SAFe 6.0 Lean Portfolio Management

with SAFe Lean Portfolio Manager (LPM) certification
Aligning strategy with execution

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Our Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) training course provides guidance and tools to help executives, Project Management Officers (PMOs), and other key stakeholders align their organization's strategy with execution. Using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), our SAFe LPM approach empowers teams to collaborate across silos, organize around value, and adapt to customers' needs faster.

At our SAFe LPM training course, you'll learn how to establish Lean budgets and guardrails, connect portfolio strategy and initiatives to the agility planning and execution of work, and maintain portfolio vision and roadmap. Our SAFe Practice Consultants will provide practical knowledge to help you manage flow and solve perpetual overload. You'll also learn how to fund and govern dynamically, ensuring that your organization can remain agile and adapt to changes in the market.

Our SAFe LPM training course answers the most common questions that executives, PMOs, and other stakeholders have about managing portfolios:

How do I connect strategy to execution?
How do I manage flow and solve perpetual overload?
How can I fund and govern dynamically?

We also include the one-day "Getting Started with LPM" workshop on day three to guide your team's preparation for your LPM kick-off event.

Following the overwhelming success of our online SAFe Lean Portfolio Management training, we plan to continue to offer public training online to make it accessible to our clients around Australia and across the globe. You can learn about our approach to remote SAFe training here.

Upcoming SAFe 6.0 Lean Portfolio Management Training

Register	Dates	Time	Location	Trainers	Cost (AUD)	Sale Ends
Register	19 to 21 Nov 2024	9:00 AM to 6:00 PM AEDT	Live Online	Em Campbell-Pretty,	$2,995.00 $2,695.00 + GST	28 Oct
Register	25 to 27 Feb 2025	9:00 AM to 6:00 PM AEDT	Live Online	Em Campbell-Pretty,	$2,995.00 $2,695.00 + GST	25 Jan

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Why choose Lean Portfolio Management training from Pretty Agile?

Pretty Agile SAFe LPM classes are always delivered by a SAFe Fellow. Our SAFe Fellows are the team behind the best-selling SAFe book The ART of Avoiding a Train Wreck.
Every Pretty Agile LPM class registration includes the option to participate in the Getting Started with LPM workshop on day 3.
In a Pretty Agile SAFe class, we go beyond the standard slides by sharing our wide and varied implementation experience. Our team prides itself on delivering classes that are full of practical takeaways.
Pretty Agile is the world's most reliable SAFe training provider, with a consistent run rate of 98% for public SAFe training.
Additionally, should you wish to continue your SAFe journey post the class, the team at Pretty Agile has the skills and expertise to support your organisation as a SAFe implementation partner.

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What is included?

Course workbook (physical & digital)
SAFe Big Picture and Implementation Roadmap handouts
Access to the SAFe Lean Portfolio Manager exam for those who attend the entire course
One-year membership to SAFe Studio with your first class attendance
Course certificate of completion
Fun Pretty Agile swag including a Sharpie, Planning Poker Cards, a stress ball and hand sanitiser!

Attendees must attend all three days of the course in order to qualify for the SAFe Lean Portfolio Manager exam.

For Live Online Scaled AgileLPM certification classes the physical workbook and Pretty Agile Swag will be posted to you. All Pretty Agile Online classes are delivered by two deeply experiences SPC/Ts.

Who will benefit from Lean Portfolio Management?

This course is designed for leaders and influencers who are responsible for the Lean Portfolio Management function.

Examples include:

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

If you are not sure if this class is right for you check out our guide to choosing a SAFe Certification.

Prerequisites for LPM Certification

All are welcome to attend the course, regardless of experience. However, the following recommendations will make the training more productive:

Familiarity with Agile concepts and principles
Attended a Leading SAFe or SAFe PO/PM course
Experience working in a SAFe environment

Learning Goals for Lean Portfolio Management

Describe the importance of LPM
Connect the portfolio to enterprise strategy
Establish the Portfolio Vision
Implement Lean budgeting and guardrails
Manage flow with the portfolio Kanban
Support operational excellence
Coordinate Value Streams
Measure the LPM performance
Build a plan for LPM implementation

Topics Covered in Lean Portfolio Management

Introducing Lean Portfolio Management
Establishing Portfolio Strategy and Vision
Realising Portfolio Vision through Epics
Establishing Investment Funding
Managing Portfolio Flow
Applying Agile Portfolio Operations
Applying Lean Governance
Becoming a SAFe Lean Portfolio Manager
Explore LPM Adoption Roadmap
Practice selected LPM activities for your business context
Build your LPM Adoption plan

Professional Development Units (PDUs) and Scrum Education Units (SEUs)

Attendees may be eligible to apply for PDUs toward their continuing education requirements with the Project Management Institute (PMI) for PMP, PgMP, and PMI-ACP certifications.

