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Summary
SAFe® Lean Portfolio Management is a 3-day interactive course.
For the first 2 days of the 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. They 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.
An additional 1-day workshop will be held on the 3rd. day to simulate how enterprise teams get started with LPM in their organization.
Topics covered
- Introducing Lean Portfolio Management (LPM)
- Establishing Strategy and Investment Funding
- Applying Agile Portfolio Operations
- Applying Lean Governance
- Implementing the LPM function

Learning goals
- 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 Agile PMO and CoPs
- Coordinate Value Streams
- Measure the LPM performance
- Build a plan for LPM implementation
Any questions? Just ask
Who will benefit?
- Executives and Leaders (CIOs, CEOs, CFOs, CTOs and VPs)
- Enterprise Architects
- Product Managers and Solution Managers
- Business Unit Managers
- Program Office Personnel
- SPCs and Enterprise Agile Coaches
- Human Resources
- RTEs
- Epic Owners
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
PRACTICAL INFO
- Date: Monday, April 29, 2024 - Wednesday, May 1, 2024 2024
- Time: 09:00 - 17:00
- Price: kr.18.000,00 – kr.20.000,00

- If you register for a class be aware that VAT will be added to the price above. EU delegates may recover the VAT depending on their circumstances.
- For potential attendees outside Denmark; Please reach out if you have any questions regarding the additional VAT costs at checkout. Email: event@bbacademy.dk
INFORMATION ABOUT CERTIFICATIONS
Attendees who pass the certification exam will receive:
- SAFe Lean Portfolio Manager certificate
- SAFe 6 Lean Portfolio Manager digital badge to promote your accomplishment online
- A one-year certified membership as a SAFe 6 Lean Portfolio Manager, which includes access to the LPM Community of Practice
- A SAFe Lean Portfolio Manager certification usage guide with LPM certification marks
- Access to a variety of learning resources to support certified professionals during their SAFe journey
Annual Renewal
- Membership renewals are one year from the date certification is earned
- Renewal Fee: $295

Instructor
Heidi Hewison is passionate about helping people grow by learning, daring, and being curious and has solid experience with teaching, coaching, facilitating, and inspiring by example – walking the talk.
Heidi has an IT background and works as an agile leader. For several years Heidi has been teaching agile ways of working including how to scale in Enterprises (Scaled Agile Framework).

Heidi Hewison
Senior Software Developer, Agile leader, and
"I liked training with Heidi, she is very open and can bring both knowledge and positive energy “
"Heidi explains really well, keeps participants engaged and motivated, shares a lot from her own experience, and is just a very nice person 🙂 ”
Thank you for being such wonderful hosts – absolutely fantastic environment (+ delicious food) to support the learnings.- Sending my husband to the course asap!
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