Professional Product Discovery and Validation™ Training

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The Professional Product Discovery and Validation™ Training (PPDV) one-day course provides a hands-on learning experience where participants strengthen their product discovery and validation skills to maximize value. The course emphasizes the importance of experimenting with new ideas, gathering evidence, and learning directly from users to ensure the right product capabilities are delivered to market. By applying these techniques, participants gain practical approaches that support both the development of new products and the improvement of existing ones.

Training for Your Team

We offer private classes for organizations who have one or more teams that will attend training. Private classes can be held online or at your location, allowing us to cater to the needs of your organization.

Training for You

Public classes are a great fit if you or a few of your colleagues are looking to attend training. This particular class is scheduled upon request. Please use the button below to indicate your interest.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND Professional Product Discovery and Validation™ Training?

This course is designed for product development professionals who want to strengthen their ability to deliver value by making data-informed decisions, validating opportunities, and guiding product investments.

  • Product Owners looking to refine backlog decisions and ensure the right product capabilities are delivered.
  • Product Managers who want to align product strategy with evidence-based insights.
  • Product Leaders seeking techniques to guide teams toward smarter investments and higher impact.
  • Business Analysts aiming to apply discovery practices to improve requirements and outcomes.
  • Product Team Members who want to contribute to experimentation and validation for better results.

WHY ATTEND AGILE
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RESPONSIVE ADVISORS?

Our instructors have broad backgrounds in technology and deep experience with applying Agile practices and Scrum as Developers, Scrum Masters, Product Owners and Agile consultants. They draw on that experience in the classroom to ensure students not only understand Agile principles and Scrum but also how to pragmatically apply them.

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COURSE OBJECTIVES

  • Deliver greater customer value by purposefully running experiments that test and validate assumptions about what users truly need.
  • Maximize ROI and eliminate waste by basing investments on real evidence rather than untested ideas.
  • Strengthen alignment across the organization by involving stakeholders in data-driven conversations instead of relying on opinions.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

  • Identify and analyze the real problems stakeholders and customers need solved, using feedback to uncover gaps in satisfaction.
  • Develop and prioritize hypotheses to validate assumptions, and apply the right data to test them effectively.
  • Interpret experiment results, compare decisions with peers, and demonstrate an evidence-based mindset to teams and stakeholders.
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PROFESSIONAL PRODUCT DISCOVERY AND VALIDATION™ TRAINING CERTIFICATION
(PPDV)

Every attendee of our Professional Product and Validation course receives a free attempt at the Professional Product and Validation assessment from Scrum.org. With a passing score of 85% or above, attendees will earn the PPDV and be certified by Scrum.org.

Certification Retake Policy

Attendees that take the PPDV certification exam within two weeks of attending training and do not pass will receive one free additional attempt at passing the PPDV certification exam. Learn more about the exam retake policy.

SCHEDULE A CLASS

We offer Professional Product and Validation training to organizations who have one or more teams that will attend. Private training allows us to cater to the needs of your organization and can be held at your location or at an offsite facility.

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PROJECT MANAGEMENT
INSTITUTE (PMI) PDU CREDIT

Attendees of our Professional Product Discovery and Validation class are able to claim 7 PDUs with the Project Management Institute (PMI). These credits are earned from attending the course and not for passing the PPDV certification exam.

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Our instructors are licensed Scrum.org Professional Scrum Trainers, ensuring you'll receive the most up-to-date and accurate picture of what Scrum is and how it can be applied to enable business agility.

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Responsive Advisors is a proud member of Scrum.org's Professional Training Network (PTN).