PSPO-A Professional Scrum Product Owner - Advanced - Classroom (exam included)

Professional Scrum Product Owner - Advanced - Classroom (exam included)

Professional Scrum Product Owner – Advanced (PSPO-A) is a 2-day, activity-based training course aimed at experienced Product Owners, Product Managers or those already familiar with Scrum. The course deepens your understanding of the Product Owner role — beyond backlog management — by exploring the many “stances” a professional Product Owner can take: from visionary and customer advocate to decision-maker, collaborator, experimenter, and stakeholder influencer.

learn how to shape vision, validate hypotheses, make strategic decisions, and deliver real value to customers and organizations. Upon completion, you receive a course completion certificate and an exam voucher to attempt the globally recognized Professional Scrum Product Owner II (PSPO II) certification.

Key Features

• Course and material in English
• intermediate-advanced level
• Two full days (16 hours) of instructor-led training by accredited trainers.

• 30 hours of study time recommendation
• Practical learning through multimedia presentations, case studies, group exercises, workshops, and practice tests
• Licensed Scrum.org™ course materials
• 1 official exam voucher (valid for 12 months)
• Certification of course completion

Objectives

• Understand and apply multiple “stances” of a Product Owner (e.g. Customer Representative, Visionary, Experimenter, Decision Maker, Collaborator, Influencer) to better handle varied responsibilities and contexts.
• Use entrepreneurial and product-leadership practices — such as hypothesis-driven validation, value-based decision making, stakeholder management, and product visioning — to maximize product value.
• Navigate complex stakeholder environments and collaborate across teams, functions, finance/governance, and external actors while maintaining agility.
• Demonstrate a clear understanding of Agile Product Management beyond Scrum basics — aligning product strategy, vision, and goals with execution for sustainable product success

Who it is aimed at

• Product Owners and Product Managers seeking to deepen their role beyond backlog management.
• Business Analysts, Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches who want a better understanding of Product Owner responsibilities and agile product management.
• Business leaders, executives, or decision-makers who want to understand how Product Ownership drives value delivery and strategic product development.
• Professionals working in agile teams (especially using Scrum) who interact with products, stakeholders, or customers, and need advanced skills in product leadership, stakeholder management, and value-driven delivery.

Prerequisites

• Technically no formal prerequisites: any interested professional can register.
• Recommended: at least one year of experience as Product Owner or Product Manager — ideally with prior exposure to Scrum.
• Preferable (but not mandatory): prior attendance of the basic Product Owner course (PSPO) or equivalent understanding of Scrum framework fundamentals.
• It’s advisable to have read the official The Scrum Guide before attending.

Contents

The Product Owner role goes far beyond basic Agile practices and the mechanics of Scrum. It requires adopting a variety of behaviors, perspectives, and leadership stances depending on the situation. In this course, learners examine these different stances and learn how to shift between them effectively:

Customer Representative

• Develop deep empathy for users by understanding their challenges, expectations, and opportunities.
• Step into the customer’s world to uncover real needs and desired outcomes.
• Translate product features into meaningful value for end users.

Visionary

• Advocate for the product’s future direction, long-term goals, and potential.
• Clearly articulate the product vision, strategy, and Product Goal.
• Understand how value is created and how pricing models support it.

Experimenter

• Drive innovation through hypothesis-driven development, testing, experimentation, and validated learning.
• Recognize the Product Owner’s responsibilities within larger or scaled environments.

Decision Maker

• Make informed, value-focused decisions.
• Manage trade-offs and reconcile differing customer inputs.

Collaborator

• Foster strong collaboration with stakeholders and the Scrum Team.
• Work effectively with areas beyond the team — such as finance, budgeting, governance, and contracting — while maintaining agility.

Influencer

• Guide stakeholders, customers, and the Scrum Team toward shared goals and alignment.
• Develop strategies for effective stakeholder management and positive influence.

Certification Exam Details

• Exam name: Professional Scrum Product Owner II (PSPO II)
• Exam language: English
• Format: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answer
• Exam delivery: online
• Access: Candidates can access the exam within the Scrum.org™ Platform upon completion of the course and timely performed payment
• Number of questions: 40 (partial credit provided on some questions)
• Duration: One hour (60 minutes)
• Free Credly digital credential included
• Open/Closed Book: Closed Book
• Passwords have no expiration date, but are valid for one attempt only
• Lifetime certification - no annual renewal fee required

Licensing and accreditation

AVC promotes this course based upon Partner's Agreement and complies with the accreditation requirements.

Equity Policy

Please contact AVC for specific requests or further guidance or contact Scrum.org body directly.

FAQ

When is the classroom schedule?

Depending on the starting dates, our classroom courses are consecutively held on Weekdays from 9:00 a.m. to approximately 5:00 p.m CET

Will missing a live class affect my ability to complete the course?

Yes, you may be subject to not getting the exam voucher if you don't attend a class. Therefore, it's better always to let us know at least 2 weeks in advance if you require any rescheduling requests.

*note that reschedule request is not always given depending on the situation

Is PSPO-A beginner friendly?

No — while there’s no strict prerequisite, PSPO-A is designed for experienced Product Owners / Product Managers or those familiar with Scrum, because it builds on advanced practices and mindsets rather than teaching Scrum basics

How is the PSPO-A course different from the foundational PSPO I training?

The basic course introduces Scrum fundamentals, Product Owner accountabilities, backlog management, and release planning., PSPO-A builds on this foundation by diving deeper into the diverse stances an expert Product Owner must take—such as Visionary, Customer Representative, and Decision Maker. It also emphasizes advanced product management capabilities, including validating hypotheses, leveraging data, and making strategic, value-driven decisions.

What advanced skills will I gain from this course?

You’ll develop the ability to craft a compelling product vision, engage stakeholders through impactful storytelling, link product features to meaningful customer outcomes, and apply data-driven, evidence-based techniques to steer product decisions and maximize business value.