SAFe® Product Owner / Product Manager (POPM Certification)

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 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® 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?

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
• 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

Who will benefit?

• Project Managers, Product Managers, Product Line Managers, Product Owners, Business Owners, and      Business Analysts
• Solution Managers, Portfolio Managers, Program Managers, PMO personnel, and Process Leads
• Enterprise, Solution, and System Architects

SAFe® Certification Kit

Attendees who pass the certification exam will receive:

• SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager certificate
• A SAFe® 6 Product Owner/Product Manager digital badge to promote your accomplishment online
• A one-year certified membership as a SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager, which includes access to the POPM Community of Practice
• Access to a variety of learning resources to support certified professionals during their SAFe® journey

Exam Details

• Exam name: SAFe® 6 Product Owner/Product Manager Exam
• Exam format: Multiple choice, single-select
• Exam delivery: Web-based, closed book, no outside assistance, 90 minutes
• Exam access: earning Plan (after course completion)
• Exam duration: Once the exam begins, candidates have 90 minutes (1.5 hours) to complete the exam
• Number of questions: 45
• Passing score: 80%
• Exam cost: First exam attempt is included as part of the course registration fee if the exam is taken within 30 days of course completion. Each retake attempt costs $50.
• Retake policy: Second attempt on exam (first retake) can be done immediately after first attempt. Third attempt requires a 10-day wait. Fourth attempt requires a 30-day wait.

Professional Development Units (PDUs)

Attendees may be eligible to apply for up to 15 PDUs toward their continuing education requirements with the Project Management Institute (PMI) .