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SAFe 6.0 - Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) Practice Test Questions And Answers A+ Graded
Question 1: Which metric will show increased
productivity across the portfolio and the ART backlog?
CORRECT ANSWER: Flow time during the PI
Question 2: When is the correct time to integrate across
value streams?
CORRECT ANSWER: As soon as it is economically
feasible
Question 3: What is the recommended method to forecast
epic implementation cost?
CORRECT ANSWER: Epic t-shirt estimates
Question 4: Which horizon is for investment in current
Solutions?
CORRECT ANSWER: Horizon 1
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Question 5: Why is it necessary to estimate epic costs?
CORRECT ANSWER: To understand the potential
investment required
Question 6: Who is responsible for technical guidance
when coordinating Value Streams at the portfolio level?
CORRECT ANSWER: Enterprise Architect
Question 7: Which function of strategy and investment
funding occurs during the portfolio sync?
CORRECT ANSWER: Evaluate Epic proposals
Question 8: Which SAFe principle does weighted shortest
job first (WSJF) support?
CORRECT ANSWER: Take an economic view
Question 9: What practice is part of Lean Portfolio
Management (LPM)?
CORRECT ANSWER: Rolling wave planning
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Question 10: What is a benefit of using Kanban with
SAFe Portfolio?
CORRECT ANSWER: To visualize the flow of epics
Question 11: What is a potential output of a strategic
portfolio review?
CORRECT ANSWER: Updated strategic themes
Question 12: What is one key to implementing flow?
CORRECT ANSWER: Visualizing and limiting work in
process (WIP)
Question 13: What do groups collaboratively fund during
the participatory budgeting event?
CORRECT ANSWER: Value Streams
Question 14: When does participatory budgeting happen?
CORRECT ANSWER: On a cadence twice per year
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Question 15: What is one way to imagine the future state
of the portfolio?
CORRECT ANSWER: Establish alternatives using
TOWS analysis
Question 16: Which purpose does the investment horizons
guardrail serve?
CORRECT ANSWER: Balancing both near-term
opportunities and long-term strategy
Question 17: What is one responsibility of Agile portfolio
operations?
CORRECT ANSWER: Coordinating value streams
Question 18: What is a primary benefit of participatory
budgeting?
CORRECT ANSWER: Adapt budgets to changing needs
Question 19: What does the Portfolio Roadmap give an
organization?