Course

Professional Scrum Product Backlog Management Skills™ («PSPBM»)

Learn how to optimize the product backlog and communicate effectively in the «Professional Scrum Product Backlog Management Skills™» course. Gain practical techniques for daily use and maximizing value.
Duration 1 day
Price 1'200.–
Course documents Original courseware (english in digital form)

Course facts

Key Learnings
  • Understanding a product backlog: Vision and user understanding
  • Creating a product backlog
  • Refining a product backlog (refinement)
  • Understanding the importance of a transparent product backlog
Content
  • Use practical techniques to create, refine, and organize the product backlog
  • Identify and effectively communicate with stakeholders
  • Capture stakeholder needs in the product backlog
  • Find better ways to make the product backlog more transparent
  • Use empiricism as a competitive advantage
Methodology & didactics

The training is interactive. Numerous flip charts, etc. will be created during the training. Group exercises will challenge you to react quickly and understand what to do when you return to your workplace.

The training can also be delivered virtually. Virtual whiteboards ensure a high level of interaction.

Target audience

This course is aimed at Product Owners who want to understand their customers and stakeholders better. Scrum Masters who want to be effective coaches for Product Owners will find valuable insights in this course. Product managers and Business Analysts who want to improve their skills in managing the product backlog. Anyone working on refining, describing or communicating product backlog items.

Requirements

Experience in project management and/or IT and especially with Scrum is an advantage. To prepare for the seminar, download the Scrum Guide and/or take the Open Assessment.

If you have no previous experience with Scrum, we recommend that you attend the following course first:

    Introduction to Scrum («SCRUM»)

    1 day
    • Geneva, Lausanne, Virtual Training, Zürich
    CHF
    1'000.–
Certification

In order to take the official Scrum.org exam after the training, we will register you with Scrum.org for the exam. During the training you will receive an email from Scrum.org asking you to create a Scrum.org account (if you do not already have one).

After successfully completing the training, you will receive another email from Scrum.org with the password for the certification. The «Professional Scrum Product Backlog Management Skills™"» certification is an online multiple-choice test with 20 questions (in English) that lasts 30 minutes. With a result of at least 85% you will receive the corresponding certificate. The price is included in the course fee. You can take the exam regardless of location and time.

As this Scrum training is an official Scrum.org Professional Scrum Training and Scrum.org lives the principle of fast feedback cycles as well as «Inspect and Adapt», all participants of an official Scrum.org training get the following possibility: If you as a participant complete the Scrum certification assessment within 14 days after the end of the seminar and achieve less than 85% (i.e. you did not pass the exam), you will get the possibility to take the exam again for free.

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10
Jun
2025
Zürich
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10
Jun
2025
Berne
German
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10
Jun
2025
Basel
German
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10
Sep
2025
Zürich
German
Timetable
CHF 1’200.-
exkl. 8.1% Mwst.
CHF 1’200.-
exkl. 8.1% Mwst.
10
Sep
2025
Berne
German
Timetable
CHF 1’200.-
exkl. 8.1% Mwst.
CHF 1’200.-
exkl. 8.1% Mwst.
10
Sep
2025
Basel
German
Timetable
CHF 1’200.-
exkl. 8.1% Mwst.
CHF 1’200.-
exkl. 8.1% Mwst.
10
Dec
2025
Zürich
German
Timetable
CHF 1’200.-
exkl. 8.1% Mwst.
CHF 1’200.-
exkl. 8.1% Mwst.
10
Dec
2025
Berne
German
Timetable
CHF 1’200.-
exkl. 8.1% Mwst.
CHF 1’200.-
exkl. 8.1% Mwst.
10
Dec
2025
Basel
German
Timetable
CHF 1’200.-
exkl. 8.1% Mwst.
CHF 1’200.-
exkl. 8.1% Mwst.
Next date
10
Jun
2025
Zürich
German
Timetable
CHF 1’200.-
exkl. 8.1% Mwst.
CHF 1’200.-
exkl. 8.1% Mwst.

Further courses

Professional Scrum Product Owner™ Advanced (PSPO II) («PSPOA»)

2 days
CHF
2'600.–