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SAFe® Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) Certification Training

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SAFe® Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) Certification Training

Connect strategy with execution through value-stream funding, portfolio flow, Agile portfolio operations, and Lean governance while preparing for the SAFe® LPM credential.

Duration2 days
FormatLive online
LearningInstructor-led
CredentialSAFe LPM

Connect portfolio strategy, vision, roadmaps, investments, and measurable outcomes

Fund value streams and manage epics with guardrails, portfolio Kanban, MVPs, and WSJF

Strengthen Agile portfolio operations, Lean governance, and LPM adoption planning

4.9/5 learner rating10,000+ learners sitewideLive instructor-led
Enterprise leaders reviewing portfolio investments, funding, and strategic flowLive, practitioner-led training
Course fee₹80,000
Exam fee included
  • Official course workbook and SAFe Studio access
  • Practice support and guided learning preparation
  • SAFe LPM credential pathway
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Familiarity with Agile at scale recommended · Advisor support available

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SAFe LPM Training Overview

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Explain why Lean Portfolio Management replaces slow project-centric funding and governance with faster, evidence-based portfolio decisions

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Connect portfolio strategy and vision to enterprise strategy, measurable outcomes, investment horizons, and a portfolio roadmap

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Use the portfolio canvas to clarify value propositions, solutions, customers, channels, budgets, and key performance indicators

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Identify operational and development value streams and organize Agile Release Trains around the flow of value

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Treat portfolio epics as hypotheses, define Lean business cases and MVPs, and use evidence to continue, pivot, or stop investment

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Establish value stream budgets and apply Lean budget guardrails without returning to detailed project-cost control

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Facilitate participatory budgeting and explain allocation trade-offs to business, technology, finance, and portfolio stakeholders

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Manage portfolio flow with explicit Kanban states, WIP limits, decision policies, WSJF, and active epic ownership

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Coordinate value streams and connect portfolio decisions to ART execution, operational excellence, and measurable outcomes

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Apply Lean governance through portfolio performance measures, decentralized authority, auditability, and continuous compliance

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Clarify how the VMO or Agile PMO supports portfolio flow and decision quality without owning every product decision

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Assess the current portfolio, define a future state, and leave with a sequenced plan for adopting LPM

Career relevance

Why earn the SAFe® Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) Certification Training?

Strengthen practical capability for roles that value structured delivery, collaboration, and measurable business outcomes.

U.S. annual pay benchmark$59.7K–$174.1K

10th–90th percentile thresholds

Median pay$101,190
Employment outlook9%

Projected U.S. employment growth, 2024–34

Closest related occupation: Management Analysts
Who can attend
  • Executive Leaders
  • Portfolio & PMO Leaders
  • Enterprise Architects
  • Agile Coaches

Labor-market benchmark for the closest related occupation, not a certification-specific salary or employment guarantee. Earnings vary by location, experience, role, and employer.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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SAFe Lean Portfolio Management Curriculum

Explain the purpose of LPM, the Lean-Agile mindset and SAFe principles, the limits of project-cost accounting, the benefits of organizing around value, the SAFe portfolio structure, and the shift from traditional portfolio management to LPM.

Connect the portfolio to enterprise strategy. Build and communicate portfolio vision, use the portfolio canvas to describe the current and future portfolio, define strategic themes and outcomes, and create a portfolio roadmap.

Define portfolio epics and their costs, create a Lean business case, apply the SAFe Lean Startup cycle, use MVPs to test business hypotheses, and make continuation decisions from evidence instead of sunk cost.

Move from project funding to value stream budgets. Apply Lean budget guardrails, facilitate participatory budgeting, and use Strategic Portfolio Review and Portfolio Sync to align investment with strategy and current evidence.

Course Fee

Live online classroom

Learn in Expert-Led Live Sessions

Live online instructor-led training

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Digital badge and renewable LPM credential after passing

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First certification exam attempt within the current 60-day access window

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Unlimited-attempt practice test with feedback

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Getting Started with LPM workshop, LPM practice guide, and eligible supporting resources

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Course workbook and online learning access

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Two days of advanced portfolio-management learning

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Official instructor-led SAFe Lean Portfolio Management course

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Enterprise Training

Upskill and Reskill Your Teams

Customized Corporate Training

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Remote or in-person delivery options subject to agreement

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LPM adoption planning using an agreed organizational scenario

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Portfolio canvas, value-stream funding, portfolio Kanban, and governance exercises

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Private delivery for leadership, portfolio, product, architecture, finance, PMO, and transformation groups

About the SAFe LPM Certification

Passing the exam earns the renewable SAFe Lean Portfolio Manager certification and a shareable LPM digital badge. Course attendees also receive a certificate of completion.

The current LPM 6.0 exam is web-based, closed book, and timed for 90 minutes. It contains 45 multiple-choice, single-select questions.

The current passing score is 77%. Scaled Agile states that exam details may change, so candidates should confirm the study guide in their learning plan before testing.

