What is a template for identifying a specific SAFe portfolio?

The Portfolio Canvas serves as a comprehensive tool for identifying and visualizing a specific SAFe portfolio. It is designed to provide a high-level overview of the portfolio's major components, including strategic themes, initiatives, and value streams. This canvas allows organizations to clearly articulate their portfolio's goals and how they align with the overall business strategy.

Using the Portfolio Canvas, leaders can better understand the connections between various aspects of the portfolio, supporting effective decision-making and prioritization of initiatives to maximize value delivery. It acts as a foundational element in the SAFe framework for linking work at the portfolio level to the strategic objectives of the organization.

While other options like the Epic Hypothesis Statement and Value Stream Canvas serve important functions, such as articulating the rationale behind epics and mapping value delivery processes respectively, they do not provide the same comprehensive view of an entire portfolio as the Portfolio Canvas does. The ART Canvas, which focuses on Agile Release Trains, is also narrower in scope and is more specific to team-level and program-level activities rather than the overall portfolio vision and alignment.