SAFe Product Owner / Product Manager 5.1

- Recent State of Agile Report
- McKinsey Demystifying Agile Marketing (YouTube)
- McKinsey Agile Marketing Overview (link)
- Nonprofit SAFe Case Study: Easter Seals (YouTube)
- Marketing SAFe Case Study: Sprout Loud (PDF)
- Story @ MetLife Getting C-Level Buy-in (SAFe Summit YouTube)
- Story @ PepsiCo combining SAFe & CX / UX (SAFe Summit YouTube)

Learning Goals
- How to perform the role of a PO and a PM on a daily basis.
- How to put the customer at the center of your design, build, and test process.
- How to prepare for and lead PI Planning.
- How to decompose Epics to Features and Features to Stories.
- How to collaborate with Agile teams to forecast work.
Key SAFe Links (external)
Key Course Links
- Day 1: Monday July 18 MS Teams Invite
- Day 2: Tuesday July 19 MS Teams Invite
- Day 3: Wednesday July 20 MS Teams Invite
- Day 1 Pulse Check
- Course Workbook:
Group Breakouts
Important! We will be using MS Teams Breakouts and SAFe Collaborate (not Mural) for all Group Breakout Exercises! Scroll down to see who is in each group (members)



Here are the members of each group for Breakout Exercises
Group A Members
- Abena
- Brandon
- Carina
- Caroline
- Chris
- Cheryl
- Crystal
Group B Members
- Denise
- Diane
- Effe
- Jeff
- Justin
- Karen
- Michelle P
Group C Members
- Manasa
- Maria
- Melanie
- Michelle C
- Nataliya
- Rina
- Tyler
Each team needs to come up with cool team name. “Trading” members between teams is allowed but only at beginning of Day 1 or Day 2 or Day 3.
After-course
Lunch Exam Prep Sessions
Optional sessions to help you learn, prepare for he exam, and answer any additional questions
Session 1 TBD (includes small feature writing workshop)
Date / Time TBD
Google Meeting Invite
Session 2 TBD (including small story & AC writing workshop)
Date / Time TBD
Google Meeting Invite
Instructor Info
Adam Kruszynski
Primary Instructor
Cell: +1-647-394-5979
(Text / WhatsApp)
Ashesh Desai
Backup Instructor
Cell: +1-905-550-3859
(Text / WhatsApp)