SAFe® Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) certification

LPM

Certification by Scaled agile

2 Videos

Intermediate

Skill Level

2 Days

Duration

English

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Overview

Align strategy with execution using the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®)

SAFe® Lean Portfolio Management is a two-day interactive course that includes an optional one-day “Getting Started with LPM” workshop. In this course, attendees will gain the practical tools and techniques necessary to implement the Lean Portfolio Management functions of Strategy and Investment Funding, Agile Portfolio Operations, and Lean Governance. Participants in the course will have the opportunity to capture the current and future state of their portfolio with the Portfolio Canvas tool and identify important business initiatives for achieving the portfolio vision. Participants will be able to establish portfolio flow with the Portfolio Kanban and prioritize epics for maximum economic benefit. The course also provides insights on how to establish Value Stream Budgets and Lean Budget Guardrails and measure the Lean portfolio performance.

PREREQUISITES

All are welcome to attend the course, regardless of experience. However, the following recommendations will make the training more significantly more productive.

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

Completing this course will help you:

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

Who is the course for?

Executive sponsors and Business Owners
General managers and senior managers
Finance and Accounting leaders
PMO officers
Lean–Agile Centre of Excellence (LACE)
Change agents

Learning Path

Day One - Introducing Lean Portfolio Management (LPM)

Why Lean Portfolio Management
Lean-Agile Mindset
SAFe Principles
The problem with project-cost accounting
Benefits of organising around value
SAFe portfolio structure
Shift to Lean-Portfolio management

Day One - Establishing Strategy and Investment Funding

Connecting the portfolio to the enterprise strategy
Maintaining the Portfolio Vision
Portfolio Roadmap
Defining Portfolio Epics
Estimating Epic costs
SAFe Lean Startup Cycle

Day One - Applying Agile Portfolio Operations

Lean budget guardrails
Lean Portfolio events
Strategic portfolio review and portfolio sync
Participatory budgeting

Day Two - Applying Lean Governance

Establishing flow with Portfolio Kanban
Sequencing Epics for implementation using WSJF

Day Two - Implementing the LPM function

Value stream coordination
Supporting program execution and operational excellence
Measuring LPM performance
Coordinating compliance
Technology business management (TBM) with SAFe
Agile software capitalisation

What people are saying

"Content is appropriate for PAL-E and Mia is an experienced trainer who is capable of effectively running the course and she used the tools at her disposal well (e.g. Miro)."