Product Management is responsible for "what gets built" as defined by the Vision, Roadmap, and what else?

Question

Options

• AProgram Backlog
• BKey stakeholders
• CCustomers
• DPI Planning

• A
  95% (40)
• B
  2% (1)
• D
  2% (1)

Explanation

Option A (Program Backlog) is correct because in SAFe, Product Management owns the three artifacts that define what gets built: the Vision, the Roadmap, and the Program Backlog - which holds the prioritized features waiting to be developed. Together, these three form the complete scope of Product Management's "what" responsibility.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• B (Key stakeholders) - Stakeholders are inputs to Product Management's decisions, not an artifact that defines what gets built.
• C (Customers) - Customers provide needs and feedback, but they are not an artifact under Product Management ownership in this triad.
• D (PI Planning) - PI Planning is an event (a ceremony), not a defining artifact of what gets built; it's where teams plan how to deliver the features from the Program Backlog.

Memory tip: Think of Product Management as owning the "VRP" trio - Vision, Roadmap, Program Backlog. The Program Backlog is the actionable list that connects the long-term Vision and Roadmap to actual work, so it completes the set.

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