Here in the second half of 2025, a lot of Scrum feels either commonplace (“Pretty much every team uses sprints—I don’t need a class for that!”) or just unnecessary overhead (“Do we really need to have a retrospective if nothing ever changes?”).
I could write about how many teams say they’re using Scrum but are actually missing the point and just going through the motions, but we’ve done a whole series of videos about that and about how to get real benefit from Scrum, so I’ll just point you [there](https://www.humanizingwork.com/scrum-done-right/).
Today, I’m writing to those of you who feel like you understand Scrum well enough. Maybe you’re using the roles and events on your team. It’s just how things are done.
If that’s you, what value would you get from investing a few days in a Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) course with me?
Assuming you’re using something like Scrum reasonably well to work together as a team, **the #1 thing that dictates your results is whether you’re working on the right stuff every day**.
It doesn’t matter how fast you’re going if you’re going in the wrong direction (or changing direction daily based on which stakeholder is loudest).
In my CSPO, you’ll learn…
- how to figure out what your customers and stakeholders really need
- how to split big initiatives into focused features and big features into good user stories
- how to structure backlog refinement so it’s calm and sustainable
This allows you to think clearly about what work should come first and helps you point your team in the right direction every day.
Want to move from scattered and stressed to focused and calm?
Join me for an upcoming CSPO for what one participant described on LinkedIn as a “dive deep on practical techniques, tools, and real cases from Richard’s decades of experience working with Scrum and product teams” and “one of the most valuable, well-structured, and engaging courses I’ve taken—either remote or in-person.”
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