PBM Skills Training May 2025

Agile Socks® Training
Professional Scrum

Product Backlog Management Skills™ (PSPBM)

May 8-9, 2025 (half days)

Live Virtual Class
8:00am - 12:00pm Pacific / 11:00am - 3:00pm Eastern

Improve Product Backlog Management to deliver greater value

Take the PSPBM Skills 1-day class for ~~$795~~ $695.

Early bird discount available through April 21.

Bonus: The first 4 people who enroll get a free 1-hour consultation with Stephanie after class. If you can see this, the bonus is still available.

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Looking for financial assistance?

Check out our DEI Scholarship Program.

Manage and Maintain your Product Backlog to Deliver Greater Value

The Product Backlog is an emergent, ordered list of what is needed to improve the product. It is the single source of work undertaken by the Scrum Team. It changes constantly and requires a Product Owner to consider many options when adding to, deleting from, updating, and ordering it.

Professional Scrum Product Backlog Management Skills™ is an interactive course designed to help Scrum practitioners improve their ability to manage all aspects of the Product Backlog and stakeholder communication.

In this one-day skills-building course, participants will learn techniques and methods to effectively manage a Product Backlog that clearly expresses the Product Goal and brings transparency to what is most valuable for the Scrum Team to work on to delight stakeholders and customers.

Students will get hands-on experience with refinement techniques such as decomposing and slicing Product Backlog items, while learning how simplicity can cure complicated and complex Product Backlogs.

Students will be able to connect the Product Goals they are investing in to the work being done to ensure that they are delivering value as well as how to understand and manage their relationships with the stakeholders involved.

Stephanie Ockerman is a Professional Scrum Trainer™, founder of Agile Socks LLC, and co-author of the book Mastering Professional Scrum, published by Pearson Addison-Wesley as part of Scrum.org Professional Scrum® educational series. Learn more about Stephanie.

By the end of class, you will:

Apply practical techniques to create, refine, and order the Product Backlog.
Identify and effectively communicate with stakeholders.
Capture stakeholder's needs on a Product Backlog.
Find better ways to make the Product Backlog more transparent.
Understand how to use empiricism as a competitive advantage.

Post-training support includes:

Access to all of the learning materials used during class.
Two free attempts to earn your PSPBM Skills Certification (assessment is taken online after the course). I offer tips and email support for questions that arise as you study for the assessment.
Links to additional online resources I curate for each class based on the questions and needs that arise during class.

Your Investment: $~~795~~ $695

Early bird discount available through April 21.

If you are seeking financial support for this professional development opportunity, learn more about my DEI Scholarship Program.

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TESTIMONIALS

Are you ready to improve Product Backlog Management to create better alignment and shared understanding while delivering greater value in uncertain and changing environments ?

Your Investment: ~~$795~~ $695

Early bird savings available until April 21.

If you are seeking financial support for this professional development opportunity, learn more about my DEI Scholarship Program.

ENROLL NOW

FAQs

What if I am unable to attend the course?

Life happens. And who knows what 2025 has in store for us. If you have a scheduling conflict, you will be able to transfer your registration to a future class or to another service offering.

If you prefer a refund, we are happy to accommodate that as well, minus a $150 administrative fee.

What if I'm new to Scrum or aren't using Scrum?

This training is not focused on the Scrum framework nor does it require knowledge or experience with Scrum.

EBM can certainly be used in organizations where Scrum is used for product delivery. However, EBM can be used no matter an organization's delivery process.

The focus of EBM is on continuously improving customer outcomes, organizational capabilities, and business results under conditions of uncertainty. It provides a framework for organizations to improve their ability to deliver value in an uncertain world, seeking a path toward strategic goals. If that sounds relevant to you, you will likely get a lot out of this training.

Is there any certificate associated with this course?

Yes! When you take this course, you will get a free attempt at the Professional Scrum Product Backlog Management Skills Certification. Class participants who take the assessment within 14 days of the class and do not score at least 85% will be granted a 2nd attempt at no additional cost.

Do you have a DEI scholarship program?

Yep! There is a scholarship program because diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are essential for growing thriving organizations and a thriving world. The scholarship program uses a pay-what-you-can model, and you can read the requirements and apply here.

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