SAFe® Product Owner / Product Manager

Connect customer need and delivery on the Agile Release Train — and use AI to sharpen the backlog and the forecast.

SAFe® POPM 2 days Live online
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SAFe Product Owner / Product Manager

The training

SAFe Product Owner / Product Manager prepares you to deliver the right work at the right time. Product Owners run the team backlog and turn features into stories. Product Managers run the ART backlog and roadmap and represent the customer. Business Owners align release plans with PI objectives. Portfolio managers see how epics become features and stories.

Level: foundational, including people new to SAFe. Exam: 90 minutes, 82% to pass. Two days live online at AgileLAB. Attendance opens the exam; it does not replace passing.

Licensed by Scaled Agile, Inc. After the class: access to the SAFe® POPM exam, a digital badge, and SAFe Studio.

Who it is for

  • Product Owners on the team backlog
  • Product Managers on the ART backlog and roadmap
  • Business Owners on release plans and PI objectives
  • Portfolio managers who follow an epic down to the story

On this course you

  • turn features into stories and run the team backlog
  • align the ART backlog and roadmap with the customer
  • forecast delivery and coordinate flow
  • use AI for backlog decisions, with a person still accountable
  • see how epics become features and stories

What you get

SAFe® POPM exam

90 minutes, 82% to pass. Practice test with feedback. Attendance does not guarantee a pass.

Digital badge and SAFe Studio

A shareable badge, SAFe CoPilot, and PI Planning toolkits.

Facilitation tools

Facilitation tools and PDF files with the results of the exercises.

Post-pack

An email with extra materials and a reading list for self-study.

16 hours of training

Two days live online. We fix the theory in groups of 5–7.

Program

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01

The Product Owner and Product Manager roles

How SAFe sets these roles, and how they connect the customer to execution.

  • Roles and responsibilities in SAFe
  • The Lean-Agile mindset
  • Value streams
  • Product Owner and Product Manager responsibilities
02

Preparing for PI Planning

Vision, forecast, and the train backlog before planning starts.

  • What PI Planning is
  • Solution Vision
  • Forecasting through roadmaps
  • Planning features
  • The ART backlog and Kanban
03

Leadership in PI Planning

How the vision lands, objectives take shape, and dependencies and risks become clear.

  • Communicate the vision in PI Planning
  • PI Objectives
  • Dependencies
  • Risks
04

Running the iteration

Stories, team flow, and quality built into delivery.

  • Creating stories
  • Planning an iteration
  • Flow with the team Kanban
  • Refining the team backlog
  • Iteration Review and the retrospective
  • DevOps and Release on Demand
05

Executing the PI

Synchronization, the system demo, and a look at the interval.

  • PO Sync
  • System Demo
  • Innovation through the PI
  • Inspect and Adapt
06

AI in the product roles

Prompts and SAFe CoPilot for stories, priorities, and conversations with stakeholders. Data and the decision stay with a person.

  • AI basics and terminology
  • Prompting for the product roles
  • Risks and responsible AI
  • Backlog refinement, priorities, personas, and communication
  • Check AI output against Lean-Agile principles: a person stays in the decision