Using Design Thinking to create valuable products in the Lean Enterprise
Agile Product Management Summary
The Agile Product Management course harnesses the power of Design Thinking to develop innovative solutions with proven SAFe capabilities to execute on those visions. Learn the right mindset, skills, and tools to create successful products—from inception to retirement—using Agile techniques.
Recognize how Continuous Exploration fuels innovation and helps you define a vision, strategy, and roadmap to tap into new markets. Find out how to accelerate the product life cycle to get fast feedback and quickly deliver exceptional products and solutions that delight customers—all while aligning with your organization’s strategy, portfolio, evolving architecture, and solution intent.
Use Design Thinking to achieve desirable, feasible, and sustainable outcomes
Explore market needs, segmentation, sizing and competitive landscape
Manage value stream economics, including pricing and licensing
Use empathy to drive design
Apply product strategy and vision
Develop and evolve roadmaps
Execute and deliver value using SAFe
Explore innovation in the value stream
Topics Covered
Analyzing your Role as a Product Manager in the Lean Enterprise
Continuously Exploring Markets and Users
Driving Strategy with Market Segmentation
Using Empathy to Drive Design
Defining Product Strategy and Vision
Creating Roadmaps to Build Solutions
Delivering Value
Managing Value Stream Economics
Creating Innovation in the Value Stream
What Attendees Get
Attendee workbooks
Eligibility to take the SAFe® Agile Product Manager exam
One-year membership to the SAFe Community Platform
Course certificate of completion
Who will benefit?
Intended for people wanting to better understand the role and how it fits in a SAFe enterprise, attendees typically include:
• Agile Coach
• Consultant
• Agile Trainer
• Product Manager
Prerequisites
All are welcome to attend the course, regardless of experience. However, the following prerequisites are highly recommended for those who intend to take the Agile Product Management certification exam:
Attended at least one SAFe course
Background in Product or Solution Management
What our customers are saying
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Scaled Agile Framework is a large framework which is explained in a systematic way with good examples with plenty of interactive lessons. —J Leonard, Oracle.
I gained these valuable insights from the course
Variability is critical and must be embedded and maintained as long as possible, viable.
There is a lot to process. If your organisation is considering an Agile at Scale, I recommend you take this course to get a high-level overview of SAFe. - T Maddick
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Your Trainers
Lokesh Kataria
Lokesh also provides training on Portfolio/Product Strategy, Value Stream/Program Planning, Scrum, Kanban, Scaled Agile (SAFe), Quality Assurance and DevOps.
Lokesh lives in London and loves Yoga and meditation.
Nader Talai
Nader Talai is Business Agility Consultant at Value Glide, where he helps clients accelerate their business agility transformations and grow.
SAFe Certification Kit
Attendees who pass the certification exam will receive:
Certified SAFe® Agile Product Manager PDF certificate
Certified SAFe® Agile Product Manager digital badge to promote the accomplishment online
One-year membership to the SAFe Community Platform, which includes access to the APM Community of Practice
Access to Meetup groups and events that provide connections to other certified SAFe professionals
A variety of learning resources to support certified professionals during their SAFe journey
Annual Renewal
Certificates expire one year from the date the certification is earned.
Renewal fee is $100
Exam Details
Exam Name: SAFe®5 Agile Product Manager Exam
Exam format– Multiple choice; Multiple select
Exam delivery– Web-based (single-browser), closed book, no outside assistance, timed
Exam access– Candidates can access the exam within the SAFe Community Platform upon completion of theAgile Product Management course
Exam duration– Once the exam begins, candidates have 120 minutes (2.0 hours) to complete the exam
Number of questions– 60
Passing score– 45 out of 60 (75%)
Language– English
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) & Scrum Education Units (SEUs)
Attendees may be eligible to apply for 15 PDUs toward their continuing education requirements with the Project Management Institute (PMI) for PMP, PgMP, and PMI-ACP certifications.
Attendees may be eligible to apply for SEUs under Category C, toward earning or renewing their CSP through Scrum Alliance.
