Course
digicode: POPM
SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager with POPM certification
Course facts
- Understanding the tasks and collaboration between product owners (team focus) and product managers (train focus)
- Applying design thinking to build products that customers really want
- Preparing the content for the planning interval (PI), communicating visions, and facilitating the planning event
- Breaking down epics into features and stories and prioritizing them effectively (WSJF)
- Optimizing the value stream Ensuring that the right thing is delivered at the right time
- Learning how AI can efficiently support the creation of requirements and user stories
The course covers the official SAFe® curriculum:
1 PO & PM in the SAFe context
Lean-Agile mindset and the responsibilities of roles in the Agile Release Train (ART).
2 Customer Centricity & Design Thinking
Understanding personas, empathy maps, and customer journeys.
3 Preparing for PI Planning
- Defining the vision and roadmap.
- Prioritizing and preparing features.
4 Backlog Management & Execution:
- Writing user stories and defining acceptance criteria.
- Excursus: Using AI for requirements engineering (user stories & features).
- Collaborating with teams during iterations.
5 Delivering value
Release on demand and continuous improvement.
6 Exam preparation
Tips and strategies for your POPM certification.
We believe it is important that you can apply what you have learned immediately.
- Theory & practice: The training consists of a combination of compact theoretical input and interactive exercises that ensure the transfer of knowledge into your everyday working life.
- AI integration: We use AI as a targeted method. We discuss how managers can use AI strategically to improve data-driven decisions in portfolio management.
- Tools: In our online and hybrid training courses, we work with Miro or Conceptboard as our central collaboration tool to ensure seamless cooperation.
- Learning success: Short recaps and regular learning objective checks reinforce the material immediately.
- Exam preparation: To ensure you are confident going into the certification, we go through the logic of the exam questions together.
- Product owners & product managers: You already work in this role and want to professionalize your skills in a scaled context (SAFe).
- Business Analysts: You want to understand how requirements management works in large agile projects.
- Project leaders & project managers: You are switching from classic project management to value-oriented product management («Project to Product»).
- Team leaders & department heads: You want to understand how requirements flow in an agile organization and how you can support your teams in delivering business value.
- Architects & release train engineers: You want to better understand the business perspective and content management in ART.
There are no formal requirements for participation in the course.
Experience in working with Agile teams as a Product Owner or Scrum Master is an advantage
For those who wish to take the «Certified SAFe® Product Owner / Product Manager (POPM)» certification exam, we recommend experience in a SAFe environment and the Lean or Agile certifications as well as prior attendance of the following course:
After participating in the training, you will receive access to the SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager exam. The login is valid for 30 days.
After passing the exam, participants receive the «Certified SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager» certification from the Scaled Agile Academy.
Exam format: multiple choice, web-based, no aids.
The exam is held in English.
Experience has shown that seven to ten hours of independent study are required to successfully pass the exam. Our trainers will prepare you optimally for the course and will also be on hand to answer your questions afterwards.
This training is conducted in English and German by our training partner AgileMinds and in French by Ahead Technology.