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Role Description/Target Audience
A Certified SAFe® Agile Product Manager combines Design Thinking with Lean-Agile values and principles to create products and solutions that are desirable, viable, feasible, and sustainable. They understand how Continuous Exploration fuels innovation and helps to define a vision, strategy, and roadmap to tap into new markets and accelerate the product lifecycle to get fast feedback to deliver exception products and solutions.
Key Areas of Competency
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
Course Information
In this three-day course, attendees you’ll explore how to use design thinking to put your customers at the center and create products that are desirable, feasible, and sustainable. You’ll discover how continuous exploration fuels innovation. You’ll get the guidance and tools you need to work effectively in remote environments with distributed teams. And you’ll explore how to define a vision, strategy, and roadmap to satisfy existing customers and attract new ones.
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
What Attendees Get
Printed workbook
Preparation and eligibility to take the SAFe® 5 Agile Product Management (APM) exam
One-year membership to the SAFe Community Platform
Course certificate of completion
Attendees must attend both days of the course in order to qualify for the exam.
Exam Details
Exam Prerequisites
Attendees of this course should be familiar with Agile principles and practices and have attended at least one SAFe course prior to attending.
A background in product or solution management is highly recommended.
Those who have experience being a product manager, product marketer, product owner, business owner, or bringing products to market would benefit from this course.
Exam requirements
The first step toward becoming an Certified SAFe® Agile Product Management is to attend the SAFe® Agile Product Management course. This is a requirement, because attending the course provides access to all the study materials and the exam. Note that attending the course does not guarantee passing the exam.
Exam Name – SAFe® 5 Agile Product Management
Exam Format – Multiple choice; Multiple select
Exam delivery – Web-based (single-browser), closed book, no outside assistance, timed
Exam Access – Candidates can access the exam within the SAFe Community Platform upon completion of the SAFe® Scrum Master course
Exam Duration – Once the exam begins, candidates have 90 minutes (1.5 hours) to complete the exam
Number of Questions – 60
Passing Score – APM = 45 out of 60 (75%);
Language – English
Exam cost – First exam attempt is included as part of the course registration fee if the exam is taken within 30 days of course completion. Each retake attempt costs $50.
Retake policy – Second attempt on exam (first retake) can be done immediately after first attempt. Third attempt requires a 10-day wait. Fourth attempt requires a 30-day wait.
Exam study materials
The exam is designed to measure knowledge and skill related to the job role. We highly recommend candidates use a variety of resources to prepare for this exam including:
Course materials – The course materials are an essential artifact from the course and can be downloaded from the SAFe Community Platform. These materials can be used to refer back to the content that was presented during the class.
Study guide – This comprehensive guide details the job role and all resources related to the exam, including a detailed reading list. Access is available through the Learning Plan in the SAFe Community Platform upon course completion.
Practice test – The practice test is designed to be predictive of success on the certification exam,* and it has the same number of questions, level of difficulty, and time duration. It is part of the Learning Plan in the SAFe Community Platform and can be taken an unlimited number of times at no cost. *This is not the actual exam, and passing it does not guarantee success on the certification exam.
Sample Questions – A web-enabled, flashcard style version of the sample questions can be found online and in the study guide.
Certification Benefits
Benefits You Are Eligible To Receive From Our Partner (Scaled Agile) & Problem-To-Solution Inc.
Globally Recognized & Respected Product Management Training / Certification Opportunity
Scaled Agile Inc. Benefits
Certified SAFe® Agile Product Management PDF certificate
Certified SAFe® Agile Product Management digital badge to promote the accomplishment online
One-year membership to the SAFe Community Platform, which includes access to the APM Community of Practice
Access to Meetup groups and events that provide connections to other certified SAFe professionals
A variety of learning resources to support certified professionals during their SAFe journey
SAFe Professionals typically make 25% more than non-SAFe Professionals
Attendees may be eligible to apply for SEUs under Category C, toward earning or renewing their CSP through Scrum Alliances
Additional Exclusive Problem-To-Solution Benefits - (Activate These Benefits By Choosing Us Over Our Competitors)
Mentorship - One-on-One time with the SAFe Coach during and after the course is done (Career Advice & Course Reviews)
Free Resume Update
Free Consulting – (Interviewing Tips for new/current Lean-Agile Roles)
Free Job Board Guidance
Free Content Review Sessions
PMI Certification Professional Development Units & Scrum Education Units
PMP® Technical -12.00 Leadership- 2.25 Strategic - 0.75 Total Hours - 15.00
PgMP® Technical - 12.00 Leadership- 2.25 Strategic - 0.75 Total Hours - 15.00
PMI_RMP® Technical - 0.00 Leadership-2.25 Strategic - 0.75 Total Hours - 3.00
PMI_SP® Technical -0.00 Leadership- 2.25 Strategic - 0.75 Total Hours - 3.00
PMI_ACP® Technical -12.00 Leadership- 2.25 Strategic - 0.75 Total Hours - 15.00
PfMP® Technical - 0.00 Leadership-2.25 Strategic - 0.75 Total Hours - 3.00
PMI_PBAsm Technical - 0.00 Leadership-2.25 Strategic - 0.75 Total Hours - 3.00