SAFe Lean Portfolio Management (LPM)
Learn how to apply Lean Portfolio Management within a SAFe environment and better connect strategy, investments and execution. Build your understanding of portfolio flow, governance, funding and strategic alignment in modern organisations. Available as a practical, instructor-led training.
Content
Many organisations have invested in Agile ways of working, yet still face challenges around strategy execution, prioritisation and portfolio management. Initiatives compete for resources, decision-making takes too long, and teams lose focus because strategy, funding and delivery are not sufficiently aligned.
In this training, you’ll learn how Lean Portfolio Management helps to better connect strategy, portfolios and execution within a SAFe environment. You’ll gain insight into topics such as portfolio flow, strategic themes, Lean budgeting, governance, investment funding and portfolio operations. You’ll also explore how organisations can respond more quickly to change while keeping teams focused and aligned.
Topics covered include portfolio kanban, epic management, decentralised decision-making, value streams and measuring business value. You’ll also learn how Lean governance and continuous portfolio adaptation contribute to better decision-making and stronger strategic execution.
The training is highly practical and interactive. Through real-world examples, exercises and discussions, you’ll gain concrete tools to apply Lean Portfolio Management directly within your own organisational context.
Who is this training for?
This training is designed for professionals involved in strategy, portfolio management and organisational change within larger organisations. You’ll get the most out of this training if you:
- Are a Portfolio Manager, PMO professional or programme manager
- Work with strategy execution or investment decisions
- Are involved in Lean governance or portfolio management
- Work within SAFe or Agile organisations at scale
- Want greater alignment between strategy and execution
- Are responsible for value streams, portfolios or transformation
- Want to achieve an internationally recognised SAFe certification
Or simply put: you want to help organisations invest more wisely, prioritise more effectively and translate strategy into results faster.
What will you learn during this training?
During the training, you’ll learn how Lean Portfolio Management helps organisations better connect strategy, funding and execution.
You’ll work on topics such as strategic themes, portfolio kanban, Lean budgeting, epic management, governance, value streams and decentralised decision-making. You’ll discover how organisations can manage their portfolios more effectively without slowing teams down with heavy governance and complex decision-making.
You’ll also explore how Lean governance, portfolio flow and continuous prioritisation contribute to better focus, alignment and strategic execution. Topics such as business agility, investment funding and measuring business value are covered in depth.
The training is highly practical and interactive. Through exercises, real-world examples and discussions, you’ll gain concrete techniques and insights that can be applied directly within your own organisational context.
After this training
After completing the training, you’ll understand how Lean Portfolio Management helps organisations better connect strategy, investments and execution within a SAFe environment.
You’ll know how to improve portfolio flow, apply Lean budgeting and help organisations prioritise faster and more deliberately. You’ll also understand how governance, value streams and decentralised decision-making contribute to better alignment and greater Business Agility.
You’ll leave with practical techniques, deeper insight into strategic portfolio management and concrete tools to apply Lean Portfolio Management within modern organisations.
For private training programmes, an optional extra workshop day can be added, focused on implementing Lean Portfolio Management within your own organisational context. During this workshop, you’ll work together on topics such as portfolio flow, governance, portfolio kanban, strategic themes and the practical setup of LPM within the organisation.
You can also join the Connected Movement community, where professionals share experiences, insights and real-world cases around SAFe, Agile, Product Management, leadership and digital transformation.
About the exam
After the training, once your attendance has been confirmed, you have 60 days to sit the official SAFe Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) exam.
The online exam consists of multiple-choice questions and tests your knowledge of topics such as Lean Portfolio Management, Lean budgeting, portfolio flow, governance, epic management and strategic alignment. The exam is conducted in English.
Certification
Upon successfully passing the exam, you will receive the internationally recognised SAFe Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) certificate from Scaled Agile
You will also receive one year of access to the SAFe Community Platform, including additional content, tools and resources.


Sebastiaan Zuiddam


Jeroen Jan Elzinga
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Frequently asked questions
A basic understanding of Agile or SAFe is helpful, but the training is also suitable for professionals who want to better understand Lean Portfolio Management within larger organisations.
No. The training is also relevant for leaders, PMO professionals, programme managers, Lean Portfolio Managers, transformation leads and other roles involved in strategy execution and portfolio management.
No. The training is highly practical and interactive. You’ll work with exercises, real-world examples and situations from actual organisations.
Topics such as Lean budgeting, portfolio kanban, epic management, governance, value streams and strategic alignment are covered in depth.
The training can be provided in Dutch, English, French and German upon request. The official course material and exam are in English. When you register for a start date in the open line, the language spoken during the training will be indicated.
The training lasts 2 days and is instructor-led, classroom or virtual. Optionally, an extra workshop day can be added for further deepening and practical application within your own organisational context.
Yes. One exam voucher for the official SAFe Lean Portfolio Management exam is included with the training.
Yes. Upon successfully passing the exam, you will receive the internationally recognised SAFe Lean Portfolio Management certificate from Scaled Agile.


Trainers with real-world experience
Participants particularly value the combination of practical experience, in-depth expertise and immediate applicability. Connected Movement training programmes are delivered by experienced practitioners who work daily within complex organisational environments.
20+ client reviews
This training finally gave us structure in portfolio management without falling back on traditional governance. Lots of immediately applicable insights. A strong combination of strategy, Lean thinking and practical portfolio management. The sessions on Lean budgeting and portfolio flow were particularly valuable. Many organisations talk about Business Agility, but this training concretely shows you how to better connect strategy and execution.



