SAFe® 6.0 Product Owner / Manager Certification (POPM)

You should learn the Program and Portfolio Management Professional (POPM) to improve your skills in program and portfolio management. This can help you become a better project manager and prepare for a leadership position. Understanding POPM methods and practices can improve your skills in risk management, financial management, and stakeholder management. It can also help you have a better understanding of monitoring and controlling projects to ensure they are effectively and successfully completed.

POPM supports companies to achieve their goals by promoting efficient requirements gathering and management, improved collaboration, higher project efficiency, and higher project quality.

POPM stands for "Program and Portfolio Management Professional" and is a certification program for professionals in program and portfolio management. It was developed by PMI (Project Management Institute) and aims to provide participants with a deep understanding of the methods and practices of program and portfolio management. By completing the certification process and passing an exam, participants demonstrate their competence in this area and can refer to themselves as program and portfolio management professionals. This certification can be helpful in improving career opportunities and boosting confidence in program and portfolio management skills.

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• Prepare for PI planning (30%)
• Running iterations (30%)
• Leading PI Planning (20%)
• Become a product owner/product manager in the SAFe company (10%)
• Running the PI (10%)

No, no recording and/or dissemination of distance learning is permitted. Each participant must be present in a live training as if they were doing the training in person.

POPM can be learned through training, courses, and online materials. Some exams can be taken for certification as a Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)®.

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 is used to validate and improve skills and knowledge in the field of business analysis and solutions.

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.

With your certification as a Program and Portfolio Management Professional (POPM), you have the opportunity to work in a variety of organizations and industries that offer program and portfolio management services. Here are some areas where you can work with your certification:

• IT industry: In the IT industry, you can work as a program or project manager and have a deep understanding of monitoring and overseeing IT programs.
• Government: In government, you can work as a program or project manager for government programs.
• Financial services: In the financial industry, you can work as a program or project manager for financial programs.
• Healthcare: In healthcare, you can work as a program or project manager for healthcare programs.
• Production and manufacturing: In production and manufacturing, you can work as a program or project manager for production and manufacturing programs.

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 is intended for business analysts, project managers, process experts, and other professionals working on projects and business solutions.

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.