SAFe® Product Owner / Product Manager (Certified SAFe® Product Owner / Product Manager – POPM)

Including official SAFe® Product Owner/ Product Manager Certification Exam

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In this interactive course from ASD Training, you learn how to apply Lean-Agile values, principles, and economic prioritization in SAFe®.
As a SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager, you develop skills in writing and managing the Product Backlog Items within the context of SAFe®, enable product development flow, drive program execution and continuous delivery of value.

The Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®) is the world’s most trusted system for scaling Lean and Agile practices and establishing Business Agility across the entire organization.

While many agile frameworks and methods have been initially designed to be applicable to one or only a few agile teams, most organizations nowadays work in complex systems, with many cross-depending collaborative teams, which in many cases are also geographically dislocated. To bring in the benefits of faster, quality-built-in deliveries and quick responses to customer demands, this requires a well organised and synchronised system across the whole organisation.

Agile transformation on a large scale can be prone to failures due to a lack of proper understanding of existing processes or rigid legacy structures, and it might lead to agile implementations not yielding to the expected adaptation results.

Applying Lean and Agile principles and practices across all levels within an organization is the first step towards a successful transformation.

SAFe® is a proven, scalable, and configurable Scaled Agile Framework® for agile business transformations. It is apt for any organization, regardless its complexity or size.

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Delivering Value through Effective Program Increment Execution®
Taking the SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager course will help you to learn how Product Owners and Product Managers should work together and achieve best possible outcomes for the business and the customer.
You will learn how to adopt a customer-centric approach to build products by using Scaled Agile Framework® to deliver more value in shortest sustainable lead time.
You will gain understanding of the daily role of Product Owners and Product Managers and learn how to design, prioritize, build, test, and deliver products with increased productivity and highest quality.

SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM) Certification
As a course participant you qualify for the SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM) certification exam from scaledagile.com. The certification exam fee is already included in the course price.

Benefits

Definition of the product vision and directions for the Agile teams in order to deliver high value to the customers
Improve time-to-market, and the quality of products and solutions
Smooth and effective communication between the Stakeholders and the Agile teams
Improve engagement and collaboration across all the enterprise
Benefit from many practical examples and valuable tips from our experienced and certified trainers
Get better career opportunities

Course Outline

Becoming a Product Owner/Product Manager in the SAFe enterprise

Describe SAFe for Lean Enterprises
Explain Value Streams
Describe Lean-Agile Mindset decision-making
Describe Product Owner/ Product Manager responsibilities

Preparing for PI Planning

Describe PI Planning
Describe the Vision
Forecast work through Roadmaps
Create beneficial Features
Manage the Program Backlog and Kanban

Leading PI Planning

Communicate the Vision
Establish PI Objectives
Manage Dependencies
Manage Risks

Executing Iterations

Apply user stories
Plan the Iteration
Manage flow with Team Kanban
Continuously refine the backlog
Participate in the Iteration Review and Retrospective
Support DevOps and Release on Demand

Executing the PI

Participate in the PO Sync
Participate in the System Demo
Innovate Throughout the PI
Inspect and Adapt

Preparation for the SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager certification exam (POPM)

Registration on SAFe® Community Platform
SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager certification exam data and facts
SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager certification

The SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager certification exam is a web-based exam on SAFe® Community Platform and can be taken any time after the SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager course completion. To access the exam, the participants have to register their personal account on the SAFe® Community Platform. We recommend participants to prepare and take the exam as soon as possible after the SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager course (no longer as 30 days after the course completion).

The 45 exam questions are structured in multiple choice or multiple answer format. Multiple answer questions require all selection of all correct answers (no partial credits are given). The exam timebox is 90 minutes.When the exam timebox ends, the exam will be submitted, regardless of the number of questions answered. All unanswered questions will be considered as incorrect. The exam passing rate is 73% (33/45).

The exam will be held in English language (some other languages are also available – please check availability by contacting ASD Training).

After successfully passing the SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager exam, the participants receive the SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager certification along with 1-year SAFe® Community Platformmembership.

Further Information

Who can participate in SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager course?

All are welcome to participate in the SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager course, regardless of the previous knowledge or experience.

This course is primarily aimed at Project Managers, Project and Technical Leads, Service Delivery Managers, Product Managers, Business Analysts, Senior Software Engineers, or any other product development leading roles.

Maximum number of participants: 10
Minimum number of participants: 3

Prerequisites

It is recommended that the course participants have some basic knowledge or experience in:

Software development, testing, business analysis, product or project management
Scrum or any other agile framework

Participants must attend both days of the SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager course to qualify for the exam.

Technology requirements and set up for online course:

Computer with an up-to-date operating system and up-to-date browser (Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge or Safari)
High speed internet access
Speaker and microphone or appropriate headset
Webcam

Duration / Times

2 days
Both days from 9.00 a.m. until 5.00 p.m.

Course Takeaways

SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager Digital Student Workbook
Preparation and eligibility to take the SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager certification exam
One year membership to the SAFe® Community Platform
Certificate of SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager course completion

Teaching Methods in the Course

The SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager course will be carried out by one of our experienced and certified SAFe® Practice Consultants, with a focus not only on theory, but also on sharing practical experiences and practices. This includes:

Theory inputs
Individual and group exercises
Presentation and discussion of case studies
Discussion and exchange of experiences
Questions and feedback sessions

In-house course

We also offer the SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager course as an individually adapted company course, which can take place either online or on-site.

Please contact us for more information.