Certified Product Leader 2

From Knowledge to Competency

An 8-week, cohort-based masterclass for Product Owners to lead agile product delivery with confidence. Own your product end-to-end, and deliver real measurable value.

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Why this Masterclass?

CPL-1® is a guided journey that builds the competencies every Product Leader needs. Using the Product Leaders Compass® you'll expand your competencies far beyond basic product ownership by working on your own product or with real world case studies.

Knowledge to Compentency

Fulfill the Product Owner role with confidence and competence: Learn to apply your knowledge in real world challenges from your daily job.

Immersive

Stand out: Commit to going the deep learning path to mastery and invest in your personal growth. This certainly takes more than two days.

Guided by Professional Coaches

Grow as you go: Regularly receive group or individual mentoring and coaching as you make progress.

Master one at a time

Learn step-by-step: With our clear focus on specific weekly learning objectives you'll master one at a time.

What you'll learn

You are able to fulfill the Product Owner role with confidence, take real responsibility for a product and work effectively with an agile team to deliver value.

8 weeks duration 24 hours live sessions 20+ hours self-study

Upcoming cohorts

Core Competency 1

Discovering Product Demands

User centric product discovery
Dealing with conflicting needs
Modeling business value
Creating a minimal viable product (MVP)

Core Competency 2

Defining & Communicating Product Features

User Modeling
Documenting product development assets
Non-functional requirements
Understanding Design
Creating User Stories
Managing the Product Backlog

Core Competency 3

Working with Agile Teams

Refining the Product Backlog
Support iteration planning
Setting iteration goals
Understanding working software & technical debt
Acceptance testing
Effort estimation

Core Competency 4

Delivering Products

Prioritizing product features
Differentiating input, output & outcome
Basic flow metrics
Scoping
Setting Product Goals
Basic forecasting
Planning beyond iteration scope

Core Competency 5

Working strategically

Managing constraints
Product Vision
Setting strategic goals

Core Competency 6

Self-Leadership/Management

Understanding the core competencies
Tools that support your work
How to use AI to support your work

Core Competency 7

Leading Teams & Organizations

The Product Owner Role in its Organizational Setting
Differentiating the Product Owner to other roles

Core Competency 8

Managing Stakeholders

Transparency & Progress
Using suitable metrics
Stakeholder segmentation
Understanding constraints

Preparatory & Additional

Online courses

Agile Foundations
Scrum Foundations
Kanban Foundations
Kanban for agile teams

Weekly schedule

Cohorts start every month

Central European Time (GMT-1)

Monday-Thursday Cohorts

Monday
16:30 - 18:00

Cohort Kickoff

Only first week

Welcome & Introduction, get together and team building. Details about the program and organizational topics. Introductin to the learning material. Goals and learning objectives for the first week. Questions and answers.

Monday
18:00

Weekly Learning Objective

You receive this week's learning objectives via email and a video message in the learning portal. We introducte you to the learning material and content. Also case studies, workbook exercises.

Mo-Thu
16:00 - 16:30

Office hour | Ask me anything

Optional

Mondays to Thursdays, hosted by a professional coach and Product Leadershp trainer. Come with any question you have and receive help reaching your current learning objective.

Scheduled indvidually

Individual Mentoring (1:1)

2x in total

Join your very personal mentoring or coaching session with a professional coach and Product Leadershp trainer to leverage your individual growth and discuss any topic related to your Product Leadership development.

Thursday
16:30 - 18:00

Group Mentoring & Coaching

bi-weekly

A live facilitated peer group coaching and mentoring to deepen the learning objectives, reflect and share insights.

Monday
16:30 -18:00

Facilitated Group Review

Reviewing learning objectives and results of the week. Shared learing reflection, open questions and peer group discussions.

Monday
16:30 - 18:00

Capstone Event

Only last week

Last review. Closing the cohort with joint reflection and showcasing results. Certification and celebration event.

Wednesday-Tuesday Cohorts

Wednesday
16:30 - 18:00