Training overview
In this course, we will prepare you and your colleagues for the Scaled Agile® exam to obtain the coveted SAFe® Lean Portfolio Manager (LPM) certification.
The SAFe® Lean Portfolio Management training is an advanced course that builds a bridge between your agile organization and a lean-agile portfolio. You will be empowered to formulate and prioritize business hypotheses as epics and measure their success using leading indicators. The course also teaches you to establish a lean budgeting process to allocate resources efficiently. Ideal for companies that are already familiar with SAFe® and want to further develop their portfolio. You will dive deep into lean-agile portfolio management and learn how to achieve true business agility. This challenging course requires prior knowledge of SAFe®. Throughout the course, you will interactively learn the tools and techniques required to implement a lean portfolio. You will use the “Portfolio Canvas” tool to visualize, communicate and adjust the structure of your portfolio. You will also learn how to make portfolio initiatives transparent and shorten the time-to-market. An optional one-day workshop “Getting Started with LPM” rounds off the training, serves as a team kick-off and offers practical planning aids for the introduction of SAFe® Lean Portfolio Management.
Learning objectives
- Introduction to Lean Portfolio Management: why LPM? The lean-agile mindset and SAFe® principles, problems with project-oriented planning, advantages of a value-oriented organization, SAFe® portfolio structure, switching to LPM
- Establishing a portfolio strategy and vision: linking the portfolio to the corporate strategy, maintaining the portfolio vision, developing a portfolio roadmap
- Implementation of the portfolio vision through Epics: Writing portfolio epics, estimating epic costs, SAFe® Lean Startup Cycle
- Introduction of lean budgeting: guidelines for lean budgets, overview of LPM events, strategic portfolio review and portfolio syncs, participatory budgeting
- Maintenance of the portfolio flow: value of the portfolio flow, portfolio Kanban, sequencing of epics with WSJF
- Introduction of agile portfolio management: value stream coordination, program support (ARTs) and operational excellence
- Introduction of lean governance: measuring LPM performance, coordinating compliance, technology business management with SAFe®, agile software capitalization, getting started, additional LPM resources
- SAFe® support in practice
- Optional LPM workshop in the Deep Track: change background, portfolio scope, identification of LPM stakeholders, preparation for empathy interviews, definition of LPM events, support for the LPM community of practice, preparation for the LPM kick-off, dealing with typical challenges, preparation of financial content, definition of next steps
Course schedule
Target Group
The course is aimed at employees from the classic PMO, strategy departments and management as well as division managers, department heads, team leaders, HR managers, service purchasers, RTEs, STEs, epic and business owners, enterprise architects and SPCs. Anyone involved in business strategy, budgeting and HR planning is in the right place!
Level/Difficulty: Advanced
Prerequisites
- Completion of the online courses and reading of the documents and articles provided by Scaled Agile® after your registration for this course
- You should allow at least 1 week for part-time preparation (at least 4 hours)
- For remote courses, it is necessary to test the course environment with all participants in order to avoid delays at the start of the course. This test usually takes place in the early evening on a day the week before. If one date is not possible for all participants, Bizagility offers up to 2 test dates. Bizagility invites the course participants via Outlook with a Teams link. Of course, all course participants need a stable and high-performance internet connection, ideally a headset and a camera.
- On-site courses require a professional training environment that corresponds to the number of course participants. Above all, the room size, ventilation, background noise and equipment must be right. Sometimes it makes sense to hire an external conference room for this purpose. This environment must be available to the trainer on the day before the first day of the course for preparation and testing. In the event of questions or problems, the trainer needs a contact person from the customer.
SAFe® certification
This training serves as preparation for the online exam that qualifies you for certification as a SAFe® Lean Portfolio Manager (LPM). Under this link you will find all the necessary information about your certification exam, which is conducted by Scaled Agile® in either English or German.
