PSPO I case studies
PSPO I · Put your knowledge to work in context.
Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I) is the foundational level of the Professional Scrum Product Owner certification family published by Scrum.org, which describes the family as covering fundamental, advanced and distinguished levels of Product Owner knowledge across levels I, II and III. PSPO I is therefore the entry point: it is aimed at people who own product direction in a Scrum environment - Product Owners, aspiring Product Owners, business analysts, product managers moving into Scrum, and Scrum Masters or leaders who work closely with the Product Owner accountability. The PSPO I case studies are 5 cases and about 3,287 words.
1The 92% Complete Sprint Review
Northwind Freight's Scrum Team has run two-week Sprints for eight months. At each Sprint Review the Product Owner presents a burn-down chart and states the team is '92% complete' against a fixed 18-month roadmap; the CEO has begun quoting these percentages to investors.
646 words, about 3 min2The Product Owner Who Has to Ask Permission
At Meridian Health, the person holding the Scrum Master accountability is also the engineering line manager who conducts annual appraisals and approves leave for the same seven Developers. Sprint Planning is attended by Priya, who holds the Product Owner title, but every ordering decision is confirmed afterwards by a five-person Portfolio Board that meets fortnightly.
680 words, about 3 min3Forty-Two Releases, Nine Adoptions
Ledgerline is a B2B invoicing product with six Developers, one Product Owner and a Scrum Master. Last year the team released 42 features; usage telemetry shows only nine were used by more than 5% of accounts, and the custom report builder - five Sprints of work - is used by two accounts.
634 words, about 3 min4Four Hundred and Eighty Items, Ordered by Date
A UK council's permits service has 480 open Product Backlog items built up over four years, ordered largely by the date each was raised. Refinement is a standing four-hour Thursday session in which the team estimates every item until roughly 200 sit in a 'ready' column.
658 words, about 3 min5A Promise Made at a Conference
BrightCover sells claims software to insurers. Halden Group is 18% of revenue and renews on 1 October, nine weeks away.
669 words, about 3 min