SAFe Agile Lean Portfolio Manager
(5.1) Questions and Answers | Latest
Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
How does a Lean Portfolio Manager support Agile Release Trains?
✔✔ By ensuring funding, alignment to strategy, and resolving dependencies across ARTs
Which SAFe principle emphasizes decentralizing decision-making for Lean Portfolio Managers?
✔✔ Decentralize decision-making to enable faster, value-driven decisions
How does a Lean Portfolio Manager help with portfolio prioritization?
✔✔ By applying Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF) to allocate resources to the highest-value
initiatives
What is the purpose of guardrails in Lean Portfolio Management?
✔✔ To ensure spending decisions align with strategy while allowing flexibility in execution
How do Lean Portfolio Managers evaluate epics before approval?
✔✔ By analyzing cost, value, risk, and strategic alignment
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,What is the primary outcome of Portfolio Kanban for Lean Portfolio Managers?
✔✔ Visibility into epic status, progress, and approval workflow
Which role collaborates with Lean Portfolio Managers to manage large initiatives?
✔✔ Epic Owners
How do Lean Portfolio Managers balance capacity across value streams?
✔✔ By reviewing forecasts, dependencies, and resource allocation
Which of the following is a key responsibility of a Lean Portfolio Manager in strategy
execution?
✔✔ Ensuring that initiatives align with business objectives and deliver measurable outcomes
How do Lean Portfolio Managers ensure financial governance in a SAFe portfolio?
✔✔ By using Lean Budgeting, guardrails, and regular portfolio reviews
Which metric helps a Lean Portfolio Manager track the flow of initiatives?
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,✔✔ Epic cycle time and lead time
How does a Lean Portfolio Manager promote innovation within the portfolio?
✔✔ By allocating capacity for new ideas, exploring options, and funding experiments
What is the purpose of Lean Portfolio Metrics?
✔✔ To measure value delivery, predictability, and alignment with strategic goals
What is the primary responsibility of a Lean Portfolio Manager in SAFe?
✔✔ To align portfolio strategy with execution and ensure investment in value streams
How does a Lean Portfolio Manager support value stream funding?
✔✔ By allocating budgets based on strategic priorities and expected business outcomes
Which SAFe artifact helps Lean Portfolio Managers visualize initiatives and progress?
✔✔ Portfolio Kanban
What is the purpose of Epic Owners in relation to Lean Portfolio Management?
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, ✔✔ To coordinate large initiatives (epics) and ensure alignment with business objectives
How does a Lean Portfolio Manager ensure alignment with enterprise strategy?
✔✔ By reviewing portfolio performance, adjusting investments, and maintaining portfolio vision
Which key metric helps Lean Portfolio Managers measure portfolio health?
✔✔ Lean Portfolio KPI such as business value delivery, predictability, and capacity utilization
What is the role of a Lean Portfolio Manager during Portfolio Review meetings?
✔✔ To evaluate progress, resolve bottlenecks, and make investment decisions
How do Lean Portfolio Managers contribute to continuous improvement?
✔✔ By reviewing metrics, identifying inefficiencies, and implementing changes at the portfolio
level
What is a primary benefit of Lean Budgeting in SAFe?
✔✔ Reduces overhead and increases flexibility in funding value streams
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(5.1) Questions and Answers | Latest
Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
How does a Lean Portfolio Manager support Agile Release Trains?
✔✔ By ensuring funding, alignment to strategy, and resolving dependencies across ARTs
Which SAFe principle emphasizes decentralizing decision-making for Lean Portfolio Managers?
✔✔ Decentralize decision-making to enable faster, value-driven decisions
How does a Lean Portfolio Manager help with portfolio prioritization?
✔✔ By applying Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF) to allocate resources to the highest-value
initiatives
What is the purpose of guardrails in Lean Portfolio Management?
✔✔ To ensure spending decisions align with strategy while allowing flexibility in execution
How do Lean Portfolio Managers evaluate epics before approval?
✔✔ By analyzing cost, value, risk, and strategic alignment
1
,What is the primary outcome of Portfolio Kanban for Lean Portfolio Managers?
✔✔ Visibility into epic status, progress, and approval workflow
Which role collaborates with Lean Portfolio Managers to manage large initiatives?
✔✔ Epic Owners
How do Lean Portfolio Managers balance capacity across value streams?
✔✔ By reviewing forecasts, dependencies, and resource allocation
Which of the following is a key responsibility of a Lean Portfolio Manager in strategy
execution?
✔✔ Ensuring that initiatives align with business objectives and deliver measurable outcomes
How do Lean Portfolio Managers ensure financial governance in a SAFe portfolio?
✔✔ By using Lean Budgeting, guardrails, and regular portfolio reviews
Which metric helps a Lean Portfolio Manager track the flow of initiatives?
2
,✔✔ Epic cycle time and lead time
How does a Lean Portfolio Manager promote innovation within the portfolio?
✔✔ By allocating capacity for new ideas, exploring options, and funding experiments
What is the purpose of Lean Portfolio Metrics?
✔✔ To measure value delivery, predictability, and alignment with strategic goals
What is the primary responsibility of a Lean Portfolio Manager in SAFe?
✔✔ To align portfolio strategy with execution and ensure investment in value streams
How does a Lean Portfolio Manager support value stream funding?
✔✔ By allocating budgets based on strategic priorities and expected business outcomes
Which SAFe artifact helps Lean Portfolio Managers visualize initiatives and progress?
✔✔ Portfolio Kanban
What is the purpose of Epic Owners in relation to Lean Portfolio Management?
3
, ✔✔ To coordinate large initiatives (epics) and ensure alignment with business objectives
How does a Lean Portfolio Manager ensure alignment with enterprise strategy?
✔✔ By reviewing portfolio performance, adjusting investments, and maintaining portfolio vision
Which key metric helps Lean Portfolio Managers measure portfolio health?
✔✔ Lean Portfolio KPI such as business value delivery, predictability, and capacity utilization
What is the role of a Lean Portfolio Manager during Portfolio Review meetings?
✔✔ To evaluate progress, resolve bottlenecks, and make investment decisions
How do Lean Portfolio Managers contribute to continuous improvement?
✔✔ By reviewing metrics, identifying inefficiencies, and implementing changes at the portfolio
level
What is a primary benefit of Lean Budgeting in SAFe?
✔✔ Reduces overhead and increases flexibility in funding value streams
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