SAFE AGILE PRODUCT MANAGEMENT 2026 TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Responsible for driving individual epicsfrom identification through the analysis
process of the portfolio kanban system and on to the go/no-go decision, then all the way
through implementation. - ✔✔Epic Owner
✔✔When an Epic is accepted for implementation... - ✔✔Epic Owner works with ART
developement team and PM to initiate the development activites
✔✔In Safe, the is a role not a job. - ✔✔Epic Owner
✔✔Who can be an epic owner - ✔✔anyone
✔✔Epic owner Resonsibilities - ✔✔Work with
✔✔Work with Stakeholders and SME to define the Epic and its hypothesis statement,
establish the cost of delay, and identify business sponsers
Work with Development teams to size the Epic and provide input for economic
prioritization.
Define Epic Outcomes hypothesis and MVP
Guide the Epics through the Portfolio Kanban system and create the Lean Business
Case
Present the Epic, including the business case, to the LPM for go/no-go decision -
✔✔Responsibilities of Epic Owner
✔✔Key Architecture concerns - ✔✔Non functional requirement
✔✔System qualities that support end-user functionality and system goals -
✔✔Nonfunctional requirements
✔✔Associated with backlogs at all four configurations of SAFe - ✔✔Nonfunctional
requirements
✔✔Sometimes known as ilities. IE reliability, usability, scalability, maintainability, etc -
✔✔Nonfunctional requirements
✔✔Manages the flow of Epics - ✔✔Portfolio Kanban System
✔✔Makes largest business initiatives visible - ✔✔Portfolio Kanban System
✔✔Brings structure to analysis - ✔✔Portfolio Kanban System
, ✔✔Provides WIP limits to ensure that the teams analyze responsibly - ✔✔Portfolio
Kanban System
✔✔Helps prevent unrealistic expectations - ✔✔Portfolio Kanban System
✔✔Helps drive collaboration among the key stakeholders - ✔✔Portfolio Kanban System
✔✔Provides a transparent and quantitative basis for economic decision-making -
✔✔Portfolio Kanban System
✔✔The portfolio Kanban system is tightly connected to the cadence of what? - ✔✔Agile
Release Trains
✔✔What holds Epics approved for implementation? - ✔✔Portfolio Backlog
✔✔Holds Epics approved for implementation - ✔✔Portfolio Backlog
✔✔all big ideas are welcome here! - ✔✔Funnel
✔✔New business opportunities - ✔✔Funnel
✔✔Cost savings
Marketplace changes - ✔✔Funnel
✔✔Mergers and aquisition
Problems with existing solutions - ✔✔Funnel
✔✔Epic hypothesis statement - ✔✔Reviewing
✔✔Refine understanding
Calculate WSJF
WIP Limit - ✔✔Reviewing
✔✔Solution Alternatives
Refine WSJF - ✔✔Analyzing
✔✔Cost estimate
Identify MVP - ✔✔Analyzing
✔✔Lean Business case
Wip Limit
Go/No-go decision - ✔✔Analyzing
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Responsible for driving individual epicsfrom identification through the analysis
process of the portfolio kanban system and on to the go/no-go decision, then all the way
through implementation. - ✔✔Epic Owner
✔✔When an Epic is accepted for implementation... - ✔✔Epic Owner works with ART
developement team and PM to initiate the development activites
✔✔In Safe, the is a role not a job. - ✔✔Epic Owner
✔✔Who can be an epic owner - ✔✔anyone
✔✔Epic owner Resonsibilities - ✔✔Work with
✔✔Work with Stakeholders and SME to define the Epic and its hypothesis statement,
establish the cost of delay, and identify business sponsers
Work with Development teams to size the Epic and provide input for economic
prioritization.
Define Epic Outcomes hypothesis and MVP
Guide the Epics through the Portfolio Kanban system and create the Lean Business
Case
Present the Epic, including the business case, to the LPM for go/no-go decision -
✔✔Responsibilities of Epic Owner
✔✔Key Architecture concerns - ✔✔Non functional requirement
✔✔System qualities that support end-user functionality and system goals -
✔✔Nonfunctional requirements
✔✔Associated with backlogs at all four configurations of SAFe - ✔✔Nonfunctional
requirements
✔✔Sometimes known as ilities. IE reliability, usability, scalability, maintainability, etc -
✔✔Nonfunctional requirements
✔✔Manages the flow of Epics - ✔✔Portfolio Kanban System
✔✔Makes largest business initiatives visible - ✔✔Portfolio Kanban System
✔✔Brings structure to analysis - ✔✔Portfolio Kanban System
, ✔✔Provides WIP limits to ensure that the teams analyze responsibly - ✔✔Portfolio
Kanban System
✔✔Helps prevent unrealistic expectations - ✔✔Portfolio Kanban System
✔✔Helps drive collaboration among the key stakeholders - ✔✔Portfolio Kanban System
✔✔Provides a transparent and quantitative basis for economic decision-making -
✔✔Portfolio Kanban System
✔✔The portfolio Kanban system is tightly connected to the cadence of what? - ✔✔Agile
Release Trains
✔✔What holds Epics approved for implementation? - ✔✔Portfolio Backlog
✔✔Holds Epics approved for implementation - ✔✔Portfolio Backlog
✔✔all big ideas are welcome here! - ✔✔Funnel
✔✔New business opportunities - ✔✔Funnel
✔✔Cost savings
Marketplace changes - ✔✔Funnel
✔✔Mergers and aquisition
Problems with existing solutions - ✔✔Funnel
✔✔Epic hypothesis statement - ✔✔Reviewing
✔✔Refine understanding
Calculate WSJF
WIP Limit - ✔✔Reviewing
✔✔Solution Alternatives
Refine WSJF - ✔✔Analyzing
✔✔Cost estimate
Identify MVP - ✔✔Analyzing
✔✔Lean Business case
Wip Limit
Go/No-go decision - ✔✔Analyzing
