SAFe Agilist (Leading SAFe) — All Questions

Lean Portfolio Management funds:

• a.Individual projects
• b.Value streams✓
• c.Single sprints
• d.Only executives' initiatives

LPM funds value streams rather than temporary projects.

A benefit of funding value streams instead of projects is:

• a.Reduced overhead and faster, more flexible decisions✓
• b.More detailed upfront project plans
• c.Longer approval cycles
• d.Less alignment to strategy

Lean budgets with guardrails reduce overhead and speed decisions.

A portfolio Epic in SAFe is:

• a.A defect
• b.A large initiative requiring analysis (a lightweight business case)✓
• c.A daily task
• d.A single user story

Epics are large initiatives evaluated with a lightweight business case.

Guardrails in Lean budgets exist to:

• a.Assign work to individuals
• b.Eliminate all governance
• c.Remove strategic alignment
• d.Guide spending and investment within value streams✓

Guardrails govern how value-stream budgets are spent while keeping flexibility.