Agile Product Management (SAFe APM 5.0 Certification)

Summary

The Agile Product and Solution Management course allows you to discover the right mindset, skills, and tools you need to create successful products and solutions using Agile techniques. Learn how to use Design Thinking to create products and solutions that are:

• Desirable what customers want
• Viable profitable for you to build and sell
• Feasible something you can realistically deliver
• Sustainable something you can proactively manage to realize ROI

Attendees will 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 lifecycle to get fast feedback and quickly deliver exceptional products and solutions that delight customers all while aligning with your organizations strategy, portfolio, evolving architecture, and solution intent.

Dates

• Monday Nov 9th , 3-4pm (cst) kick-off & pre-work
• Wednesday Nov 11th, 11am - 5pm (cst)
• Thursday Nov 12th, 11am - 5pm (cst)
• Friday Nov 13th, 11am - 5pm (cst)

Who will benefit?

• Product managers and directors of product management
• Product marketing managers, project managers, Product Owners
• VP of Product Management, Business Owners, Business Analysts
• Product leaders collaborating with product management, architects, subject matter experts, and business line managers

Learning Goals

• 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

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

What Attendees Get

The class registration includes:

• Attendee workbooks
• Eligibility to take the SAFe® 5 Product and Solution Management exam
• One-year membership to the SAFe Community Platform
• Course certificate of completion

Attendees must attend both days of the course in order to be eligible for the exam.

Instructor

Ben Leonard, PhD, Certified SAFe Program Consultant

Derek Benson, Certified SAFe Program Consultant