course details

Course: AI for Product Owners

Dates: 27 May 2026

Location: Online

Time: 8:30 to 16:30

Price: R6 500

From Feature to Future

The role of the Product Owner demands rapid validation, sharp prioritization, and clear communication. This intensive course is designed specifically for Product Owners to move beyond theoretical discussions of AI and implement practical, value-driving tools and techniques. You will learn to leverage AI to dramatically increase efficiency, accelerate the formation of Minimum Viable Products (MVPs), improve prioritization, and ensure your team delivers the right solutions, faster.

Learning objectives

  • Accelerate MVP Definition and Scope: Utilize AI to define, build and validate features that delivers maximum business and customer value, ensuring your Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) are truly “viable”.
  • Create Usable Prototypes Instantly: Leverage Generative AI (GenAI) and other tools to rapidly create wireframes, mock-ups, and interactive prototypes.
  • Elevate Customer Insights: Utilize AI-driven tools to analyze vast amounts of customer feedback and market information to identify unmet needs and validate hypotheses, transforming raw data into clear, validated Features and Epics.
  • Intelligently Prioritize Features: Apply predictive modeling and AI-assisted prioritization techniques to optimize your Program Backlog.
  • Generate High-Quality User Stories & Acceptance Criteria: Employ GenAI to rapidly draft, refine, and break down complex Features into concise, well-formed User Stories and objective Acceptance Criteria, accelerating the refinement process.
  • and more!

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Trainers

Vanessa Martens

Business Agility Coach (SPCT Candidate)

Vanessa Martens is passionate about creating meaningful work environment where people and businesses thrive. She is a Agile Transformation Coach that has launched12 Agile Release Trains in 7 years for clients such as BMW, Vodafone, large banks and insurance companies. Vanessa has trained over 1000 people and consulted on Agile and change initiatives on a SAP implementation, an Online Banking Channel and numerous Retail Apps. She has a Honours degree in Business Psychology, a Management Advancement Diploma and is an SPCT Candidate (2023). Her team describes her as a Star Wars nerd that loves a Gin and Tonic when not doing CrossFit. She will never pass up an adventure and has seen 64 countries and she likes a challenge.

Glenn Smith (SPCT)

SPCT - Business Agility Consultant

Glenn's mission is to help organisations bring better products to market faster. He spends most of his time working with clients to achieve that goal with fantastic results. His proven successes and high standards earned him the SPCT certification from Scaled Agile.

He is an active contributor to the agile and SAFe body of knowledge. As a SAFe framework contributor, you will find his words of wisdom on the framework website and in tooling in various toolkits available to SAFe-certified individuals.

Combined with his hands-on delivery experience, starting as an embedded software engineer with Motorola and then many enterprises, his knowledge and 'war-stories' make for an enjoyable and informative learning experience.