Melvyn Bulkes

SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager

2 Days Instructor-led Online Class

Language Available: English
Trainer Trainee Ratio: 1:25 (MAX.)

Delivering Value through Effective Planning Interval Execution.

What skills do you need to deliver value in an Agile enterprise? The SAFe® Product Owner and SAFe® Product Manager (POPM) course covers the tactical responsibilities of these roles in the Agile Release Train (ART). The course and resulting certification give you the guidance and tools to work effectively in remote environments with distributed teams.

Learn how product owners and product managers should work together to achieve the best possible customer and business outcomes. The SAFe POPM course will teach you how to adopt a customer-centric approach to building products, using the Scaled Agile Framework® to deliver more value, faster. Topics covered in this course include the daily role of POs and PMs; collaborating with engineering teams and business stakeholders; how to write epics, features, and stories; and how to design, prioritize, build, test, and deliver products with increased productivity and higher quality.

ATTENDEES WILL LEARN:

  • How to perform the role of a PO and a PM on a daily basis
  • How to put the customer at the center of your design, build, and test process
  • How to prepare for and lead PI Planning
  • How to decompose Epics to Features and Features to Stories
  • How to collaborate with Agile teams to forecast work

SAFe® PPOM ANSWERS THE QUESTIONS:

  • How do POs and PMs plan and execute work during a PI?
  • How do I integrate a customer-centric mindset to deliver products customers want?
  • How do you connect SAFe Lean-Agile principles and values to the PO/PM roles?

WHAT IS INCLUDED?

  • Course workbook and SAFe Studio access to help you prepare to take the certification exam, claim your digital badge, and tools to get started in your SAFe role
  • Remote learning via SAFe® Virtual Classrooms
  • One-year membership to SAFe Studio with your first class attendance  
    • Product Management Video playlist and customer research tools to support product owners in their role
    • Platform access to e-learning modules and curated members-only content to support your SAFe transformation
    • Member discussion forms to engage in ongoing conversations on the SAFe framework or how to better perform as part of an Agile Team
    • Curated content-playlists based on your interests and roles, including templated resources and facilitation guides to get you started
  • Access to content, tools, and resources you need to practice SAFe every day
  • SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager certification exam
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Certification Details

We are accredited to Scaled Agile (SAFe®), one of the global accreditation body for Scaled Agile Certifications.

POPM (6.0) - SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager

 

Requirements

  • Review and acceptance of the Candidate Agreement are required to start the exam
  • Exam functionality instructions are provided following the Candidate Agreement

Exam Format

  • Questions are structured in a multiple choice, single select format
  • Exams are timed and the timer is displayed once questions are presented
  • Exams will be submitted when the timer ends, regardless of the number of questions answered
  • Scores are calculated by the number of correctly answered questions
  • Unanswered questions will be marked as incorrect
  • “Submit” button ends the exam and a score will be calculated

Practice Test Format

  • Format reflects the same number of questions, level of difficulty, timebox, and domain areas as the exam
  • Unlimited attempts
  • Passing the practice test does not guarantee passing the exam and is provided as a preparation resource

Details are subject to change at any time

Duration

90 minutes

Number of Questions

45

Passing Score

80%

Delivery

Web-based, closed book, no outside assistance

Access

Learning Plan (after course completion)

Cost

First attempt included in the course registration fee if taken within 30 days of course completion

Retake Fee

$50; $250 for SPC

Retake Policy

First retake - May be taken immediately after the first failed attempt. 

Second retake - May be taken 10 days after the first retake.

Third retake - May be taken 30 days after the second retake. 

All subsequent retakes require a 30-day wait.

Product Owner/Product Management Roles and Responsibilities (14-16%)

  • SAFe for Product Owner/Product Management
  • The Lean-Agile mindset
  • Value Streams
  • Product Owner/Product Management Responsibilities

PI Planning Preparation (21-24%)

  • PI Planning
  • The Solution Vision
  • Solution and PI Roadmaps
  • Customer-centric Features
  • ART Backlog and Kanban

Leadership for PI Planning (14-16%)

  • The Vision and PI Planning
  • PI Objectives
  • ART Planning Boad and Dependencies
  • Risks and the End of PI Planning

Iteration Execution (30-32%)

  • Stories and Story Maps
  • Iteration Planning
  • The Team Kanban
  • Backlog Refinement
  • Iteration Review and Iteration Retrospective
  • DevOps and Release on Demand

PI Execution (14-16%)

  • PO Sync
  • System Demo
  • The Innovation and Planning Iteration
  • Inspect and Adapt
How Can I Report my PDU’s on the PMI website?

You can report and claim your PDUs on the PMI website directly by following the workflow below:

  • Log into your PMI account
  • Follow this link to the ‘Report PDUs’ page: https://ccrs.pmi.org/claim/index
  • NOTE: In order to claim PDUs you must have a certification with PMI.
  • Under ‘PDU Claim Code’ click “I have a claim code”
  • Type in the relevant claim code from the below table.

Legend:

Course TakenCertification Awarded
Implementing SAFeSAFe Practice Consultant (SPC)
Leading SAFeSAFe Agilist (SA)
SAFe for TeamsSAFe Practitioner (SP)
SAFe Product Owner / Product ManagerSAFe Product Owner / Product Manager (POPM)
SAFe Release Train EngineerRelease Train Engineer (RTE)
Agile Product ManagementSAFe Agile Product Manager (APM)
SAFe Scrum MasterSAFe Scrum Master (SSM)
SAFe Advanced Scrum MasterSAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM)
Lean Portfolio ManagementSAFe Lean Portfolio Manager (LPM)
SAFe DevOpsSAFe DevOps Practitioner (SDP)
SAFe for ArchitectsSAFe Architect (ARCH)
Agile Software EngineeringSAFe Agile Software Engineer (ASE)
SAFe for GovernmentSAFe Government Practitioner (SGP)

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