Certified SAFe professionals may be eligible to apply for Scrum Education Units (SEUs) toward earning or renewing a Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) designation through the Scrum Alliance. Please confirm requirements with Scrum Alliance’s SEU policy before submitting units for credit.

Graphic Recording of Pretty Agile’s SAFe Lean Portfolio Management class

Jodi Foster
Head of Enterprise Transformation Office at Hollard Insurance Australia

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I’m happy to share that I’ve obtained a new certification: Certified SAFe® 6 Lean Portfolio Manager from Scaled Agile, Inc.! Big thanks to the best trainer and coach Em Campbell-Pretty at Pretty Agile for imparting your wisdom.

Ashish Khurana
Program Management Office Lead at Solar Victoria

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Thanks Emma Sharrock and Em Campbell-Pretty for the LPM training; it was worth the time and effort! I'm looking forward to apply[ing] the concepts at my work place.

Lina Bergefall
Project Manager at ASX

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Em Campbell-Pretty thank you for a very interesting and well executed course.

Susan Meger Konsor
Agile Coach / Release Train Engineer at University of Minnesota

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Thank you to Em Campbell-Pretty for a fantastic class! I appreciated the deeper dive into budgeting at the portfolio level. It gave me more tools in my toolbox.

Robin Franko
Lean Agile Coach at Expeditors

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Thanks for a great class Pretty Agile. Appreciate you sharing your wisdom with us this week.

Nancy Peterson  
Director - IS Strategy at Expeditors

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Nothing like waiting for my last working day of the year to finish a tough exam. BIG thank you to Em Campbell-Pretty and Adrienne Wilson for your excellent training!

Chris Morrison
Digital Advisor at Australian Department of Health

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Thanks Em Campbell-Pretty & Melissa Hay for facilitating a great course, an engaging 3 days, and a flawless online learning experience!

Darren Hung
Portfolio & Governance Manager, ANZ

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Very pleased to have passed my SAFe® 5 Lean Portfolio Management exam and receiving my LPM certification this weekend.

It was great to learn how the Scaled Agile Framework supports and aligns Strategy with Execution and how to apply Lean and System Thinking approaches to strategy and investment funding.

Special thanks to Em Campbell-Pretty & Adrienne Wilson from Pretty Agile for their guidance and real world examples in what was a very educational and fun learning experience.

#agile #lean #businessagility #scaledagile #lpm #safe5

Andrew Hobday
Digital Execution Excellence @ IAG

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SAFe LPM was a great course for deepening understanding of portfolio level and how work makes it through to teams. If you're interested in the upstream view of work before agile squads start delivering on it, then I recommend it. I found it compliments the Leading SAFe course very nicely. And of course, it was great to have Em Campbell-Pretty and Adrienne Wilson as our guides over the three days. Their real-world experience helped bring the textbook to life.

Andrew Rix
Agile Transformation Consultant | Agile Coach | Agile Trainer, Fujitsu Australia Limited

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Thank you again Em Campbell-Pretty and Adrienne Wilson and the girls at Pretty Agile! Passed with flying colours and owe it all to your fantastic training facilitation! Love your work! 🙂

Jeff Smith
Lean Agile and P&C Claims Solution Manager/SAFe Solution Train Engineer, USAA

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A big "Thank you!" to Em Campbell-Pretty and Adrienne Wilson for the great coaching, instruction and accommodation - as always! Pretty Agile was able to support my learning goals through offering the virtual SAFe Lean Portfolio Management training (while they were in Australia) - an opportunity I was able to seize. I live in North America (Central time) and was able to alter my work schedule to take the course during the U.S. evening hours. Highly recommend Pretty Agile training. #tribalunity

Rachael Bacon
Senior Manager, EPMO at Ambulance Victoria

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Massive thanks to Em Campbell-Pretty & Adrienne Wilson! Thanks for doing an amazing job delivering the course in a virtual setting!

Thomas Heins
Principal Consultant at ASG Group

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Completed my SAFe LPM training. Fantastic course. Thanks Em Campbell-Pretty and Adrienne Wilson.

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