SAFE AGILE PRODUCT MANAGEMENT 6.0 (APM) - 08-10 Sept
Niladri Mahapatra

SAFE AGILE PRODUCT MANAGEMENT 6.0 (APM) - 08-10 Sept

Sep 8, 2023 (Fri) 11:00 AM ~ 09-10 (Sun) 7:00 PM

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APM 6.0 - 08-10 Sept

US$2,695

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Description

Using Design Thinking to Create Value Products in the Lean Enterprise

In SAFe®, product managers play a key role in the trio of leaders that includes architects and the Release Train Engineer. All of these people 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 center and create products that are desirable, feasible, and sustainable. You’ll discover how continuous exploration fuels innovation. You’ll get the guidance and tools you need to work effectively in remote environments with distributed teams. And you’ll explore how to define a vision, strategy, and roadmap to satisfy existing customers and attract new ones.

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?

What’s included:

  • Course materials
  • Remote learning via SAFe® Virtual Classrooms
  • Access to SAFe® Collaborate, a visual online workspace
  • One-year membership to the SAFe® Community Platform
  • Access to content, tools, and resources you need to practice SAFe every day
  • SAFe Agile Product Manager certification exam

What you get

Becoming a Certified SAFe® Agile Product Manager requires an exceptional range of skills. Certification includes:

  • 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

Three-day training program

The SAFe Agile Product Management course is a three-day training program.

Learning Goals

  • 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

Key areas of competency

  • 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

Job role description/target audience

Design Thinking with Lean-Agile values and principles to create products and solutions that are desirable, viable, feasible, and sustainable. They understand how Continuous Exploration fuels innovation and helps to define a vision, strategy, and roadmap to tap into new markets and accelerate the product lifecycle to get fast feedback to deliver exceptional products and solutions.

Attendees 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.

What Attendees Get

The class registration includes:

  • Attendee workbooks
  • Eligibility to take the SAFe® Agile Product Manager exam
  • One-year membership to the SAFe Community Platform
  • Course certificate of completion

Prerequisites

The following prerequisites are highly recommended:

  • Attended at least one SAFe course
  • Background in Product or Solution Management

Annual Renewal

Certifications expire one year from the date the certification is earned.

Certified SAFe Membership Renewal—$295/year: One-year membership is included with first-time course attendance or can be purchased separately, Provides access to the community platform. For those who don’t seek certification but still benefit from the valuable content at the SAFe Community Platform

Exam Details

Completion of this course gives you access to the exam and all related study materials as part of your Learning Plan in the SAFe Community Platform.

For more information about the exam and the benefits of becoming a Certified SAFe professional, click the More Exam Details button.

Exam prerequisite skills

These skills and knowledge are highly recommended to successfully pass the exam:

    • Familiarity with Agile principles and practices
    • Attended at least one SAFe course
    • Background in Product or Solution Management
    • Experience being a Product Manager, Product Marketer, Product Owner, Business Owner, or bringing products to market

Exam requirements

The first step toward becoming a Certified SAFe® Agile Product Manager is to attend the Agile Product Management course. This is a requirement because attending the course provides access to all the study materials and the exam. Note that attending the course does not guarantee passing the exam.

Exam details

Exam name – SAFe® 5 Agile Product and Solution Manager Exam – or – SAFe® 5 Agile Product Manager Exam

Duration120 minutes
Number of questions60
Passing score45/60 (75%)
Competency levelFoundational difficulty; Competent, with some knowledge or experience; can perform tasks with assistance
Question formatMultiple choice (one answer) or multiple select (2-3 answers)
DeliveryWeb-based, closed book, no outside assistance, timed
AccessCommunity Platform upon completion of the course
Languages OfferedEnglish
CostThe 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 study materials

The exam is designed to measure knowledge and skill related to the job role. We highly recommend candidates use a variety of resources to prepare for this exam including:

  • Course materials – The course materials are an essential artifact from the course and can be downloaded from the SAFe Community Platform. These materials can be used to refer back to the content that was presented during the class.
  • Study guide – This comprehensive guide details the job role and all resources related to the exam, including a detailed reading list. Access is available through the Learning Plan in the SAFe Community Platform upon course completion.
  • Practice test – The practice test is designed to be predictive of success on the certification exam, * and it has the same number of questions, level of difficulty, and time duration. It is part of the Learning Plan in the SAFe Community Platform and can be taken an unlimited number of times at no cost. *This is not the actual exam, and passing it does not guarantee success on the certification exam.
  • Sample Questions – A web-enabled, flashcard-style version of the sample questions can be found online and in the study guide.
Type Certification Workshop
Period 3 Days
Max Participants 24
Level Advanced
LanguageEnglish
Lunch Included? Only for Classroom Based Training
ExamYes (within 30 days from Training)
Training Mode Virtual or Classroom Based
Payment Method Net banking, Credit Card, PayPal
Examinator Scaled Agile

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Lecturer's Introduction

Niladri Mahapatra

Niladri Mahapatra

Founder Agile Digest

Niladri Mahapatra is a Senior executive with an indelible reputation for delivering inventive business strategies and client-focused solutions that improve Team Moral, Maturity, Quality, Discipline, Alignment, Synchronization, Transparency and of course Margins. Highly successful in building relationships with upper-level decision makers, seizing control of critical problem areas, and delivering on customer commitments. Key experience includes Agile Transformation and coaching, Process Re-engineering, Training.

He is a SAFe Program Consultant and conducts SAFe Certification workshops. Along with that, he trains Teams in many other areas like Sprint simulation, Mastering Jira, Path to become Scrum Master, Scrum & Kanban Fundamental etc.

Niladri Mahapatra has 23+ Years of experience in the field of Agile Transformation, including Leadership Management and ALM Implementation in small and complex business engagement, within a group as well as delivering responsibilities at an individual level. Handling multiple clients across the globe, gave him more opportunities to interact and communicate with clients of different time zones and cultures.

Niladri is a seasoned trainer, coach and mentor with an indelible reputation for delivering inventive business strategies and client-focused solutions that improve Team Moral, Maturity, Quality, Discipline, Alignment, Synchronization, Transparency and of course Margins. Highly successful in building relationships with upper-level decision makers, seizing control of critical problem areas, and delivering on customer commitments. Key experience includes Agile Transformation and coaching, Process Re-engineering, Training.

Niladri has his own youtube channel named Agile Digest with 24000 + subscribers, the channel has many videos absolutely free and very useful for the agile community, which covers a wide range of categories of videos including SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, Case Studies, Jira, Rally and many more.

Niladri is currently owning a company Agile Digest Consulting PVT LTD. A company that focuses on consulting services and product solutions which help organizations with digital strategy; agile transformations; DevOps and continuous delivery with suitable professional training, coaching, consultancy and seasoned skilled colleagues. Agile Digest spread the dimensions across Agile Coaching, Agile transformation, Agile consulting, and Agile delivery model/strategy.

APM 6.0 - 08-10 Sept

US$2,695