Aligning Strategy with Execution using the Scaled Agile Framework.
Aligning strategy with execution is critical to any organization’s success and a key aspect of Scaled Agile Framework®. With a Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) approach, you can collaborate across silos, empower teams, and organize around value to adapt to what customers want, faster.
The Lean Portfolio Management course helps executives, project management officers (PMOs) and other key stakeholders plan dynamically and be flexible enough to adjust initiatives and budgets as the market changes. The LPM course provides the guidance and tools attendees need to work effectively in remote environments with distributed teams. You’ll learn how to connect portfolio strategy and initiatives to the agility planning and execution of work, how to integrate feedback from participatory budgeting, and how to adapt to change while maintaining your funding vision and roadmap.
ATTENDEES WILL LEARN:
- How to connect the portfolio to the enterprise
- How to maintain portfolio vision and roadmap
- How to establish Lean budgets and guardrails
- How to create portfolio flow
SAFe® LEAN PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT ANSWERS THE QUESTIONS:
- How do I connect strategy to execution?
- How do I manage flow and solve perpetual overload?
- How can I fund and govern dynamically?
- How does Lean Portfolio Management fit into SAFe?
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
- Course workbook and SAFe Studio access to help you prepare to take the certification exam, claim your digital badge, and tools to get started in your SAFe role
- Remote learning via SAFe® Virtual Classrooms
- One-year membership to SAFe Studio with your first class attendance
- Complete LPM Practice Guide to help plan and execute a successful LPM adoption
- Platform access to e-learning modules and curated members-only content to support your SAFe transformation
- Member discussion forms to engage in ongoing conversations on the SAFe framework or how to perform better as part of an Agile Team
- Lean Portfolio Manager certification exam
- Access to the optional Getting Started with LPM Workshop
Certification Details
We are accredited to Scaled Agile (SAFe®), one of the global accreditation body for Scaled Agile Certifications.
LPM (6.0) - SAFe® Lean Portfolio Management
Requirements
- Review and acceptance of the Candidate Agreement are required to start the exam
- Exam functionality instructions are provided following the Candidate Agreement
Exam Format
- Questions are structured in a multiple choice, single select format
- Exams are timed and the timer is displayed once questions are presented
- Exams will be submitted when the timer ends, regardless of the number of questions answered
- Scores are calculated by the number of correctly answered questions
- Unanswered questions will be marked as incorrect
- “Submit” button ends the exam and a score will be calculated
Practice Test Format
- Format reflects the same number of questions, level of difficulty, timebox, and domain areas as the exam
- Unlimited attempts
- Passing the practice test does not guarantee passing the exam and is provided as a preparation resource
Details are subject to change at any time
Duration | 90 minutes |
Number of Questions | 45 |
Passing Score | 77% |
Delivery | Web-based, closed book, no outside assistance |
Access | Learning Plan (after course completion) |
Cost | First attempt included in the course registration fee if taken within 30 days of course completion |
Retake Fee | $50; $250 for SPC |
Retake Policy | First retake - May be taken immediately after the first failed attempt. Second retake - May be taken 10 days after the first retake. Third retake - May be taken 30 days after the second retake. All subsequent retakes require a 30-day wait. |
Introducing Lean Portfolio Management (12-14%)
- The Purpose of SAFe® Lean Portfolio Management
- The Lean-Agile mindset and SAFe® principles
- Problems of project-cost accounting
- Benefits of organizing around value
- SAFe® portfolio structure
- The Shift to Lean Portfolio Management
Establishing Portfolio Strategy and Vision (14-16%)
- Connect the Portfolio to the Enterprise Strategy
- Portfolio Vision
- Portfolio Roadmap
Realizing Portfolio Vision Through Epics (12-14%)
- Portfolio Epics
- Epic Costs
- Innovation through the SAFe® Lean Startup Cycle
Establishing Investment Funding (16-18%)
- Lean Budget Guardrails
- Strategic Portfolio Review and Portfolio Sync
- Participatory Budgeting
- Value Stream budgets
Managing Portfolio Flow (16-18%)
- Flow with the Portfolio Kanban
- Epic implementation with WSJF
Applying Agile Portfolio Operations (12-14%)
- Value Stream Coordination
- ART Execution and Operational Excellence
Applying Lean Governance (8-10%)
- Measure Lean Portfolio Performance
- Continuous Compliance
You can report and claim your PDUs on the PMI website directly by following the workflow below:
- Log into your PMI account
- Follow this link to the ‘Report PDUs’ page: https://ccrs.pmi.org/claim/index
- NOTE: In order to claim PDUs you must have a certification with PMI.
- Under ‘PDU Claim Code’ click “I have a claim code”
- Type in the relevant claim code from the below table.
Legend:
| Course Taken | Certification Awarded |
| Implementing SAFe | SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC) |
| Leading SAFe | SAFe Agilist (SA) |
| SAFe for Teams | SAFe Practitioner (SP) |
| SAFe Product Owner / Product Manager | SAFe Product Owner / Product Manager (POPM) |
| SAFe Release Train Engineer | Release Train Engineer (RTE) |
| Agile Product Management | SAFe Agile Product Manager (APM) |
| SAFe Scrum Master | SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) |
| SAFe Advanced Scrum Master | SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM) |
| Lean Portfolio Management | SAFe Lean Portfolio Manager (LPM) |
| SAFe DevOps | SAFe DevOps Practitioner (SDP) |
| SAFe for Architects | SAFe Architect (ARCH) |
| Agile Software Engineering | SAFe Agile Software Engineer (ASE) |
| SAFe for Government | SAFe Government Practitioner (SGP) |
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