SAFe 6.0 Product Owner/Product Manager with SAFe POPM certification

The SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager course is specifically designed to empower individuals in these roles to drive value creation across Agile Release Trains (ARTs). As a SAFe Product Owner or SAFe Product Manager, you'll gain crucial skills to bridge the gap between strategy and execution. 

Through practical learning experiences, you'll master techniques for managing backlogs, refining work items, and optimising collaboration with teams and stakeholders to continuously deliver value. Earning the SAFe POPM certification will prepare you to lead and contribute more effectively to PI planning. This will improve your organisation's ability to meet customer demands and respond to market changes with agility and precision.

• Choosing SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager training from Pretty Agile means tapping into a wealth of SAFe expertiseOur SAFe training is delivered by experienced SAFe practitioners, ensuring you receive high-quality training from industry experts.
• In our training courses, we share our extensive implementation experience, providing practical takeaways you can immediately apply in your professional journey.
• We are one of the world's most experienced Scaled Agile Partners, having trained over 14,000 people in SAFe since 2014.
• With a consistent run rate above 97%, Pretty Agile is the world's most reliable public SAFe training provider, ensuring a seamless and dependable learning experience.
• Should you wish to continue your SAFe journey after the class, the team at Pretty Agile has the skills and expertise to support your organisation as a SAFe implementation partner.

There are no mandatory prerequisites for the SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager certification; however, this class assumes that participants have an understanding of the Scaled Agile Framework. Therefore, the following prerequisites are highly recommended:

• Attend a Leading SAFe course
• Experience working in a SAFe environment
• Experience with Lean, Agile, or other relevant certifications

• Course workbook (physical & digital)
• SAFe Big Picture and Implementation Roadmap handouts
• Access to the SAFe Scrum Master certification exam
• One-year membership to SAFe Studio with your first class attendance
• Course certificate of completion
• E-learning courses to help you prepare for the class
• Fun Pretty Agile swag includes a SAFe POPM certification laptop sticker.
• Postage of physical materials.

Yes, the course registration fee includes the exam fee for your first attempt.

The instructor provides access to the exam at the end of the class.

You will have 30 days to take the exam online via SAFe Studio at a time and place of your choosing. You do not need to schedule the exam in advance.

The SAFe PO PM certification study guide is on the Scaled Agile website here.

For exam preparation tips and tricks, check our Advice on Taking SAFe Certification Exams (and retaining classroom learning)

The SAFe POPM training covers a wide range of topics essential for anyone in the Product Owner or Product Manager role, including:

• Exploring Product Owner and Product Management Roles and Responsibilities
  • Introducing SAFe for Product Owners and Product Management
  • The Lean-Agile Mindset
  • Value Streams
  • Responsibilities of Product Owners and Product Management
• Preparing for PI Planning
  • PI Planning
  • The Solution Vision
  • Solution and PI Roadmaps
  • Customer-centric Features
  • ART Backlog and Kanban
• Leading PI Planning
  • Communicate the Vision
  • Establish PI Objectives
  • Manage dependencies
  • Manage risks
• Executing Iterations
  • Stories and Story maps
  • Iteration Planning
  • The Team Kanban
  • Backlog refinement
  • Iteration Review and Iteration Retrospective
  • DevOps and Release on Demand
• Executing the PI
  • The PO Sync
  • The System Demo
  • The Innovation and Planning Iteration
  • Inspect and Adapt

• Understand and apply the key roles, responsibilities, and decision-making principles of Product Owners and Product Managers in a SAFe enterprise.
• Master the skills to forecast, plan, and prioritise work using Roadmaps while managing the ART Backlog and Kanban effectively.
• Lead PI Planning sessions by effectively communicating the Solution Vision, planning PI objectives, and managing cross-team dependencies.
• Execute Iterations by creating and refining Stories, managing team flow with Kanban, and supporting DevOps and continuous delivery practices.
• Participate in continuous improvement by engaging in PO Sync, System Demos and driving innovation throughout the PI lifecycle.

Attendees may be eligible for PDUs and SEUs.

To claim PMI PDUs, please see the instructions on the Scaled Agile website here.

For SEUs, please confirm requirements with Scrum Alliance's SEU policy here.