Certified SAFe Lean Portfolio Management

Course Overview

This two-day Lean Portfolio Management course provides practical tools and techniques to implement Strategy and Investment Funding, Agile Portfolio Operations, and Lean Governance within the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). Participants learn how to assess and plan their portfolio using tools such as the Portfolio Canvas and Portfolio Kanban, prioritize initiatives for business value, and apply budgeting and governance practices to support effective portfolio flow and performance measurement. At the completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Describe Lean Portfolio Management (LPM)
• Connect the portfolio to enterprise strategy
• Establish the Portfolio Vision
• Implement Lean Budgeting and Guardrails
• Establish flow with the Portfolio Kanban
• Support operational excellence with an Agile Program Management Office (PMO) and Communities of Practice (CoPs)
• Coordinate Value Streams
• Measure LPM performance
• Build a plan for LPM implementation

Schedule

Audience

• Executives and Leaders (CIOs, CEOs, CFOs, CTOs and VPs)
• Enterprise Architects
• Program and Project Managers
• Product Managers and Solution Managers
• Business Unit Managers
• Program Office Personnel
• SPCs and Enterprise Agile Coaches
• Release Train Engineers
• Agile Coaches
• Human Resources
• Epic Owners

Prerequsites

• Familiarity with Agile concepts and principles
• Attended Leading SAFe or SAFe PO/PM course
• Experience working in a SAFe environment

Course Outline

Exam Information