SAFe Product Owner / Product Manager (POPM) Training
Step into the Scaled Agile World as a Strategic Product Leader
Understand more details about SAFe Product Owner / Product Manager (POPM) Training
At World of Agile, we have been shaping agile professionals for over 25 years. With deep expertise in coaching, training, and guiding organizations on their agile journey, we now bring to you the training for SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM) Certification by Scaled Agile.
This course is designed for senior Product Managers, Product Owners, Business Analysts, and Agile leaders who want to elevate their role in a scaled environment. The POPM program equips you with the skills to connect strategy to execution, maximize value delivery, and drive alignment across the enterprise.
Why POPM?
In today’s world, product ownership is no longer just about managing a backlog. At scale, Product Owners and Product Managers play a strategic role in:
- Defining customer-centric products and solutions
- Aligning features and priorities with business objectives
- Collaborating with Agile Release Trains (ARTs) to deliver value at speed
- Leveraging Lean-Agile principles to scale across teams and portfolios
The POPM certification gives you the knowledge, frameworks, and tools to thrive in a scaled agile environment and deliver maximum business value.
Work smarter as a product leader—gain tools to align stakeholders, prioritize effectively, and maximize ROI in a SAFe® environment.”
What You Will Learn
By attending this course, you will gain practical knowledge and hands-on skills in:
- Understand Why and How SAFe Helps
- Overview of SAFe – Understand the roles of PO and PM in a SAFe® enterprise
- Collaborating with stakeholders, architects, and system teams to define vision and roadmap
- Breaking down Epics into Features and Stories for effective backlog management
- Driving Program Increment (PI) Planning and execution
- Applying a customer-centric mindset with Design Thinking principles
“In just 2 days, master how to define value, align backlogs, and the work across Agile Release Trains.”
Who Should Attend?
This course is ideal for professionals who are already playing, or aspiring to play, senior product leadership roles:
- Product Owners & Product Managers
- Business Analysts
- Solution Managers & Portfolio Managers
- Agile Coaches & Consultants
- Anyone responsible for defining and delivering value at scale
Key Benefits
- Get certified as a SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM)
- Enhance your ability to deliver customer value at scale
- Learn from real-world examples and case studies shared by an Agile expert with 25 years’ experience
- Gain skills that are globally recognized and in high demand across industries
Why Choose World of Agile?
At World of Agile, training is not about theory alone. With 25+ years of experience in Agile coaching and transformation, we bring:
- Question bank that helps you prepare for exam – we hand hold you to prepare for exam
- Digitized notes that will help with exam and act as a future reference
- Practical insights from real-world enterprise implementations
- Interactive workshops with activities, role plays, and discussions
- A focus on experiential learning, not just passing the exam
- We promise life long access to trainer
- A trusted brand in the Agile community, with thousands of professionals trained
“At world of Agile we become partner in the career progression”
Know your trainer
Snehamayee will be your trainer, read more about Snehamayee and find some testimonials about her at https://worldofagile.com/faculty-profiles/snehamayee/
Course Format
- Duration: 2 days (classroom or virtual live sessions)
- Delivery: Interactive, activity-based learning with case studies
- Certification: SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM) credential upon passing the exam
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
The SAFe® Product Owner / Product Manager (POPM) certification validates your ability to perform the role of a Product Owner or Product Manager in a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) enterprise. It equips you with practical tools to define value, manage backlogs, and drive alignment across teams and stakeholders.
- Product Owners and Product Managers
- Business Analysts and Solution Managers
- Portfolio Managers and Program Managers
- Agile Coaches, Scrum Masters, and Consultants
- Anyone responsible for defining features, prioritizing backlogs, or delivering value at scale
While there are no mandatory prerequisites, it is recommended that participants have:
- A basic understanding of Agile concepts and Scrum
- Familiarity with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®)
- Experience working in a Lean-Agile environment
- Apply Lean-Agile principles to product ownership and management
- Break down Epics into Features and Stories
- Manage and refine team and program backlogs
- Collaborate with stakeholders to define roadmaps and vision
- Drive and support PI Planning and execution
- Deliver maximum business value through customer-centric approaches
- Format: Multiple-choice, web-based, closed book
- Duration: 90 minutes
- Number of Questions: 45
- Passing Score: 73% (33 out of 45)
- The exam is conducted online through the Scaled Agile platform after the training.
- SAFe® POPM Certification from Scaled Agile, Inc.
- A one-year membership to the SAFe® Community Platform
- Access to toolkits, resources, and templates to support your role
- Recognition as a globally certified Product Owner/Product Manager
At World of Agile, we deliver this course in both formats:
- Virtual Live Classes with interactive breakout sessions
- In-person Workshops for immersive, activity-based learning
Both formats include case studies, role plays, and exercises to ensure practical learning.
With 25+ years of Agile coaching and training experience, World of Agile brings:
- Practical insights from enterprise transformations
- Interactive learning methods (not just theory)
- Guidance from an experienced Agile coach and trainer
- A focus on helping you apply concepts in your real-world context
The SAFe® POPM certification is valid for one year. After that, you can renew it annually by paying the renewal fee and maintaining your membership with Scaled Agile.
- Doubt-clearing sessions on request
- Access to reference material, templates, and toolkits
- Guidance on applying concepts in your real-world projects
- Support for exam preparation
The exam is considered moderate in difficulty. With the interactive training, hands-on exercises, digitized notes and Question Bank we provide, most participants find it manageable and succeed in their first attempt.
Yes! Many professionals attend the course primarily to learn and apply POPM practices in their workplace. The certification is optional but adds significant global recognition to your profile. If you want just the training – do reach out to us and we can discuss your options
Definitely. The POPM role is about value delivery, product vision, and stakeholder alignment—not coding. Professionals from business, operations, finance, and other domains benefit equally from this certification. This course does not need any IT skills or knowledge
- CSPO focuses on the Product Owner role at a single team level.
- POPM prepares you to work as a Product Owner or Product Manager at scale within SAFe®, aligning multiple teams (ARTs) to enterprise strategy.
If you want to step up from team-level to enterprise-level product leadership, POPM is the right choice.
