In LPM, leverage means:
Using the smallest, most focused change (a “lever”) at the portfolio level to produce the largest positive impact on value flow. outcomes, or strategy alignment.
Think of it as:
“Finding where a small shift in policy, funding, or governance can move the whole system”
Example: Competence, Learning, Flow, and Outcome are Key Leverage Points (KLPs) in SAFe, in every level (Portfolio, Large solutions, ARTs, Teams). Positive growths in these KLPs – however small these growths are – can move the whole system towards a new and better version of the system.
For example – key prompts:
- Do we need to improve on Competencies? Where? Take a “Gemba Walk” – go and see to observe.
- Are we Learning from feedback loops and experimentations? Are we applying those learnings?
- Are we Flowing value without interruptions?
- Are we achieving desired Outcome?
