost a year, one of the questions that hit hard is, "What's next for me?". So, what should one be doing to keep the gig going? People who are new to the role of a Product Ownership or Product Management have these in mind. It could be because of the knowledge or experience of practising the concepts or getting feedback about their practice or getting the right mentorship and guidance.?

The Certified Scrum Product Owner certification by Scrum Alliance is the entry-level certification for someone who wants to learn Scrum and the roles & responsibilities of a Product Owner. Those who knew Scrum and the role of a Product Owner in a two-day?CSPO workshop?need practice on their part.?

In the certified Scrum Product Owner workshop, one would have learned about the role of the Product Owner and how they work closely with the product developers, users, customers, buyers, investors, and other stakeholders. A practising Product Owner will closely with all the stakeholders to prioritize the product backlog, make product discovery, and participate in all product-related activities. Practising Product Owners face everyday challenges as their need for learning more concepts stays high.?

Suppose you are already a practising Product Owner and are interested in knowing what you need to up your sleeves with. In that case, you should explore?Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner (A-CSPO)?certification by Scrum Alliance. It's a two-day workshop facilitated by a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST). A-CSPO is an advanced certification for practising Product Owners and has topics that help them become better Product Owners and battle more challenges in their profession.?

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A-CSPO workshop?helps you take away advanced knowledge on,?

• Product Strategy:?It includes learning about Customer Segmentation, Blue Ocean Strategy, its tools and the case study of Zerodha.?
• Product Discovery:?In Product Discovery, people will learn about the overview of the Product Discovery process, Designing Value Propositions, Addressing Cognitive Biases, and Designing discovery experiments.?
• Product Roadmap:?The focus will be on creating an Outcome driven Product Roadmap, User Story Mapping, Business Value Estimation, Building & Communication Product Roadmap, and Prioritization Techniques.?
• Product Development:?It includes concepts on Product Backlog Refinement, INVESTing Product Backlog, Managing Dependencies, Cruft & Technical Debt, Dealing with Technical Debt, and Scaling Agility.?
• Stakeholder Management:?This is one of the critical skills of a Product Owner. It includes learning about Building Stakeholder Persona, Crafting Stakeholder Engagement Strategy, Stakeholder Communication Strategy, and Facilitative Listening Skills.?

This Advanced Scrum Product Owner workshop helps Product Owners equip themselves with the knowledge to build better products and create a better business.?

Holding a CSPO certificate and one year of Scrum Master experience is a must for getting?A-CSPO Certification.

What's next after A-CSPO?

After twenty-four months of experience as a Scrum Product Owner and holding an Advanced Scrum Product Owner (A-CSPO) certification, one can go for?Certified Scrum Professional Product Owner (CSP-PO)?certification. It is not just an advance for an advanced but a pinnacle course for a Product Owner.?

As Scrum Professionals, the Product Owners will learn more about,

• Product Owner Core Competencies:?An Advanced Product Owner will learn about becoming a Product Champion, advanced Stakeholder Discussion, launching Scrum Teams, and working with multiple Scrum Teams.?
• Implementing Purpose and Strategy:?The key learning would be on Market-Driven Product Strategy Practices, Complex Product Planning and Forecasting, and Product Economics.
• They will learn how to do more?advanced interactions with customers?& users to do?cutting-edge customer research?and product discovery.?
• Learning?Complex Product Assumption Validation?and?Advanced Product Backlog Management.?

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Scrum Alliance has designed the learning and growth path of Product Owners in CSPO -> A-CSPO and CSP-PO. First, become a CSPO, gain one year of experience, and take up A-CSPO. Then, after becoming an A-CSPO, spend one more year practising and taking up CSP-PO.?

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After CSP-PO, the Product Owner, with their experience of building products and business, can grow as one of the below,?

• A Product Leader in an Organization (VP, Product Head, Group Product Managers, etc.)
• Entrepreneur - Building own products and organization.
• A Chief Executive of the company (Chief Product Officer)

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