POPM

SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager study plan

3 sessions, about 2.2 hours in total. Each one ends at 80% — the mark SAFe POPM actually requires — so you find out you have not understood something while it is still cheap to fix.

  1. SAFe Foundations and the Agile Release Train

    The structures a Product Owner works inside: the train, its cadence, and who decides what at which level.

    Time
    about 20 minutes
    Read
    The Agile Release Train · Product Owner and Product Manager · PI Planning · Iterations, IP Iteration and the Cadence
    Practise
    10 questions on Continuous Exploration & Vision, PI Execution & Delivery, Product Manager Accountabilities
    Move on at
    80%
  2. Backlogs, Value and Prioritisation

    How work is described and ordered at team and program level, and the economics SAFe uses to decide.

    Time
    about 20 minutes
    Read
    Epics, Capabilities, Features and Stories · Weighted Shortest Job First · Writing and Accepting Stories · PI Objectives and Business Value
    Practise
    10 questions on Backlog Definition & Prioritisation, Product Owner Accountabilities, Customer Centricity & Design Thinking
    Move on at
    80%
  3. Final Assessment

    Time
    about 90 minutes
    Practise
    45 questions on Product Owner Accountabilities, Product Manager Accountabilities, Customer Centricity & Design Thinking, Continuous Exploration & Vision, Backlog Definition & Prioritisation, PI Execution & Delivery
    Move on at
    80%