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What are the differences between Product Manager and Product Owner roles, and how can you adapt existing skills to be a successful Agile Product Manager?  In this three-part interactive Teleworkshop series you will learn how Agile development methodologies impact each major stage of the product life cycle (Planning, Development, Launch and Maintenance) and you will apply Product Management and Agile best practices to ensure greater success at each stage.  The value of your learning is enhanced with pre-work , in-session exercises and discussion, and optional one-on-one follow-up sessions with the instructors.

Session 1:  Agile Product Management in the Planning stage
•Overview of key challenges and possible solutions as the organization goes Agile
•Business Cases, product planning and Agile
•Building Agile roadmaps and release plans, Part 1

Session 2:  Agile Product Management in the Development stage
•Building Agile roadmaps and release plans, Part 2
•Clarifying Product Manager vs. Product Owner roles
•Defining and prioritizing requirements by business value

Session 3:  Mastering Agile Product Management - Launch and Beyond
•The art of Agile product launches
•Managing customer  and organizational expectations
•Sustaining product success with agility

Benefits
•During this series you will engage in several hands-on exercises and discussions to gain experience in working with the key concepts, and to help ensure that you can immediately use new tools and practices on the job.
•Cost-effective Teleworkshop format eliminates travel expense and is delivered in manageable “chunks” for busy professionals.
•Make use of best practice tools and templates (included in Teleworkshop fees).
•Receive effective, practical training from practicing industry experts.
•Improve your effectiveness at every stage of the agile product life cycle by applying best practice tools and methods.
•Gain greater market success by using proven processes to plan, launch and maintain profitable products and services.
•Ensure that best practices are taking root in your organization with optional follow-up coaching.