Participants who have passed the exam receive
- the SAFe® Lean Portfolio Manager (LPM) certificate, which can be shared via Credly
- a SAFe® Lean Portfolio Manager (LPM) digital badge
- 1 year membership as SAFe® Lean Portfolio Manager (LPM)
- Access to exclusive learning resources, templates, articles and much more to support your practice
- Access to exclusive forums where you can exchange ideas and challenges with participants
Registration
- Course language: German (English on request, if all course participants agree)
- Course materials: Presentation German (optional English), Digital Workbook German/English
- Whiteboard: SAFe® Collaborate
- Video conference, chat: MS Teams
- The course is generally held as Remote and Exclusive Classroom training with a maximum of 9 participants, so that all practical exercises can be carried out together. Exceptions are only made at the express request of the customer and, if necessary, in consultation with other course participants.
- This course is available as Fast Track OnSite training with up to 25 participants. Comfort Track OnSite training is available for up to 20 participants and Deep Track OnSite training for up to 15 participants.
- Remote Classroom prices are per participant. Exclusive Remote and Exclusive OnSite prices are per course.
- Remote Classroom prices include the Scaled Agile® license for documents, exam, certificate and 1-year membership. For Exclusive Remote and Onsite groups, the prices are plus € 500.00 per participant for documents, exam, certificate and 1-year membership.
- The number of registrations takes into account all simultaneous registrations of a customer for one course period. The reduced price is applied to all participants of a company for this course (no graduated calculation).
- OnSite training courses in Germany and Austria are all-in. In other countries, OnSite training courses do not include travel and accommodation costs or the client bears these costs.
- Courses are held following confirmation of registration from Bizagility. Confirmations of registration are usually issued at short notice. Courses will only be canceled or postponed at the client’s discretion in the event of illness or accident of the trainer or technical failures. Registered participants can only take part in the course if the invoice amount has been credited to Bizagility’s account within 14 days of invoicing or at least 1 working day before the start of the course. The currently stated course times will be gradually reduced depending on the volume of orders in other areas and courses.
- All prices plus 19% VAT.
| LPM-Training SAFe® LPM | Fast Track (2,0 days) | Comfort Track (3,0 days) | Deep Track (4,0 days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Remote Classroom 1 registration | 1.500,00 € | 2.000,00 € | n/a |
| Remote Classroom 2 registrations | 1.400,00 € | 1.900,00 € | n/a |
| Remote Classroom 3 registrations | 1.300,00 € | 1.800,00 € | n/a |
| Remote Classroom 4 registrations | 1.200,00 € | 1.700,00 € | n/a |
| Remote Classroom 5 and more registrations | 1.100,00 € | 1.600,00 € | n/a |
| Remote Exclusive | 4.600,00 € plus 500,00 €/participant | 6.900,00 € plus 500,00 €/participant | 9.200,00 € plus 500,00 €/participant |
| OnSite Exclusive | 10.200,00 € plus 500,00 €/participant | 13.000,00 € plus 500,00 €/participant | 15.800,00 € plus 500,00 €/participant |
- Due to the workshop character with sensitive customer information and data, the Deep Track training is only conducted in Exclusive Remote and Exclusive OnSite format
- Remote Exclusive and OnSite Exclusive course times are arranged individually on request. To allow for arrival and departure outside the weekend, OnSite Exclusive course times usually take place between Tuesday and Thursday.
- We also offer courses at weekends, on public holidays and after 6 p.m. CET for a surcharge of 100% on the prices quoted. Please contact us if required so that we can find a solution together.
- Please contact us directly if you would like a course in the form of half training days or have similar needs. We can also find solutions for this.
- Remote classroom courses usually take place between 9 am and 6 pm. Some courses with a particularly tight schedule can take place until 7 pm. After the official course times, the trainer is usually available to the participants for a few minutes.
