Real-World Ready. Tailored to Product Ownership Journeys.
No two Product Owners face the same challenges. Some are new to writing user stories, while others are balancing product vision with stakeholder conflicts, and still others are navigating scaling and portfolio complexity.
That’s why StandoutBrains Product Owner Workshops are designed as modular and customizable—so each PO learns what they need most to maximize value.
Possible Workshop Tracks & Components
🔹 1. Foundations of Product Ownership
- Understanding the Product Owner role: value maximizer, not backlog clerk.
- Product Backlog basics: writing effective user stories & acceptance criteria.
- Collaborating with Scrum Masters and Developers.
- Best for: New POs or those transitioning from business analyst/project manager roles.
🔹 2. Backlog Refinement & Prioritization Mastery
- Techniques: MoSCoW, WSJF, cost of delay, Kano model.
- Balancing technical debt, enablers, and features.
- Facilitating effective refinement sessions.
- Best for: POs struggling with prioritization pressure or backlog chaos.
🔹 3. Customer-Centric Product Ownership
- User personas, journey mapping, and empathy mapping.
- Discovery techniques: MVPs, prototypes, A/B testing.
- Connecting customer needs to backlog items.
- Best for: POs wanting stronger product discovery & user validation skills.
🔹 4. Metrics & Value Delivery Workshop
- Measuring outcomes vs. outputs.
- Product metrics: OKRs, adoption rates, customer satisfaction.
- Evidence-Based Management (EBM) practices.
- Best for: Mid-level POs needing stronger business and stakeholder credibility.
🔹 5. Stakeholder & Conflict Navigation
- Handling conflicting priorities and politics.
- Influencing without authority.
- Storytelling and vision communication techniques.
- Best for: POs in organizations with multiple, demanding stakeholders.
🔹 6. Scaling & Strategic Product Ownership
- Product Ownership at scale (multiple teams, SAFe/LeSS/Nexus contexts).
- Portfolio management & strategic roadmapping.
- Balancing short-term delivery with long-term vision.
- Best for: Senior POs or aspiring Product Leaders.
Expected Outcomes Across Customized Tracks
Depending on chosen modules, Product Owners will:
- Clarify their role and move beyond being a ticket manager.
- Write, refine, and prioritize backlogs that connect directly to customer and business value.
- Collaborate with stakeholders and teams more effectively, even under pressure.
- Balance technical and business needs in backlog management.
- Apply product discovery techniques to validate ideas and reduce risk.
- Use product metrics to measure success by outcomes, not outputs.
- Navigate conflict and influence decisions with strong communication skills.
- Operate at scale—supporting multiple teams and aligning portfolio priorities.
- Develop a growth roadmap toward Product Leadership roles.