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IBM Product Owner Professional Certificate
IBM

IBM Product Owner Professional Certificate

Get job-ready as a product owner in 3-4 months. Build the skills employers look for on a resume and prepare for the PSPO I certification exam. No prior experience required!

John Rofrano
IBM Skills Network Team
Daniel C. Yeomans

Instructors: John Rofrano

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What you'll learn

  • The job-ready product owner skills employers need, plus hands-on experience you can talk about in interviews. No prior experience required!

  • Master the principles, tools, and terminology product owners use daily within the Scrum framework.

  • How to effectively manage product backlogs, prioritize features, and adapt to evolving customer needs and market conditions. 

  • How to implement Agile practices like iterative development, user story mapping, while preparing for the PSPO1 certification exam.

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Professional Certificate - 6 course series

What you'll learn

  • A valuable understanding of the Product Owner role, career path, salary outlook, and growth opportunities within the Agile environment

  • How to apply Agile principles to manage and prioritize the product backlog

  • How to communicate a product vision aligned with stakeholders' expectations

  • In-demand management skills for Scrum teams, stakeholders, and customers

Introduction to Agile Development and Scrum

Course 211 hours4.9 (2,156 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Adopt the 5 practices of Agile, a subset of DevOps: small batches, minimum viable product, pair programming, behavior- and test-driven development.

  • Write good user stories, estimate and assign story points and track stories using a kanban board. Incorporate Scrum artifacts, events, and benefits.

  • Create and refine a product backlog using the sprint planning process. Produce potentially shippable product increments with every iteration.

  • Create burndown charts to forecast the ability to meet a sprint goal. Use metrics to enhance performance, productivity, and client satisfaction.

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Information Technology (IT) Fundamentals for Everyone

Course 319 hours4.7 (159 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Define operating systems, computer components, programming concepts, databases, and explain the differences between commercial and open software

  • Summarize the importance of computer networks, including wired and wireless connections; explore network resources and storage types in MS Windows

  • Describe how to protect against security threats, address public browsing security concerns, and list password management best practices

  • List the benefits of cloud computing, describe the cloud infrastructure layer, virtual machines, and summarize features of ticketing systems

What you'll learn

  • Effective communication strategies to represent the Voice of the Customer within Agile teams and organizations. 

  • Stakeholder engagement strategies to gather feedback, validate assumptions, make effective decisions, and influence results. 

  • Negotiation and conflict resolution skills to navigate competing priorities and viewpoints effectively.

  • Facilitation and leadership skills to effectively lead product discovery sessions, collaborative workshops, and decision-making processes.

What you'll learn

What you'll learn

Instructors

IBM Skills Network Team
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