SAFE AGILE PRODUCT MANAGEMENT 2026 STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔WIP limited by downstream capacity
Teams begin implementing at program increment boundaries - ✔✔implementing
✔✔Epic tracking continues - ✔✔Implementing
✔✔Anticipated outcome hypothesis evaluated
pivot or persevere decision made - ✔✔Done
✔✔where do features come from? - ✔✔Through preparation of epics for MVP
Product Owners
Architectural runway
Emerge locally from the ARTLLP
✔✔communitcates strategix intent, and readies the Agile Release Train for launch -
✔✔Vision
✔✔Is a description of the future state of a solution - ✔✔the Vision
✔✔Answers where are we headed with this Product or Solution? - ✔✔Vision
✔✔Answers, what problems does it solve? - ✔✔the vision
✔✔Answers, What features and benefit hypothesis does it provide? - ✔✔The Vision
✔✔Answers, For whom does it provide them? - ✔✔The vision
✔✔Answers, what nonfunctional requirements does the solution drive? - ✔✔The vision
✔✔What are common formats for the vision? - ✔✔-Rolling wave briefings
-Vison documents
-preliminary data sheet
-Draft press release
✔✔what are the different forms of input to the solution and program vision? -
✔✔Customer feedback
Architect, system team other
Strategic themes
Solution backlog NFR
Solution context
Solution intent
Solution/ product management
, Team inputs/ Agile team
Product owner
✔✔Often Derived from the Vision - ✔✔Roadmap and its attributes
✔✔What are Key Architecture concerns - ✔✔Non Functional requirements
✔✔It is created by the project manager - ✔✔Roadmap and its attributes
✔✔Exists on the spanning Palette in the SAFe Big Picture and so can exist at all levels
of the framework - ✔✔Roadmap and its attributes
✔✔General Plan of when business and enabler features will be delivered over the next
three PIs - ✔✔Roadmap and its attributes
✔✔Only the first PI is committed; the others are a forecast which will be adjusted based
on the learning from initial PI - ✔✔Roadmap and its attributes
✔✔What are methods used to visualize and manage the flow of value from ideation to
analysis, implementation, and release? - ✔✔The program and solution Kanban
✔✔What allows Agile release trains(Arts) and solution trains to manage capacity based
on the work in progress(WIP) limit of different states of the process? - ✔✔The Kanban
system
✔✔What prevents the system from operating with large handoffs and identifies
bottlenecks and opportunities for improvement? - ✔✔The Kanban and WIP limits
✔✔What increases visibility into existing and upcoming work, and better understand the
flow of work?
Ensures continuous refinement of new value definition and acceptance criteria
Fosters role Collaboration across disciplines, functions and levels? - ✔✔Program and
solution Kanban
✔✔What is used by the ART to facilitate the flow of features through the continuous
delivery pipeline? - ✔✔Program Kanban
✔✔What are epics splint into? - ✔✔Features
✔✔What are examples of non economic based prioritization? - ✔✔-Hippo- Highest paid
person makes the decision.
"The Senior VP said we should do this project"
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔WIP limited by downstream capacity
Teams begin implementing at program increment boundaries - ✔✔implementing
✔✔Epic tracking continues - ✔✔Implementing
✔✔Anticipated outcome hypothesis evaluated
pivot or persevere decision made - ✔✔Done
✔✔where do features come from? - ✔✔Through preparation of epics for MVP
Product Owners
Architectural runway
Emerge locally from the ARTLLP
✔✔communitcates strategix intent, and readies the Agile Release Train for launch -
✔✔Vision
✔✔Is a description of the future state of a solution - ✔✔the Vision
✔✔Answers where are we headed with this Product or Solution? - ✔✔Vision
✔✔Answers, what problems does it solve? - ✔✔the vision
✔✔Answers, What features and benefit hypothesis does it provide? - ✔✔The Vision
✔✔Answers, For whom does it provide them? - ✔✔The vision
✔✔Answers, what nonfunctional requirements does the solution drive? - ✔✔The vision
✔✔What are common formats for the vision? - ✔✔-Rolling wave briefings
-Vison documents
-preliminary data sheet
-Draft press release
✔✔what are the different forms of input to the solution and program vision? -
✔✔Customer feedback
Architect, system team other
Strategic themes
Solution backlog NFR
Solution context
Solution intent
Solution/ product management
, Team inputs/ Agile team
Product owner
✔✔Often Derived from the Vision - ✔✔Roadmap and its attributes
✔✔What are Key Architecture concerns - ✔✔Non Functional requirements
✔✔It is created by the project manager - ✔✔Roadmap and its attributes
✔✔Exists on the spanning Palette in the SAFe Big Picture and so can exist at all levels
of the framework - ✔✔Roadmap and its attributes
✔✔General Plan of when business and enabler features will be delivered over the next
three PIs - ✔✔Roadmap and its attributes
✔✔Only the first PI is committed; the others are a forecast which will be adjusted based
on the learning from initial PI - ✔✔Roadmap and its attributes
✔✔What are methods used to visualize and manage the flow of value from ideation to
analysis, implementation, and release? - ✔✔The program and solution Kanban
✔✔What allows Agile release trains(Arts) and solution trains to manage capacity based
on the work in progress(WIP) limit of different states of the process? - ✔✔The Kanban
system
✔✔What prevents the system from operating with large handoffs and identifies
bottlenecks and opportunities for improvement? - ✔✔The Kanban and WIP limits
✔✔What increases visibility into existing and upcoming work, and better understand the
flow of work?
Ensures continuous refinement of new value definition and acceptance criteria
Fosters role Collaboration across disciplines, functions and levels? - ✔✔Program and
solution Kanban
✔✔What is used by the ART to facilitate the flow of features through the continuous
delivery pipeline? - ✔✔Program Kanban
✔✔What are epics splint into? - ✔✔Features
✔✔What are examples of non economic based prioritization? - ✔✔-Hippo- Highest paid
person makes the decision.
"The Senior VP said we should do this project"
