Scrum Product Owner Certified (SPOC®) certification exam is designed to confirm applicants practical and working knowledge of Scrum that equips them to handle the business aspects and business stakeholders in a Scrum environment.

Product Owner represents the interests of the business stakeholders in the Scrum Team. Commonly called ‘the voice of the customer’, the Product Owner is responsible for ensuring clear communication of product or service functionality requirements. The Product Owner also prioritizes the requirements from the point of view of an end user, for maximum business benefit, defines the Acceptance Criteria, Done Criteria, and ensuring those criteria are met. Applicants will be awarded the Scrum Product Owner Certified (SPOC®) certificate by XpertBrains upon successfully passing the certification exam.

The aim of the SPOC® course is to:

• Provide deep understanding of the philosophies and principles in the Scrum framework
• Provide a practical knowledge of Product Owner’s perspective including roles, meetings, and artifacts.
• Prepare participants to be comfortable in taking on the role of Product Owner in their organizations as well
• as to manage common issues and roadblocks.
• Prepare participants to take SPOC® exam upon completion of the course.
• At the end of this course the delegate will be prepared for the SPOC® exam 

What is included

• High quality videos, study guides, chapter tests, and case study
• High quality hands-on training using role-plays and case-studies.
• Course fee includes certification exam fee.
• Complimentary copy of the SBOK® Guide. 

Course Outcomes

• Participants will be familiar with the concepts and practices of Agile project delivery.
• Participants will be equipped with detailed knowledge and understanding of available Agile methodologies.
• Participants will be able to compare and choose the methodologies or parts of methodologies that are most
• relevant to their current and future situations.
• Participants will be armed with the proper tools to take the lead in Agile projects and to address and resolve
• Agile issues in their organizations.
• Participants will be in a position pass SAMC exam. 

Course Methodology

• We promise a highly engaging course that ensures high retention of concepts and theories.
• Students are encouraged to work through the concepts rather than just listen to them—this provides better internalization and retention.
• Students work through a case study to simulate product development using the Scrum Framework. 

1. Introduction

2. Agile Overview

• Agile Defined

• Why use Agile?

• Adaptive Project Management

• Principles of the Agile Manifesto

• Declaration of Independence

• What has changed?

• Difference between Waterfall and Agile

3. Domains of Agile Practices

• Value-Driven Delivery

• Adaptive Planning

• Team Performance Practices

• Agile Tools and Artifacts

• Participatory Decision Models

• Business Stakeholder Engagement

• Continuous Improvement

4. Lean Kanban Software Development

• Introduction

• Core Values

5. Understanding Lean Software Development

• Introduction

• Core Values

• Practices of Lean Software Development

• Iterative Development

6. Understanding Kanban

• Kanban in Software Development

• Kanban Values

• Kanban Practices

• Definition of Lean Kanban

• Implementing Lean Kanban

7. Scrum

• Overview of Scrum

• Brief History of Scrum

• Why use Scrum?

• Scalability of Scrum

• Scrum Principles

• Scrum Aspects

• Scrum Processes

• Scrum and Kanban (Scrumban)

8. Extreme Programming

• Core Values

• Roles

• Practices

• XP Release

• XP Artifacts

• Adopting XP

• XP Events

• Iteration

9. Test-Driven Development

10. DSDM

• Core Values

• Roles

• Practices

11. Crystal

• Core Values

• Roles

• Practices

• The Process

12. Feature Driven Development

• Core Values

• Roles

• Practices

• The Process

13. Comparison of Agile Methods

14. Best Fit Analysis Tool 

• Multiple choice
• 100 questions per exam
• No negative marks for wrong answers
• 120 minutes duration
• Proctored online exam
• Current pass rate: 93%

**Pass Rate for the SAMC™ examination indicates the percentage of candidates passing the exam in the first attempt who attempted all the questions.