The current weighting is: Introducing LPM 12-14%; Portfolio Strategy and Vision 14-16%; Portfolio Vision Through Epics 12-14%; Investment Funding 16-18%; Portfolio Flow 16-18%; Agile Portfolio Operations 12-14%; and Lean Governance 8-10%.

What You Will Learn

Connect Strategy and Execution

Translate enterprise strategy into a coherent portfolio vision, roadmap, investment choices, and measurable outcomes.

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Organize Around Value

Identify value streams and explain how stable funding and ART structures improve the flow of value.

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Build Portfolio Vision

Use the portfolio canvas and roadmap to communicate current state, future state, customers, solutions, and investment direction.

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Evaluate Portfolio Epics

Frame epics as hypotheses, define MVPs, estimate cost, use Lean business cases, and make evidence-based continuation decisions.

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Establish Investment Funding

Create value stream budgets, apply Lean budget guardrails, and facilitate participatory budgeting trade-offs.

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Manage Portfolio Flow

Design portfolio Kanban policies, control WIP, prioritize with economic context, and improve epic flow.

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Run Agile Portfolio Operations

Coordinate value streams and connect portfolio decisions with ART execution, the VMO, and operational excellence.

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Apply Lean Governance

Use outcome, flow, financial, solution-health, and compliance evidence to govern without recreating phase gates.

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Plan LPM Adoption

Create a realistic adoption plan with decision owners, experiments, measures, and a review cadence.

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Prepare for the LPM Exam

Use the course workbook, learning plan, current study guide, and practice test to prepare for the certification assessment.

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Learning that carries into the workplace

Turn portfolio intent into funded, governable action

Lean Portfolio Management becomes valuable when strategy, investment, portfolio flow, and governance operate as one decision system. The course helps leaders make that system visible and improve it with evidence.

For portfolio leaders

What you become better equipped to do

  • Connect investment to strategy

    Translate enterprise direction into portfolio vision, value-stream budgets, roadmap choices, and measurable outcomes.

  • Evaluate epics as hypotheses

    Use Lean business cases, MVPs, cost, risk, and outcome evidence to continue, pivot, or stop investment.

  • Create a practical adoption plan

    Assess the current portfolio operating model and sequence changes across funding, flow, operations, and governance.

For the enterprise

What the portfolio can improve

  • Funding follows value

    Stable value-stream budgets and explicit guardrails reduce the delay and overhead created by temporary project funding.

  • Portfolio flow becomes visible

    Portfolio Kanban, WIP limits, epic ownership, and decision policies expose queues and stalled investments.

  • Governance uses current evidence

    Financial, compliance, solution-health, flow, and outcome signals support accountability without recreating slow phase gates.

Prerequisites and Recommended Experience

Scaled Agile does not list a mandatory certification prerequisite for attending the LPM course.

The course is positioned at an advanced level, and participants should be familiar with Agile at scale.

Experience with strategy, budgeting, product management, architecture, PMO or portfolio operations, Agile delivery, or organizational change will make the exercises more useful.

Participants benefit from bringing a portfolio challenge, investment decision, value-stream concern, or governance constraint that can be examined during the course.

Career Paths After SAFe® Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) Certification Training

Scrum Master career pathServe and enable one Scrum Team

Scrum Master

  • Facilitate effective Scrum events
  • Coach the team in self-management and cross-functionality
  • Help remove impediments to progress
Progression focus

Build practical facilitation, coaching, conflict-navigation, and evidence-based improvement experience with a Scrum Team.

Senior Scrum Master career pathSupport complex products and teams

Senior Scrum Master

  • Coach teams through complex delivery challenges
  • Improve flow and transparency using meaningful evidence
  • Help stakeholders work effectively with Scrum Teams
Progression focus

Deepen team-coaching capability and broaden your impact across products, dependencies, and organizational boundaries.

Agile Coach career pathDevelop teams and Scrum Masters

Agile Coach

  • Mentor Scrum Masters and team leaders
  • Strengthen facilitation and continuous improvement
  • Support healthy Agile adoption without prescribing a template
Progression focus

Add professional coaching, mentoring, organizational-change, and systems-thinking capability to your Scrum foundation.

Agile Delivery Leader career pathImprove delivery across teams

Agile Delivery Leader

  • Enable collaboration across multiple teams
  • Address systemic impediments and delivery risks
  • Connect team learning with wider organizational outcomes
Progression focus

Build multi-team leadership experience while preserving Scrum values, empiricism, and team self-management.

SAFe LPM Course FAQs

SAFe LPM is an enterprise approach for connecting strategy with execution through value-stream funding, Agile portfolio operations, portfolio flow, and Lean governance.

The course is designed for executive leaders, enterprise architects, product management leaders, PMO and portfolio leaders, Agile coaches, SAFe Practice Consultants, finance partners, and others involved in enterprise investment and governance.

Scaled Agile lists Lean Portfolio Management as a two-day, instructor-led advanced course delivered remotely or in person.

No mandatory prior certification is listed. Familiarity with Agile at scale and experience in portfolio, product, finance, architecture, PMO, or transformation work are strongly useful.

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