Lean Portfolio Manager

The Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) competency aligns strategy and execution by applying Lean and systems thinking approaches to strategy and investment funding, Agile portfolio operations, and governance. LPM provides an alignment and governance model for a specific SAFe Portfolio, which contains a set of Development Value Streams (DVS) for a business domain in an Enterprise. Each DVS builds, supports, and maintains Solutions delivered to the Customer, whether internal or external to the enterprise. Examples include developing an e-commerce website, medical device, or satellite and developing and deploying a software application within an enterprise for internal customers. LPM is one of the seven core competencies essential to achieving Business Agility. Each core competency is supported by a self-assessment, enabling the enterprise to assess its proficiency. The Measure and Grow article provides a competency assessment and recommends improvement opportunities for implementing LPM.