10th–90th percentile thresholds
Connect strategy with execution through value-stream funding, portfolio flow, Agile portfolio operations, and Lean governance while preparing for the SAFe® LPM credential.
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
Live, practitioner-led trainingFamiliarity with Agile at scale recommended · Advisor support available

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Assess the current portfolio, define a future state, and leave with a sequenced plan for adopting LPM
Strengthen practical capability for roles that value structured delivery, collaboration, and measurable business outcomes.
10th–90th percentile thresholds
Projected U.S. employment growth, 2024–34
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








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.

Digital badge and renewable LPM credential after passing

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

Unlimited-attempt practice test with feedback

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

Course workbook and online learning access

Two days of advanced portfolio-management learning

Official instructor-led SAFe Lean Portfolio Management course

Remote or in-person delivery options subject to agreement

LPM adoption planning using an agreed organizational scenario

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

Private delivery for leadership, portfolio, product, architecture, finance, PMO, and transformation groups
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%.
Translate enterprise strategy into a coherent portfolio vision, roadmap, investment choices, and measurable outcomes.
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Identify value streams and explain how stable funding and ART structures improve the flow of value.
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Use the portfolio canvas and roadmap to communicate current state, future state, customers, solutions, and investment direction.
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Frame epics as hypotheses, define MVPs, estimate cost, use Lean business cases, and make evidence-based continuation decisions.
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Create value stream budgets, apply Lean budget guardrails, and facilitate participatory budgeting trade-offs.
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Design portfolio Kanban policies, control WIP, prioritize with economic context, and improve epic flow.
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Coordinate value streams and connect portfolio decisions with ART execution, the VMO, and operational excellence.
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Use outcome, flow, financial, solution-health, and compliance evidence to govern without recreating phase gates.
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Create a realistic adoption plan with decision owners, experiments, measures, and a review cadence.
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Use the course workbook, learning plan, current study guide, and practice test to prepare for the certification assessment.
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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.
Translate enterprise direction into portfolio vision, value-stream budgets, roadmap choices, and measurable outcomes.
Use Lean business cases, MVPs, cost, risk, and outcome evidence to continue, pivot, or stop investment.
Assess the current portfolio operating model and sequence changes across funding, flow, operations, and governance.
Stable value-stream budgets and explicit guardrails reduce the delay and overhead created by temporary project funding.
Portfolio Kanban, WIP limits, epic ownership, and decision policies expose queues and stalled investments.
Financial, compliance, solution-health, flow, and outcome signals support accountability without recreating slow phase gates.
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.
Build practical facilitation, coaching, conflict-navigation, and evidence-based improvement experience with a Scrum Team.
Deepen team-coaching capability and broaden your impact across products, dependencies, and organizational boundaries.
Add professional coaching, mentoring, organizational-change, and systems-thinking capability to your Scrum foundation.
Build multi-team leadership experience while preserving Scrum values, empiricism, and team self-management.
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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