SAFe APM Questions and Answers |
Latest Version | 2025/2026 | Correct &
Verified
How does a Product Manager manage non-functional requirements?
✔✔By prioritizing, tracking, and ensuring alignment with feature delivery
What is the role of a Product Manager in product lifecycle management?
✔✔To guide features from ideation through delivery, measurement, and improvement
How does a Product Manager leverage stakeholder feedback?
✔✔By refining features, adjusting priorities, and validating business value
What is the Product Manager’s role in Lean-Agile portfolio governance?
✔✔To ensure investment decisions are value-driven and aligned with strategic objectives
How does a Product Manager facilitate decision-making during trade-offs?
✔✔By providing data, context, and business value assessments to guide choices
1
,What is the role of a Product Manager in feature refinement sessions?
✔✔To clarify scope, define acceptance criteria, and support team understanding
How does a Product Manager measure economic impact of features?
✔✔By analyzing ROI, cost of delay, and business outcomes
How does a Product Manager align team and program delivery?
✔✔By communicating vision, defining features, and coordinating dependencies
What is the importance of maintaining a prioritized backlog?
✔✔To ensure that teams work on the most valuable features first and deliver consistent business
outcomes
How does a Product Manager contribute to Agile Release Train predictability?
✔✔By providing clear priorities, refining features, and supporting PI planning execution
How does a Product Manager support continuous improvement of ARTs?
✔✔By participating in retrospectives, reviewing metrics, and adjusting the backlog accordingly
2
,What is the role of a Product Manager in solution intent management?
✔✔To capture, maintain, and communicate evolving knowledge about product requirements and
design
How does a Product Manager facilitate alignment with enterprise strategy?
✔✔By translating strategic objectives into actionable features and prioritizing work accordingly
What is the primary role of an Agile Product Manager in SAFe?
✔✔To define vision, prioritize the program backlog, and ensure delivery of business value
How does a Product Manager ensure alignment with business strategy?
✔✔By maintaining a roadmap that reflects organizational goals and portfolio priorities
What is the purpose of the Program Backlog?
✔✔To organize, prioritize, and manage features for the Agile Release Train
How does a Product Manager interact with stakeholders?
3
, ✔✔By gathering input, communicating priorities, and managing expectations
What is the role of a Product Manager during PI Planning?
✔✔To present vision, business context, and prioritize features for the ART
How does a Product Manager help ensure value delivery?
✔✔By defining and prioritizing features based on business outcomes and WSJF
What is the difference between a feature and an epic?
✔✔Features are deliverable within a PI, while epics span multiple PIs and ARTs
How does a Product Manager collaborate with Product Owners?
✔✔By providing clear guidance, vision, and prioritization for the team backlog
What is the purpose of weighted shortest job first (WSJF)?
✔✔To prioritize work by maximizing economic value and minimizing delay
How does a Product Manager handle changing market conditions?
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Latest Version | 2025/2026 | Correct &
Verified
How does a Product Manager manage non-functional requirements?
✔✔By prioritizing, tracking, and ensuring alignment with feature delivery
What is the role of a Product Manager in product lifecycle management?
✔✔To guide features from ideation through delivery, measurement, and improvement
How does a Product Manager leverage stakeholder feedback?
✔✔By refining features, adjusting priorities, and validating business value
What is the Product Manager’s role in Lean-Agile portfolio governance?
✔✔To ensure investment decisions are value-driven and aligned with strategic objectives
How does a Product Manager facilitate decision-making during trade-offs?
✔✔By providing data, context, and business value assessments to guide choices
1
,What is the role of a Product Manager in feature refinement sessions?
✔✔To clarify scope, define acceptance criteria, and support team understanding
How does a Product Manager measure economic impact of features?
✔✔By analyzing ROI, cost of delay, and business outcomes
How does a Product Manager align team and program delivery?
✔✔By communicating vision, defining features, and coordinating dependencies
What is the importance of maintaining a prioritized backlog?
✔✔To ensure that teams work on the most valuable features first and deliver consistent business
outcomes
How does a Product Manager contribute to Agile Release Train predictability?
✔✔By providing clear priorities, refining features, and supporting PI planning execution
How does a Product Manager support continuous improvement of ARTs?
✔✔By participating in retrospectives, reviewing metrics, and adjusting the backlog accordingly
2
,What is the role of a Product Manager in solution intent management?
✔✔To capture, maintain, and communicate evolving knowledge about product requirements and
design
How does a Product Manager facilitate alignment with enterprise strategy?
✔✔By translating strategic objectives into actionable features and prioritizing work accordingly
What is the primary role of an Agile Product Manager in SAFe?
✔✔To define vision, prioritize the program backlog, and ensure delivery of business value
How does a Product Manager ensure alignment with business strategy?
✔✔By maintaining a roadmap that reflects organizational goals and portfolio priorities
What is the purpose of the Program Backlog?
✔✔To organize, prioritize, and manage features for the Agile Release Train
How does a Product Manager interact with stakeholders?
3
, ✔✔By gathering input, communicating priorities, and managing expectations
What is the role of a Product Manager during PI Planning?
✔✔To present vision, business context, and prioritize features for the ART
How does a Product Manager help ensure value delivery?
✔✔By defining and prioritizing features based on business outcomes and WSJF
What is the difference between a feature and an epic?
✔✔Features are deliverable within a PI, while epics span multiple PIs and ARTs
How does a Product Manager collaborate with Product Owners?
✔✔By providing clear guidance, vision, and prioritization for the team backlog
What is the purpose of weighted shortest job first (WSJF)?
✔✔To prioritize work by maximizing economic value and minimizing delay
How does a Product Manager handle changing market conditions?
4
