This course covers change management as a tool for responding to the challenges posed by current digital transformation processes and for confidently tackling the tasks that arise. It also explains how to manage items in the product backlog, the primary tool of a product owner.
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Certificates: Certificate "Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO I) from Scrum.org"
Certificate "Change Manager (IHK)" -
Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeiten mit Abschlusspräsentationen
(Change Manager:in zertifiziert durch die IHK)
Scrum.org-Zertifizierung PSPO I - Professional Scrum Product Owner (in englischer Sprache) -
Teaching Times: Full-timeMonday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
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Language of Instruction: German
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Duration: 8 Weeks
Agile project management with Scrum: Product Owner (PSPO I)
Scrum Fundamentals (approx. 2 days)
Definition of Scrum
Empirical Process Control
Transparency
Review
Adaptation
Scrum Values (Commitment, Focus, Openness, Respect, Courage)
Scrum Team (approx. 1 day)
Product Owner
Developers
Scrum Master
Accountabilities (Product Owner, Scrum Master, Developers)
Self-managing Teams
Scrum Events (approx. 3.5 days)
Time Box
Sprint
Sprint Planning
Daily Scrum
Sprint Review
Sprint Retrospective
Artifacts (approx. 3 days)
Transparency and Verifiability
Product Backlog
Sprint Backlog
Increment
Definition of Done
Scrum Product Owner (approx. 3.5 days)
Responsibilities of the Scrum Product Owner
Product Vision and Product Strategy
Requirement Identification and Analysis
Prioritization and Value Maximization
Risk- and value-oriented product decisions
Product Metrics and Success Measurement
AI-powered analysis of user feedback for prioritization
Revision of the Product Backlog
Stakeholder management
Product Backlog Management (approx. 2 days)
Formulating Items
Sorting entries
Make goals and missions clear
Optimizing the development team’s work
Maintaining Backlog Transparency
Refinement techniques and splitting
Forecasting (velocity, burn-up/burn-down)
AI-powered data analysis for forecasts
Project work, certification preparation and Scrum.org Professional Scrum Product Owner certification (PSPO I) in English (approx. 5 days)
Change Manager (IHK)
Fundamentals of Industry 5.0 and Digital Transformation (approx. 3 days)
Industry 5.0 – Sustainable, Human-Centered, and Resilient
Developments from the Past to the Present
Digital Revolution or Natural Evolution
The Key Building Blocks for a Factory of the Future
The Impact of Industry 5.0 on the Economy and People
The Technical Foundation – Intelligent, Digitally Networked Systems and Production Processes
Digital Transformation as a Continuous Process of Development
Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI as Drivers of Transformation
Opportunities and Limitations of AI in Everyday Work Life
Legal Framework: The EU AI Act
Personal Adaptability in the Context of New Work (approx. 4 days)
The New Work Era
Putting People First
The New World of Work—More Digital, More Mobile, More Efficient, and More Connected
The Old Workplace—A Look Back
The New Workplace – Current Status
The Workplace of the Future—Video Conferencing, Remote Work, and Robots
Global Teams: The Key Building Blocks for Successful Global Collaboration and Teamwork
Self-organization and self-management in the New Work era
Agile Learning and Knowledge Management in the Digital Age
AI-powered tools for self-organization and knowledge management
An Overview of Models and Tools for Modern Conflict Management
The Opportunities of New Work and Work 5.0
Systems and Processes (approx. 3 days)
Process Analysis with a Focus on Digital Transformation
AI-powered process mining for process optimization
Lean Management – Rethinking Leadership Processes
Design Thinking – An Insight into the New Approach to Problem Solving and Idea Generation
AI as an ideation partner in Design Thinking
Scrum – An Approach to Agile Project and Product Management
Change and Innovation Management (approx. 5 days)
Analyzing Change—The Beginning of the Change Process
Tools and Instruments in the Change Process
AI-powered analysis and forecasting tools in the change process
Designing a Change Architecture—The “Core Competency” in Change Management
Success Factors in Change Management
Dealing with Resistance
The Importance of Change Communication
Generative AI in Change Communication
Innovation Management – Change Management as a Driver of Innovation
The Innovation Process: Planning, Implementation, and Performance Monitoring
AI as a Driver of Innovation for New Business Models
Change Monitoring in Change Processes (approx. 2 days)
Agile Reporting – Progress Tracking
AI-Powered Reporting and Data Analysis
Communication Controlling—Planning, Management, and Monitoring of Corporate Communications
AI-powered sentiment analysis in communication management
Project work (approx. 3 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Changes are possible, the course content is updated regularly.
After this course, you will have a firm grasp of the Scrum framework and be able to manage product development as a product owner. You will be familiar with Scrum artifacts and be able to take over backlog management.
You also understand the importance of change and innovation for business success and know the impact of changing processes and structures on the working environment. You are familiar with the roles in a modern company, you can develop strategic plans and then evaluate their success.
Scrum developers, agile leaders and coaches, product managers, business analysts, people with a degree in computer science, business informatics, business administration or comparable qualifications.
With Scrum, you will learn a project and product management process model that was originally used for agile software development in particular, but is now also used in many other specialist areas. As a scalable project management and development method, it is used successfully in numerous large-scale projects with several hundred team members. The official certificate from Scrum.org provides you with internationally recognized proof of your qualifications as a Scrum Product Owner.
In addition, interdisciplinary knowledge of digital processes is in demand across all sectors.Didactic concept
Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).
You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.
Virtual classroom alfaview®
Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.
The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).