AI-Empowered SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (Instructor-Led Online Only)
Earn your SAFe® 6 Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM) certification. This AI-Empowered course prepares professionals to define, prioritize, and deliver value in a SAFe enterprise. It integrates AI-enabled techniques to improve backlog prioritization, forecasting, and decision-making while aligning business strategy with Agile execution across Agile Release Trains (ARTs).
Description
AI-Empowered SAFe® 6 Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM) is a role-based course designed to equip professionals with the knowledge and practical skills required to effectively define, prioritize, and deliver value in a Lean-Agile enterprise. The course focuses on the distinct yet collaborative responsibilities of Product Owners and Product Managers within SAFe, emphasizing alignment between strategy and execution.
Participants learn how to connect customer needs to business outcomes by managing ART Backlogs, defining Features and user stories, and collaborating with Agile teams during Planning Intervals. The course reinforces SAFe 6.0 principles, including Customer Centricity, Design Thinking, and Agile Product Delivery, ensuring that participants can deliver high-value solutions that meet evolving market demands.
A key differentiator of this course is the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. Learners explore how AI can enhance backlog prioritization, improve forecasting accuracy, identify risks, and support data-driven decision-making. These capabilities enable Product Owners and Product Managers to respond more effectively to change and optimize value delivery.
Organizations benefit by improving alignment between business and technology, accelerating time-to-market, enhancing product quality, and delivering solutions that better meet customer needs. The course supports enterprise transformation by strengthening product leadership and enabling scalable Agile practices across ARTs.
1. Who will benefit?
This course is designed for a broad, cross-functional audience involved in product development, value delivery, and enterprise transformation initiatives.
Key roles include:
- Product Owners responsible for managing team backlogs and defining user stories
- Product Managers accountable for strategy, roadmaps, and value delivery across ARTs
- Business Analysts supporting requirements definition and stakeholder alignment
- Scrum Masters facilitating Agile teams and enabling effective collaboration
- Program Managers coordinating delivery across teams and ensuring alignment
Professionals across business functions:
Human Resources: HR Business Partners, Talent Development Leads, Workforce Strategy Specialists
Marketing: Product Marketing Managers, Brand Strategists, Customer Experience Leads
Sales: Sales Managers, Account Executives, Revenue Operations Professionals
Procurement: Sourcing Managers, Vendor Managers, Supply Chain Analysts
Operations: Operations Managers, Process Improvement Leads, Continuous Improvement Specialists
R&D: Researchers, Scientists, Innovation Leads
Manufacturing: Production Managers, Plant Supervisors, Quality Assurance Leads
Strategic Planning: Strategy Managers, Business Transformation Leads
Change Management: Change Practitioners, Organizational Development Professionals
This course is ideal for professionals responsible for defining, prioritizing, and delivering value while aligning customer needs with business strategy in a Lean-Agile enterprise.
2. What is the associated certification?
Certification: SAFe® 6 Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM)
3. What are the exam details?
Exam Details (Please refer to SAFe Studio for the most current information):
- Format: Multiple choice
- Number of questions: ~45
- Duration: ~90 minutes
- Passing score: ~73%
- Delivery: Online, closed-book
- Retake policy: First retake included; additional retakes require a fee
4. What are the learning goals?
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Describe the roles and responsibilities of Product Owners and Product Managers in a SAFe enterprise
- Align product strategy with execution across Agile Release Trains (ARTs)
- Manage and prioritize the ART Backlog to maximize value delivery
- Collaborate with stakeholders to define Features and user stories
- Apply Customer Centricity and Design Thinking to product development
- Support Planning Interval (PI) Planning and execution activities
- Use AI-driven insights to enhance prioritization, forecasting, and decision-making
- Drive continuous improvement in product delivery and customer outcomes
You will learn:
- How to perform the roles of Product Owner and Product Manager within SAFe
- How to connect strategy to execution using Lean-Agile practices
- Techniques for managing and prioritizing ART Backlogs effectively
- How to define Features and decompose them into user stories
- How to collaborate with Agile teams and business stakeholders
- How to apply Design Thinking to create customer-centric solutions
- How to use AI tools to improve backlog prioritization, risk identification, and forecasting
Methods for measuring outcomes and optimizing value delivery
5. What topics are covered?
- Introducing SAFe and the Lean-Agile Mindset
- Understanding the roles of Product Owner and Product Manager
- Connecting strategy to execution in SAFe
- Managing the ART Backlog
- Planning Interval (PI) Planning and execution
- Defining Features and user stories
- Applying Customer Centricity and Design Thinking
- Collaborating with stakeholders across ARTs
- Measuring value and business outcomes
- Applying AI in product management and decision-making
- Driving continuous improvement and innovation
6. What will you receive?
- Comprehensive course workbook and materials
- One SAFe certification exam voucher
- One-year access to SAFe Studio
- Practice exams and study guides
- Access to AI-enabled tools and learning resources
7. Prerequisites
- Familiarity with Agile principles and Scrum practices
- Experience working in a product, business analysis, or delivery role is beneficial
- No prior SAFe certification required
8. Professional Development Units (PDUs) & Scrum Education Units
Claim Code: 4446Z3MWQ6
PMI PDUs: 15 PDUs
- Ways of Working: 10.50
- Power Skills: 3.00
- Business Acumen: 1.50
Scrum Education Units (SEUs): ~14–16
|
Certification |
Technical |
Leadership |
Strategic |
Total |
|
PMP® |
6.00 |
6.00 |
3.00 |
15.00 |
|
PgMP® |
6.00 |
6.00 |
3.00 |
15.00 |
|
PMI-RMP® |
0.00 |
6.00 |
3.00 |
9.00 |
|
PMI-SP® |
0.00 |
6.00 |
3.00 |
9.00 |
|
PMI-ACP® |
0.00 |
6.00 |
3.00 |
9.00 |
|
PfMP® |
0.00 |
6.00 |
3.00 |
9.00 |
|
PMI-PBA® |
0.00 |
6.00 |
3.00 |
9.00 |
Other credits may be applicable depending on governing body.