SAFe® 5 Agile Product and Solution Manager (APSM)

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Type: Certification
Level: Foundational

SAFe® 5 Agile Product and Solution Management

A Certified SAFe® 5 Agile Product and Solution Manager (APSM) 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.

Course Summary

Discover and apply the mindset, skills, and tools you need to create successful products and solutions that are desirable, viable, feasible, and sustainable. The Agile Product and Solution Management course harnesses the power of Design Thinking to develop innovative solutions with proven SAFe capabilities to execute on those visions. Learn the right mindset, skills, and tools to create successful products—from inception to retirement—using Agile techniques. 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 life cycle to get fast feedback and quickly deliver exceptional products and solutions that delight customers—all while aligning with your organization’s strategy, portfolio, evolving architecture, and solution intent.

What you’ll learn

After completing the class, you should be able to:

  • 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

Class registration includes:

  • Attendee workbooks

  • Eligibility to take the SAFe® 5 Agile Product and Solution Manager exam

  • One-year membership to the SAFe Community Platform

  • Course certificate of completion

You must attend all three days of the course in order to qualify for the exam.

SAFe Certification Kit

Attendees who pass the certification exam will receive:

  • SAFe® 5 Agile Product and Solution Manager certificate

  • A SAFe® 5 Agile Product and Solution Manager digital badge to promote your accomplishment online

  • A one-year certified membership as a SAFe® 5 Agile Product and Solution Manager, which includes access to the APSM Community of Practice

  • A SAFe® 5 Agile Product and Solution Manager certification usage guide with APSM certification marks

  • Access to a variety of learning resources to support certified professionals during their SAFe journey

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

Who Will Benefit?

  • Product Management teams

  • Product marketing managers, project managers, Product Owners

  • VP of Product Management, Business Owners, Business Analysts

  • User experience and customer experience professionals

  • Product leaders collaborating with Product Management, architects, subject matter experts, and business line managers

Prerequisites

You 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.

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