Agile Product Management Certification with APM Certification

SAFe® Agile Product Management  Certification 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.

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

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

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 you’ll learn

• 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

What You Get

Class registration includes: 

• Printed workbook 

• Preparation and eligibility to take the SAFe®  APM exam 

• One-year membership to the SAFe Community Platform 

• Certification of completion Attendees must attend both days of the course in order to qualify for the exam.

Annual Renewal

Certifications expire one year from the date of certification is earned. • Renewal fee: $100/year

Professional Development Units (PDUs) and 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

Day 1

• Analyzing your role as Product Manager in Lean Enterprise
• Continuously exploring markets and users
• Driving strategy with Market segmentation

Day 2

• Using Empathy to Drive Design
• Defining Product Strategy and Vision
• Creating a roadmap to build solutions

Day 3

• Delivering Value
• Managing Value Stream Economics
• Creating Innovation in the Value Stream