SAFe® Lean Portfolio Management
Overview
Lean Portfolio Management works on a set of lean principles with Agile planning, where portfolio alignment is done with the business goals and strategies, Agile approaches are adopted for forecasting, budgeting, performance, and progress measurement.
The Lean Portfolio Management Certification allows a participant to know the alignment of portfolios with Strategy for yearly outcomes, limiting portfolio Work-in-progress, the use of lightweight lean methods, portfolio leadership involving teams to work on quarterly plans and outcomes, working on value stream capacity, and outcome-based budgeting and investments.
At the end of the Lean Portfolio Management training program, candidates gain competency in Strategic Intent, Outcome Alignment, Lean Governance, Portfolio Kanban, Agile Funding, Demand management, and quarterly value stream budgets.
Agenda
Course Outcomes
To perform the role of a Lean Portfolio Manager, attendees should 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
Course Outline
- Introducing Lean Portfolio Management (LPM)
- Establishing Strategy and Investment Funding
- Applying Agile Portfolio Operations
- Applying Lean Governance
- Implementing the LPM function
Key Features
What is included
The class registration includes:
- Course Powered by Simplilaxis, a Silver Partner of Scaled Agile, Inc
- On the completion of the course, receive 24 PDUs and SEUs
- Become a SAFE® Certified Lean Portfolio Manager
- Gain knowledge from the best Certified Lean Portfolio Management trainers
- Professional preparatory guidance for the SAFE® Lean Portfolio Management Examination
- Become a member of the SAFe® Community for a year with access to the LPM resources and Community.
Who can Attend
Audience Profile
The LPM course is meant for key decision-makers in the organization. Hence, it is ideal for the following professionals:
- CEO, CTO, and RTE
- Program or Project Manager
- Release Train Engineer
- Business Owner
- Solution Manager
- Agile Coach
- SAFe Program Consultant
- Portfolio Manager
- Consultant
- Director
- Product Manager
- Program Manager
- Enterprise Architect
Prerequisites
All are welcome to attend the course, regardless of experience.
However, the following prerequisites are highly recommended:
- Familiarity with Agile concepts and principles
- Attended Leading SAFe or SAFe PO/PM course
- Experience working in a SAFe environment
Course Trainers
Trainers are LPM mentors are industry experts – the best talent from the domain. They are experts who are SAFe® Certified and have years of hands-on experience in the practical utilization of the tools and techniques of LPM. Learning from them can help the candidates look forward to a significant exchange of learnings and knowledge.
- Industry experts with practical knowledge and deep insights
- On-the-job experience in real-time projects, of a decade and more
- Already trained about 2000+ LPM Professionals
- Interactive and engaging sessions
- Have helped in the adoption of LPM in numerous organizations
Certification
Exam Requirements
The first step toward becoming an Certified SAFe® Lean Portfolio Manager is to attend the Lean Portfolio Management course. This is a requirement, because attending the course provides access to all the study materials and the exam. Note that attending the course does not guarantee passing the exam.
Exam Format
- Exam name – SAFe® 5 Lean Portfolio Manager Exam (5.0.1)
- Exam format – Multiple choice; Multiple select
- Exam delivery – Web-based (single-browser), closed book, no outside assistance, timed
- Exam access – Candidates can access the exam within the SAFe Community Platform upon completion of the Lean Portfolio Management course
- Exam duration – Once the exam begins, candidates have 90 minutes (1.5 hours) to complete the exam
- Number of questions – 45
- Passing score – 32 out of 45 (71%)
- Language – English
- Exam cost – First exam attempt is included as part of the course registration fee if the exam is taken within 30 days of course completion. Each retake attempt costs $50.
- Retake policy – Second attempt on exam (first retake) can be done immediately after first attempt. Third attempt requires a 10-day wait. Fourth attempt requires a 30-day wait.
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