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Agile Release Train Practices, Exams of Advanced Education

University of WitwatersrandAdvanced Education

Various practices and concepts related to agile release trains (arts) in the context of the scaled agile framework (safe). It covers topics such as decoupling deployment from release, automating unit tests, coordinating multiple agile release trains, measuring lead time in kanban systems, collaboration opportunities for teams, problem-solving workshops, and characteristics of effective agile teams. Insights into the challenges and best practices for managing the development and release of complex software solutions using the safe approach. It highlights the importance of aligning planning efforts, facilitating cross-team collaboration, and continuously improving the team's processes to deliver value effectively.

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2024/2025

Available from 09/17/2024

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SAFe Adv scrum master 88%
What might be included in a team's improvement backlog?
Training needed by the team for future Iterations
Re-architecture of the Solution
Product Features
A running list of current software defects
Training needed by the team for future Iterations
What is one way a Scrum Master can gain the confidence of a stakeholder?
Make the process visible
Invite the stakeholder to the Iteration retrospective
Make sure the results of the retrospectives are made public
Establish a daily sync meeting with the stakeholder
Make the process visible
What is one problem with phase-gate Milestones?
They assume a point Solution exists and can be built right the first time
They require the Product Owner to act as gatekeeper or guardian of the process
They account for variability inherent in the process
They force design decisions too late in the process
They assume a point Solution exists and can be built right the first time
What is one requirement for achieving Continuous Deployment?
Decouple deployment from release
Automate all unit-tests
Couple development cadence and deployment cadence
Create all Features using behavior-driven development
Decouple deployment from release
How is team performance calculated in SAFe?
The ratio of business value achieved to business value planned for the PI
The ratio of tasks planned to tasks completed
The ratio of Story points completed to Story points planned in the PI
Team member utilization as a percentage of total capacity
The ratio of business value achieved to business value planned for the PI
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What might be included in a team's improvement backlog? Training needed by the team for future Iterations Re-architecture of the Solution Product Features A running list of current software defects Training needed by the team for future Iterations What is one way a Scrum Master can gain the confidence of a stakeholder? Make the process visible Invite the stakeholder to the Iteration retrospective Make sure the results of the retrospectives are made public Establish a daily sync meeting with the stakeholder Make the process visible What is one problem with phase-gate Milestones? They assume a point Solution exists and can be built right the first time They require the Product Owner to act as gatekeeper or guardian of the process They account for variability inherent in the process They force design decisions too late in the process They assume a point Solution exists and can be built right the first time What is one requirement for achieving Continuous Deployment? Decouple deployment from release Automate all unit-tests Couple development cadence and deployment cadence Create all Features using behavior-driven development Decouple deployment from release How is team performance calculated in SAFe? The ratio of business value achieved to business value planned for the PI The ratio of tasks planned to tasks completed The ratio of Story points completed to Story points planned in the PI Team member utilization as a percentage of total capacity The ratio of business value achieved to business value planned for the PI

How can a Scrum Master help the team remain focused on achieving their Iteration goals? By eliminating impediments By supporting the rules of the team process By leading a team's efforts in relentless improvements By exhibiting Lean-Agile Leadership By eliminating impediments How are the program risks, that have been identified during PI Planning, categorized? Resolved, Owned, Accepted, Mitigated Resolved, Owned, Acknowledged, Managed Removed, Owned, Accepted, Managed Removed, Owned, Acknowledged, Mitigated Resolved, Owned, Accepted, Mitigated What is the purpose of the scrum of scrums meeting during PI Planning? To create the program board To track planning progress across the ART To discuss scope changes To control WIP To track planning progress across the ART Why are phase-gate Milestones problematic? They stop Solutions from failing early They use documentation and signoffs as a proxy for Solution progress They prohibit decision-making at the large-solution level They are a construct of the well established way of working They stop Solutions from failing early If a team insists that big Stories cannot be split into smaller ones, how would the Scrum Master coach them to do otherwise? Invite a development manager to emphasize the importance of splitting Stories Demonstrate Story-splitting techniques using a specific example Emphasize the SAFe principles to highlight the importance of flow Suggest a story-splitting bootcamp in the next IP iteration Demonstrate Story-splitting techniques using a specific example What are three opportunities for creating collaboration on a team? (Choose three.)You have reached the max number of allowed answers Pair work Communities of Practice

