SAFe® Agile Product Manager
Join our SAFe® Agile Product Manager classroom training course to learn about the SAFe framework with an in-person trainer in a classroom setting and become a Certified SAFe® Agile Product Manager (APM).
Description
Define a vision, strategy, and roadmap to tap into new markets. Get fast feedback and deliver exceptional products and solutions that delight while aligning with your organisations strategy, portfolio, evolving architecture, and solution intent.
Aligning Product Management with Business Strategy
In SAFe®, product managers play a key role in the trio of leaders, including architects and the Release Train Engineer. These roles work together to lead the Agile Release Trains (ARTs) in continuously delivering value. In the Agile Product Management course, you’ll explore how to use design thinking to put your customers at the centre and create products that are desirable, feasible, and sustainable. You’ll discover how continuous exploration fuels innovation. And you’ll explore how to define a vision, strategy, and roadmap to satisfy existing customers and attract new ones.
What’s Included:
- Course workbook and SAFe Studio access to help you prepare to take the certification exam, claim your digital badge, and access tools to get started in your SAFe role
- Remote learning via SAFe® Virtual Classrooms
- One-year access to SAFe Studio with your first class attendance
About the Exam
What’s Included:
- Course workbook and SAFe Studio access to help you prepare to take the certification exam, claim your digital badge, and access tools to get started in your SAFe role
- Remote learning via SAFe® Virtual Classrooms
- One-year access to SAFe Studio with your first class attendance
- Platform access to e-learning modules and curated members-only content to support your SAFe transformation
- 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 needed to practice SAFe every day
- SAFe® Agile Product Manager certification exam
Certification Exam Details:
- Duration: 120 minutes
- Number of Questions: 60
- Passing Score: 45/60 (75%)
- Competency Level: Foundational difficulty; Competent, with some knowledge or experience; can perform tasks with assistance
- Question Format: Multiple choice (one answer) or multiple select (2-3 answers)
- Delivery: Web-based, closed book, no outside assistance, timed
- Access: Community Platform upon completion of the course
- Languages Offered: English
- Cost: The first attempt is included in the course registration fee if taken within 30 days of course completion. Each retake or attempt past the 30-day window is $50
Exam Topics and References:
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Domain |
Topics |
References |
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Analysing Your Role as a Product Manager in the Lean Enterprise (11%) |
Describe Product Management's role and responsibilities, Identify Product Management stakeholders and collaborators, Explain Design Thinking for Product Management |
Agile Product Management Student Workbook: materials and exercises from Lesson 1, Product and Solution Management |
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Continuously Exploring Markets and Users (14%) |
Explain market research in the context of Continuous Exploration, Discover the right hypothesis and ask the right questions, Apply data-driven practices to answer questions, Plan your research, Use research games for customer understanding |
Agile Product Management Student Workbook: materials and exercises from Lesson 2 |
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Driving Strategy with Market Segmentation (11%) |
Explain market segmentation, Create market segments through market research, Determine market segment value, Assess market segment fit |
Agile Product Management Student Workbook: materials and exercises from Lessons 3 |
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Using Empathy to Drive Design (9%) |
Describe the purpose and use of personas, Create and use personas, Improve customer experience through empathy |
Agile Product Management Student Workbook: materials and exercises from Lessons 4 |
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Defining Product Strategy and Vision (15%) |
Explain the strategic purpose of your product, Create a compelling product vision, Design value propositions and business models, Design the Customer Journey, Design the whole product and solution context, Design Platform, API, and Data strategy |
Agile Product Management Student Workbook: materials and exercises from Lessons 5 |
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Creating Roadmaps to Build Solutions (12%) |
Define Solution Intent, Create market-driven roadmaps, Organise Features for balanced solutions, Refine Features into Stories and Story Maps |
Agile Product Management Student Workbook: materials and exercises from Lesson 6, PI Objectives |
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Delivering Value (16%) |
Visualise development flow using a Program Kanban, Estimate and forecast the backlog, Prioritise the Program Backlog, Create alignment with PI Planning, Execute the PI |
Agile Product Management Student Workbook: materials and exercises from Lesson 7, Program and Solution Kanbans, PI Planning, WSJF |
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Creating Innovation in the Value Stream (13%) |
Describe value stream and product innovation, Use metrics to guide improvements, Manage innovations through Epics, Fund sustainable innovation, Apply Rapid Experimentation, Evaluate hypothesis outcomes: Pivot, Stop, or Continue |
Agile Product Management Student Workbook: materials and exercises from Lesson 8 |
Outcomes
Course Objectives
After taking the course, you will know how to:
- Use design thinking to achieve customer centricity
- Prepare a product strategy, vision, and roadmap for your ART
- Apply the right mindsets, skills, and tools to create successful products
Attendees will learn:
- How to create innovation in the value stream
- How to use design thinking to achieve desirable, feasible, and sustainable products
- How to use product strategy to set clarity and direction for the ART
- How to develop and evolve short-term roadmaps that result in long-term value
SAFe® Agile Product Management answers the questions:
- How can I use design thinking to achieve customer centricity?
- How do I prepare a product strategy, vision, and roadmap for my ART?
- What are the right mindsets, skills, and tools to create successful products?
Price
Please reach out for a tailored pricing and more information.