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Lean Portfolio Management Flashcards

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  1. In DA's approach to Lean Portfolio Management, what is the recommended way to handle technical debt at the portfolio level?

    Answer: Allocate a portion of portfolio capacity explicitly to addressing technical debt as an ongoing investment

    DA recommends explicitly allocating portfolio capacity to technical debt reduction to prevent it from compounding and slowing future delivery.

  2. A company using DA Lean Portfolio Management wants to improve innovation. Which portfolio-level practice best enables this?

    Answer: Reserving a portion of the portfolio budget for exploratory work and innovation experiments

    Reserving dedicated portfolio capacity for exploration and innovation prevents the entire budget from being consumed by maintenance and known initiatives.

  3. How should a DAC handle a scenario where a portfolio initiative has been in 'ready for implementation' status for 6 months without starting?

    Answer: Treat it as a sign of a WIP limit problem or prioritization failure and facilitate a decision to start or drop it

    Long wait times in the portfolio backlog indicate WIP limit or prioritization dysfunction that a DA Coach should surface and help the organization resolve.

  4. Which of the following best describes 'decentralized decision-making' as applied in DA Lean Portfolio Management?

    Answer: Pushing routine and time-sensitive decisions to the teams closest to the work while reserving strategic decisions for leadership

    DA advocates for pushing appropriate decisions to the people with the best information while keeping strategic investment decisions at the right leadership level.

  5. In the DA tool kit, which ceremony most directly supports portfolio-level alignment across multiple ARTs or value streams?

    Answer: PI Planning or a similar large-scale cadence event

    PI Planning (or equivalent large-scale cadence events recognized in DA) brings multiple teams together to align on portfolio objectives and identify cross-team dependencies.

  6. A Disciplined Agile Coach notices that portfolio decisions are made by a single executive without stakeholder input. Which DA principle is most violated?

    Answer: Choice is good

    DA's 'Choice is good' principle emphasizes that diverse perspectives and options improve decision quality, which is undermined by single-person unilateral decisions.

  7. When applying DA Lean Portfolio Management, what is the purpose of 'portfolio guardrails'?

    Answer: To establish boundaries and policies within which teams have autonomy to make decisions

    Portfolio guardrails define the boundaries of team autonomy—setting constraints like budget thresholds, compliance requirements, and architectural standards while empowering teams within those bounds.