Currently available SAFe® Lean Portfolio Management Remote Classroom course times:
| LPM RC Fast Track (2,0 days) | LPM RC Comfort Track (3,0 days) |
|---|---|
| 26.-27.09.2024 | 23.-25.09.2024 |
| 30.09.-02.10.2024 | |
| 10.-11.10.2024 | 07.-09.10.2024 |
| 17.-18.10.2024 | 14.-16.10.2024 |
| 24.-25.10.2024 | 21.-23.10.2024 |
| 28.-29.10.2024 | 28.-30.10.2024 |
| 07.-08.11.2024 | 04.-06.11.2024 |
| 14.-15.11.2024 | 12.-14.11.2024 |
| 21.-22.11.2024 | 18.-20.11.2024 |
| 28.-29.11.2024 | 25.-27.11.2024 |
| 02.-03.12.2024 | 02.-04.12.2024 |
| 12.-13.12.2024 | 09.-11.12.2024 |
| 16.-17.01.2025 | 13.-15.01.2025 |
| 23.-24.01.2025 | 20.-22.01.2025 |
| 30.-31.01.2025 | 27.-29.01.2025 |
| 06.-07.02.2025 | 03.-05.02.2025 |
| 13.-14.02.2025 | 11.-12.02.2025 |
| 20.-21.02.2025 | 17.-19.02.2024 |
| 27.-28.02.2025 | 24.-26.02.2025 |
| 06.-07.03.2025 | 10.-12.03.2025 |
| 13.-14.03.2025 | 17.-19.03.2025 |
| 20.-21.03.2025 | 24.-26.03.2025 |
| 27.-28.03.2025 | 31.03.-02.04.2025 |
| 03.-04.04.2025 | 07.-09.04.2025 |
| 10.-11.04.2025 | 14.-16.04.2025 |
| 14.-15.04.2025 | 22.-24.04.2025 |
| 22.-23.04.2025 | 28.-30.04.2025 |
| 28.-29.04.2025 | 05.-07.05.2025 |
| 08.-09.05.2025 | 12.-14.05.2025 |
| 15.-16.05.2025 | 19.-21.05.2025 |
| 22.-23.05.2025 | 26.-28.05.2025 |
| 26.-27.05.2025 | 02.-04.06.2025 |
| 05.-06.06.2025 | 10.-12.06.2025 |
| 10.-11.06.2025 | 16.-18.06.2025 |
| 23.-25.06.2025 | |
| 26.-27.06.2025 | 30.06.-02.07.2025 |
| 03.-04.07.2025 | 07.-09.07.2025 |
| 10.-11.07.2025 | 14.-16.07.2025 |
| 17.-18.07.2025 | 21.-23.07.2025 |
| 24.-25.07.2025 | 28.-30.07.2025 |
| 31.07.-01.08.2025 | 04.-06.08.2025 |
| 07.-08.08.2025 | 11.-13.08.2025 |
| 11.-12.08.2025 | 18.-20.08.2025 |
| 21.-22.08.2025 | 25.-27.08.2025 |
| 28.-29.08.2025 | 01.-03.09.2025 |
| 04.-05.09.2025 | 08.-10.09.2025 |
| 11.-12.09.2025 | 15.-17.09.2025 |
| 18.-19.09.2025 | 22.-24.09.2025 |
| 25.-26.09.2025 | 29.09.-01.10.2025 |
| 29.-30.09.2025 | 06.-08.10.2025 |
| 09.-10.10.2025 | 13.-15.10.2025 |
| 16.-17.10.2025 | 20.-22.10.2025 |
| 23.-24.10.2025 | 27.-29.10.2025 |
| 27.-28.10.2025 | 03.-05.11.2025 |
| 06.-07.11.2025 | 11.-12.11.2025 |
| 13.-14.11.2025 | 17.-19.11.2025 |
| 20.-21.11.2025 | 24.-26.11.2025 |
| 27.-28.11.2025 | 01.-03.12.2025 |
| 04.-05.12.2025 | 08.-10.12.2025 |
| 11.-12.12.2025 |
Get in touch with us
Are you ready, but still have questions? Contact us so that we can advise you individually. Please contact us actively if dates from our course schedule do not fit in with your preferred dates. This can certainly be arranged with sufficient advance notice.
