SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager Certification Course

Course Name: SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager Certification Course

Delivery Method: Classroom / Virtual Instructor -training

Course Overview:

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.

Course Objectives:

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 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 StoriesHow to collaborate with Agile teams to forecast work

What’s 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
• One-year access to SAFe Studio with your first class attendance
• Access to the latest Framework guidance
• Product Management Video playlist and customer research tools to support product owners in their role
• Member discussion forums 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

SAFe® POPM 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?

Certification Benefits

As a certified SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager, you’re empowered to expand your knowledge, demonstrate your skills, tackle new challenges, and reach new career heights. With access to the SAFe® community, professional development programs, role-specific learning content, and a suite of tools, you’re equipped to excel and advance. SAFe also offers opportunities to connect with fellow professionals who can be instrumental in advancing your career.

About SAFe® Certification

• Trusted by more than 20,000 companies globally
• 70% of the Fortune 100 employ SAFe® professionals or consultants.
• Over 1.4 million professionals trained.
• SAFe certifications are among the top professional development achievements listed by CIO.org, Indeed, Coursera, and many other organizations.

The Professional Development Value of SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager Certification

The SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager course and certification exam offer robust content, hands-on learning opportunities, and verified learning objectives. Built on decades of proven knowledge and concepts, SAFe certifications follow industry-leading learning and exam standards to ensure learner competency, certification validity and reliability, and learner-focused knowledge retention. The outcome is an annually-renewed certification badge,  on-the-job useable skill base, and strategic understanding that enhances role functions and deepens Agile capabilities and practice.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand Agile Team and ART operation, ceremonies, planning, and etc.
• Serve as a Product Owner/Product Manager, contributing to the success of your team in a SAFe environment
• Demonstrate how to deliver and enhance customer value
• Measure, track, and improve quality
• Improve cross-functional collaboration, planning, forecasting, delivery, and measurement.

Certification Process Includes:

• Perpetual access to course workbook and SAFe Studio™ for additional preparation
• An unlimited practice test with question-level feedback and coaching report that acts as a simulation and study tool
• A dedicated, experienced support team for service requests
• A timed, multiple-choice, 45-question exam with a coaching report

Certified Professionals Earn:

• Industry-leading SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager certification, renewed yearly
• Digital badge with social media share capability to grow your network
• Course certificate of completion
•  PMI PDUs, Scrum Alliance SEUs

What a SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager Certification Demonstrates

SAFe certification demonstrates your proven knowledge of Lean-Agile methodologies and role-specific skills in critical competencies. When this demonstrated knowledge is tested through our Subject Matter Expert (SME)-developed exam, candidates will:

• Lead the planning and execution of work during a PI
• Decompose Epics to Features to Stories for the team
• Understand how to put the customer at the center of product development
• Achieve skills to collaborate with Agile teams to forecast work

What SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager Certification Includes

Maintaining an active SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager certification offers the following benefits:

Career Development & Community

• Exclusive webinars on emerging SAFe® topics
• Access to the SAFe community forums for career advancement, learning and mentorship opportunities, job boards, and more
• Participation in role-based events for additional networking, learning, and development

Continued Learning

• Framework upgrade learning series for all certified professionals
• On-demand access to all keynotes, breakout sessions, and other content from SAFe Summits
• Continued learning with 8 role-specific training videos

Toolkits and Applications

• SAFe Collaborate for virtual facilitation
• Online collaboration templates for all SAFe team events
• 7 Facilitator Guides designed to help Product Owners and Product Managers with key SAFe events
• Toolkits to help prepare and execute PI Planning

Certification Levels:

1. Foundational

a. SSM

b. POPM

c. SP

d. SA

SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM) certification is included in the Foundational renewal category.

2. Advanced

a. RTE

b. SASM

c. LPM

d. APM

e. ARCH

3. Expert

    a. SPC

    b. SPCT