How is average lead time measured in a Kanban system? Measure the lead time for at least three items and calculate the statistical mean of the items By taking the average velocity over the last three iterations Measure the horizontal distance between arrival and departure lines on a cumulative flow diagram Measure the vertical distance between arrival and departure lines on a cumulative flow diagram Measure the horizontal distance between arrival and departure lines on a cumulative flow diagram What is a Product Owner (PO) anti-pattern in Iteration planning? The PO introduces the business intent to the team for the first time The PO asks the team for recommendations on Story slicing The PO brings in changes to the planned Features based on stakeholder feedback from the System Demo The PO changes priorities of the already refined intent The PO introduces the business intent to the team for the first time Systems builders and Customers have a high level of responsibility and should take great care to ensure that any investment in new Solutions will deliver what benefit? The necessary economic benefit The necessary financial benefit The best opportunity for team utilization The best ecological benefit for society The necessary economic benefit Which two events provide opportunities for the team to collaborate? (Choose two.) Backlog refinement Pre-PI Planning Solution Demo Portfolio Sync Iteration Planning Backlog refinement Iteration Planning The purpose of Continuous Integration is to deliver what? Potentially deployable code Specific customer functionality Smaller batch sizes New builds on the test environment Potentially deployable code

What goes into the Portfolio Backlog? Capabilities Strategic Themes Program Enablers Epics Epics Which statement is true about refactoring code? It should be planned for in the architectural runway It is a natural part of software development It is the result of combining legacy systems with new code It is the result of poor development quality It should be planned for in the architectural runway Which statement is true about work in process (WIP)? More WIP decreases variability WIP is directly related to utilization More WIP leads to slower throughput WIP visibility increases cross-training opportunities More WIP leads to slower throughput What is the purpose of the fishbone diagram? To identify potential root causes to problems To brainstorm solutions to problems To identify improvement backlog items To identify the biggest root cause To identify potential root causes to problems What is one outcome of an integration point? It aligns with a phase-gate milestone It provides an opportunity to pivot the course of action It provides the opportunity to release code It extends the length of time of an Iteration It provides an opportunity to pivot the course of action Why is the program predictability measure the primary Metric used during the quantitative measurement part of the Inspect and Adapt event? To measure the predictability of business value delivered in the PI timebox To forecast when remaining features could be delivered to customers

Because the teams managed their dependencies and planned their integration timing during PI Planning Because each feature team needs to integrate with the component team Because work should not be planned for the IP Iteration If the distance between the arrival and departure curves on a team's cumulative flow diagram is growing apart, what is likely happening? Lead time is increasing Unplanned work is pushed into the backlog The backlog is being reprioritized WIP is decreasing Lead time is increasing What are relationships within a highly collaborative team based on? Trust Communication Collaboration Alignment Trust What is the primary goal of decentralized decision-making? To resolve dependencies To reduce delay To minimize WIP To empower knowledge workers To reduce delay A Feature should satisfy which two criteria? (Choose two.)You have reached the max number of allowed answers It has one Capability as a parent It involves multiple Agile Release Trains It is fully completed by a single Agile Release Train within one PI It is developed within a single Agile Team It is prioritized using weighted shortest job first (WSJF) It is fully completed by a single Agile Release Train within one PI It is prioritized using weighted shortest job first (WSJF) Inspect and Adapt events occur at which two SAFe levels? (Choose two.)You have reached the max number of allowed answers Value Stream Level

