Agile COP: Strategic Portfolio Management

Most organizations treat their portfolio like a wish list. Venture capitalists treat theirs like a living system — and that difference is everything.

     In this webinar, SAFe® Fellow and SPM/LPM expert Luke Hohmann draws on deep Silicon Valley VC experience to surface the principles that separate high-performing portfolios from stalled ones. You'll explore how VCs distinguish reserving capital from allocating it, why a properly constructed portfolio is intentionally oversubscribed, and how to use budget guardrails that protect innovation instead of killing it. Luke also introduces Horizon 0 — the often-overlooked discipline of decommissioning legacy investments — as the prerequisite for funding what comes next.
Beyond theory, you'll walk away with practical tools: T-shirt sizing ranges that build resiliency into cost estimates, market rhythm mapping to anticipate constraints and opportunities, and Strategic Investment Planning to build genuine leadership alignment — not just the illusion of it.
     Whether you're new to SPM/LPM or a seasoned practitioner, this session will sharpen how you think about portfolio investment, priority alignment, and the leadership decisions that determine whether your portfolio thrives or stagnates. Bonus? You'll learn many of the deeper principles that underpin SAFe® LPM!

1.  Constructing Portfolios
2. Using budget guardrails
3. Decommissioning legacy investments

 

 

Luke Hohmann is a five-time author, three-time founder, SAFe® Fellow, investor, and internationally recognized expert in Strategic Portfolio Management, Agile Product Management, and Agile Software Development. Coming from Silicon Valley, he knows how to help business leaders build sustainably profitable businesses, because only sustainable profits allow a business to thrive. Outside work, Luke is a husband, father, and game designer who believes the best ideas and most joyful experiences in business and life come from collaborative play.