SAFe® 6.0 Product Owner / Manager Certification (POPM)

First and foremost, it's important to spread awareness and understanding of Agile project management and POPM within your company. Clearly communicate the benefits and added value, and demonstrate why it makes sense to introduce this method. Training for the entire team is essential to ensure that everyone speaks the same language and understands the concepts. You can also certify some key players in POPM to strengthen understanding and competency within the team.

POPM provides an understanding of collaboration between the Product Owner and other Scrum roles, particularly the Scrum Team and Scrum Master, thereby promoting effective collaboration.

POPM helps improve understanding of business analysis and solutions, and provides a recognized certification that confirms competencies and skills in the field. It can also be helpful in career development and in acquiring new clients and projects.

The iSAQB (International Software Architecture Qualification Board) module POPM (Professional Scrum Product Owner) has the following objectives:

• Providing knowledge about the role and responsibility of the Product Owner in a Scrum project.
• Training in the skills and techniques necessary for successful implementation of the Product Owner role.
• Providing an understanding of collaboration between the Product Owner and other Scrum roles, especially the Scrum Team and Scrum Master.
• Providing best practices and methods to improve requirements gathering and management within a Scrum project.
• Supporting the implementation of Scrum projects by providing processes, techniques, and tools that contribute to efficient requirements implementation.

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Participation in the SAFe® POPM seminar is possible regardless of the level of experience, but the following prior knowledge is recommended:

• Completed Leading SAFe® course
• Work experience in the SAFe® environment
• Knowledge of Lean and Agile methods or other relevant methods and tools

Completion of the course enables you to take the SAFe® certification exam. You have access to extensive study material via your SAFe® account. All information about the certification examination can be found here: Examination details

There is a multiple-choice exam with a total of 45 questions, with one or more answers (2-3) possible. Participants have 90 minutes to answer, and a minimum of 33 questions must be answered correctly to pass certification. This corresponds to a percentage of 73%. It should be noted that there are no partial credits, and therefore all correct choices must be made for multiple-answer questions.

If you fail the exam on your first attempt, you can retake it and purchase a retake. Instant replay is available for a $50 replay fee.

If you fail to pass the repeat exam, you can try a third time after a ten-day waiting period. For a fourth attempt and all additional attempts, the waiting period is 30 days. The reinstatement fee to implement SAFe is $250.

You can buy a retake of the exam in your syllabus. The Retake button is next to your exam. Clicking this button will take you to the payment platform to purchase your retake exam.

The iSAQB module POPM (Professional Scrum Product Owner) can be used in any company that uses Scrum as an agile project management framework. The training is aimed at individuals who take on the role of Product Owner in a Scrum project, as well as project managers, product managers, requirements managers, and other individuals involved in requirements gathering and management. The POPM module is designed to help participants improve their skills in dealing with requirements and implementing Scrum projects to ensure successful project implementation.

POPM has been specifically designed for agile projects, making it particularly suitable if you already have an understanding of agile project management and are interested in using agile methods.

Product Owners, stakeholders, and project managers can benefit from a certification in POPM (Professional in Product Management). This certification helps them improve their skills in product management and gain a deeper understanding of the requirements, processes, and procedures in product management.

POPM is valuable for employees working in a company that has already implemented or is currently implementing SAFe, especially those who are faced with the challenge of scaling agility.

• Product Owner
• Agile product and product line managers
• Individuals involved in product development using the Scrum framework
• Solution and process managers
• Portfolio managers, program managers, and PMO staff
• Enterprise, solution, and system architects.

Product and product line managers, product owners, process owners, business analysts, solution and portfolio managers, program managers, project management officers (PMO), as well as enterprise, resolution, and system architects.