Team Level Essential Level Portfolio Level Large Solution Level Essential Level Large Solution Level What are two purposes of the scrum of scrums meeting? (Choose two.)You have reached the max number of allowed answers Identify impediments Facilitate cross-team collaboration Discuss Program Backlog priority changes Collaborate release details with Systems Team Review Solution Architecture Identify impediments Facilitate cross-team collaboration What is the purpose of the retrospective held during an Inspect and Adapt event? To identify the issues to address during the problem-solving workshop To learn from PI Planning outcomes To review how value flows through the Agile Release Train To identify improvement Story candidates To identify the issues to address during the problem-solving workshop Which two timestamps are required at minimum to measure lead time by using a Team Kanban board? (Choose two.)You have reached the max number of allowed answers When the Story is released to users and validated When the Agile Team pulls a Story onto the board When the Story is accepted by the Product Owner When the Story is deployed When the team demos to the Product Owner When the Story is released to users and validated When the Agile Team pulls a Story onto the board The work within one state of a team's Kanban board is being completed at varying times, sometimes running faster and sometimes slower than the next state. What could resolve this issue? Create a buffer state between the two states to regulate the situation Match skill sets to the WIP states in order to smooth out flow

A team consistently receives defect reports from production even though each Story is thoroughly tested. What is the first step to solve this problem? Ensure that development and testing environments are equivalent to production Instantiate a strict definition of done Invest in better Story and unit-test automation Create a story dependency with the systems team to collaborate on deployment Ensure that development and testing environments are equivalent to production Which of the four SAFe Core Values is an enabler of trust? Transparency Built-in Quality Program Execution Alignment Transparency The Agile Team includes the Scrum Master and which other key role? Project Manager Release Train Engineer Product Owner Product Manager Product Owner Who does the Scrum Master support in their efforts to guide the team and manage the Team Backlog? Business Owners The Release Train Engineer Product Management The Product Owner The Product Owner An Agile Team decides they want to use pair programming in future Iterations. Where should this be captured? In the team's improvement backlog In the Program Backlog In the team retrospective notes In the Inspect and Adapt meeting notes In the team's improvement backlog When developing a team's skill set, what skill set does an E-shaped person have? Expertise in optimizing system flow and general deployment experience A generalist across many skills and expertise in few

Strong domain expertise matched with general integration skills Experience across several areas and can execute using a combination of skills Experience across several areas and can execute using a combination of skills What is one way a Scrum Master leads the team's efforts for relentless improvement? By focusing on technical discipline By scheduling team meetings By helping teams become better problem solvers By building a high-performing team By helping teams become better problem solvers A team integrates and tests the Stories on the last day of the Iteration. This has become a pattern for the last three Iterations. Why is this considered an anti-pattern? Because the team is waterfalling the Iteration Because the team consistently meets their commitments, and the Product Owner accepts the Stories Because the team demonstrates the full Stories to the Product Owner during the Iteration review Because it is difficult to manage dependencies with other teams Because the team is waterfalling the Iteration What are the benefits of organizing teams around Features? There are fewer dependencies between teams Teams can avoid decomposing Features into Stories It eliminates the need for a dependency board It enables specialized skill sets to be used There are fewer dependencies between teams What is one characteristic of an effective Agile Team? To reliably deliver value by deploying features To invest in having specialized skill sets To pivot towards other work as requested A strong focus on increasing team velocity To reliably deliver value by deploying features What does a Scrum Master support in order to help the team improve and take responsibility for their actions? A team's efforts in relentless improvement Increasing Quality practices Building a high-performing team Invest in architectural runway

Assign another team member to assist Lee Focus on the progress of the Iteration goals Have Lee work on different Stories Have him break his Stories into tasks for more clarity Have him break his Stories into tasks for more clarity What should be the first step a team should take to feed potential problems into the problem solving workshop? Analyse quantitative & qualitative metrics Conduct a short team retrospective Identify enablers needed to build out the architectural runway Review feedback from the system demo Conduct a short team retrospective SAFe Scrum Masters need to have intentional focus on what? Dependencies Risks Backlog prioritization Improvement items Improvement items What is a benefit of an Agile Release Train that has both cadence and synchronization? Teams participate on the portfolio backlog refinement The entire system is iterating The agile release train is able to control the injection on new work Dependencies are identified across the agile release train The entire system is iterating What is the first source of guidance when creating an improvement roadmap? Product roadmap Agile program management office Lean agile center of excellence Communities of practice