Once their development teams have embraced agile development and know how to deliver working software frequently, many organizations find that the bottleneck no longer is within engineering. It shifts to the realm of product management: how to do effective product development?

Scrum states that the Product Owner should create and maintain a prioritized product backlog, eXtreme Programming requires the Customer to speak with one voice. In practice, this is easier said than done. The customer realm is a complex but essential part of the whole value stream. Striving for excellence in engineering and project management practices is not enough, mastering agile product development is also necessary.

In this two day intensive, practical course, we focus on questions like:

• How do I prioritize by business value? What is business value anyway?

• How do I write good user stories?

• How do I make sure a story is really done and stays that way?

• A simple linear, prioritized backlog does not work for me, what alternative strategies are available?

• How do I manage many stakeholders with conflicting requirements?

• My customer wants it all, but I know she isn’t going to need all the bells and whistles. How do I manage her expectations?

We offer tools and techniques for release planning and management, prioritizing, effective analysis, story writing, and story testing. We will also cover strategies like Story Mapping, Kanban, and Dimensional Planning which help you deliver business value to multiple stakeholders in a sustainable way.

Practical Information

Duration: 2 days, 9:00-17:00
Group size: 6–20 participants
Open enrollment fee (for courses in The Netherlands): € 1050 per participant (exclusive of VAT)
In-company training fee: € 8000 (exclusive of VAT)