 Hi, I'm Geoff Watts, author of Scrum Mastery and Product Mastery, and this short video will explain how you can achieve your advanced certified Scrum Product Owner Accreditation through my distance learning program. The ACSPO is part of the Scrum Alliance's Path to CSP program, and that begins with the certified Scrum Product Owner class. This is the first step for Product Owners, and helps people get familiar with the Scrum framework and the role of the Product Owner. The second step then is the advanced CSPO, which deepens the Product Owner skillset with topics like road mapping, stakeholder management, product leadership. The ACSPO then enables people, if they want to, to move on to the certified Scrum Professional level, and that's quickly becoming the benchmark of professional level Product Mastery within the industry. If classroom-based training isn't really your thing, or you prefer the idea of a deeper learning experience over a longer period of time at your own pace, then this distance learning option could be just for you. People who've gone down this route have described the learning as deeper and stickier, and more relevant and actionable than traditional classroom-based training. The distance learning program consists of five modules. The first one is aimed at really level setting and transitioning from the CSPO learning objectives to the fundamental ACSPO learning objectives. After that, we have a module on road mapping and strategy, where we'll look at the empirical approach to product development and how to set the product up for success early on. The third module focuses on product backlog management, and how to create, prioritize and refine the work items effectively. After that, we'll look at stakeholder management, so you can engage the right people at the right time in the right way to help increase your product's chances of success and keep your sanity. The final module will look at your leadership skills as a product owner, and will develop your ability to lead different people in different ways to ensure product success, while also learning a little bit more about yourself along the way. Each module has a standard structure, and I'll provide you with some theory and resources that will help you with the tasks set out in the module itself. Of course, you can research and find your own materials and resources as well. As well as the theoretical side of things, you're also going to be encouraged to put the topics in question into practice with your team, and to reflect on your attempts, as well as your role in them and your interpretations of events. You'll be asked to keep a journal of your experiences and reflections, and this will become really useful and interesting artifact for you to look back on in the future. And for each module, I'll have a coaching session with myself to debrief and explore some of the more interesting or challenging topics arising from the module. In terms of time, students will complete this program somewhere between three and 18 months, but I find that six months is more than realistic as something to aim for. Certainly, a monthly cadence for each module is usually achievable, but we can discuss your own time aspirations when we kick off the first module. Because of the greater level of effort involved in a distance learning program, I only take on a fixed number of students at any one time. So whenever you see availability, be sure to sign up quickly. Places will be limited. If you need some help convincing the budget holder to sign off on the expense of the training, then have a look out for my one pager why you should send me PDF. That you can just email over or drop on their desk. I hope to see you on one of these courses really soon.