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SAFE 5 LEAN PORTFOLIO MANAGER EXAM
PRACTICE TEST 2026-27 FULL BLUEPRINT
1、 What is a technique used in Lean budgeting to solve the challenge
of having more good ideas than available funds?
Decentralized decision making
Inspect & adapt (I&A)
Participatory budgeting
Work in process (WIP) limits
2、 Which horizon is for near-term opportunities?
Horizon 0
Horizon 3
Horizon 1
Horizon 2
3 、 Which SAFe principle does weighted shortest job first (WSJF)
support?
Ignore sunk costs
Organize around value
Take an economic view
Economic prioritization
4、 What practice is part of Lean Portfolio Management (LPM)?
Project accounting
Return on investment
Rolling wave planning
Quarterly budgeting
5、 Which function of strategy and investment funding occurs during
the portfolio sync?
Pivot or continue with an Epic
Adjust value stream budgets
Discuss compliance concerns
Review value stream metrics
6、 Which statement is true about development value streams?
They connect strategic themes to the enterprise
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They include people who deliver end-user value
They manage engineers and technical services
They contain the steps and people who develop solutions
7、 Given an epic with business value of 20, a time criticality of 2, a
risk reduction of 13, and a normalized cost of 5, what is its weighted
shortest job first (WSJF) calculation?
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7
8、 What are the two sub-states within the Implementing state on the
portfolio Kanban? (Choose two.)
Minimum viable product (MVP)
Ready
Expedite
Pivot
Persevere
9、 What is the recommended method to forecast epic
implementation cost?
T-shirt sizing
Weighted shortest job first (WSJF) estimation
Story points
Modified Fibonacci sequence
10、 What is one responsibility of Agile portfolio operations?
Establishing market rhythms
Maintaining the portfolio canvas
Coordinating value streams
Managing the scrum of scrums (SoS)
11、 Which statement is true about epic cost range?
They should match work breakdown structures
They are actual rolled up costs post implementation
They should be tailored to the portfolio context
They need to be precisely known before work can start
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12、 What is an example of using leading indicators in Lean Portfolio
Management (LPM)?
Innovation accounting
Continuous compliance
Capacity allocation
Portfolio performance reviews
13、 Which metric will show increased productivity across the
portfolio and the Program Backlog?
Feature count per Program Increment
Program Increment Feature burn-down chart
Feature capacity allocation per Program Increment
Feature cycle time during the Program Increment
14、 Who is responsible for technical guidance when coordinating
values streams at the portfolio level?
Portfolio architect
Solution architect
Enterprise architect
System architect
15、 Why is it necessary to estimate epic costs?
To understand the cost range established by internal teams
To understand the detailed implementation cost
To understand the potential investment required
To understand how to allocate resources to the epic
16、 Which SAFe concept describes the differentiating business
objectives that connect a portfolio to the enterprise strategy?
Strategic intent
Strategic goals
Strategic business objectives
Strategic themes
17、 Who defines the portfolio epic threshold?
The solution train engineer (STE)
Epic owners
The enterprise executive
Lean portfolio management (LPM)
SAFE 5 LEAN PORTFOLIO MANAGER EXAM
PRACTICE TEST 2026-27 FULL BLUEPRINT
1、 What is a technique used in Lean budgeting to solve the challenge
of having more good ideas than available funds?
Decentralized decision making
Inspect & adapt (I&A)
Participatory budgeting
Work in process (WIP) limits
2、 Which horizon is for near-term opportunities?
Horizon 0
Horizon 3
Horizon 1
Horizon 2
3 、 Which SAFe principle does weighted shortest job first (WSJF)
support?
Ignore sunk costs
Organize around value
Take an economic view
Economic prioritization
4、 What practice is part of Lean Portfolio Management (LPM)?
Project accounting
Return on investment
Rolling wave planning
Quarterly budgeting
5、 Which function of strategy and investment funding occurs during
the portfolio sync?
Pivot or continue with an Epic
Adjust value stream budgets
Discuss compliance concerns
Review value stream metrics
6、 Which statement is true about development value streams?
They connect strategic themes to the enterprise
,2
They include people who deliver end-user value
They manage engineers and technical services
They contain the steps and people who develop solutions
7、 Given an epic with business value of 20, a time criticality of 2, a
risk reduction of 13, and a normalized cost of 5, what is its weighted
shortest job first (WSJF) calculation?
1.5
1
4
7
8、 What are the two sub-states within the Implementing state on the
portfolio Kanban? (Choose two.)
Minimum viable product (MVP)
Ready
Expedite
Pivot
Persevere
9、 What is the recommended method to forecast epic
implementation cost?
T-shirt sizing
Weighted shortest job first (WSJF) estimation
Story points
Modified Fibonacci sequence
10、 What is one responsibility of Agile portfolio operations?
Establishing market rhythms
Maintaining the portfolio canvas
Coordinating value streams
Managing the scrum of scrums (SoS)
11、 Which statement is true about epic cost range?
They should match work breakdown structures
They are actual rolled up costs post implementation
They should be tailored to the portfolio context
They need to be precisely known before work can start
, 3
12、 What is an example of using leading indicators in Lean Portfolio
Management (LPM)?
Innovation accounting
Continuous compliance
Capacity allocation
Portfolio performance reviews
13、 Which metric will show increased productivity across the
portfolio and the Program Backlog?
Feature count per Program Increment
Program Increment Feature burn-down chart
Feature capacity allocation per Program Increment
Feature cycle time during the Program Increment
14、 Who is responsible for technical guidance when coordinating
values streams at the portfolio level?
Portfolio architect
Solution architect
Enterprise architect
System architect
15、 Why is it necessary to estimate epic costs?
To understand the cost range established by internal teams
To understand the detailed implementation cost
To understand the potential investment required
To understand how to allocate resources to the epic
16、 Which SAFe concept describes the differentiating business
objectives that connect a portfolio to the enterprise strategy?
Strategic intent
Strategic goals
Strategic business objectives
Strategic themes
17、 Who defines the portfolio epic threshold?
The solution train engineer (STE)
Epic owners
The enterprise executive
Lean portfolio management (LPM)
