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What is another name for technical or functional spikes needed to uncover knowledge or reduce risk in the next PI - Answer: Exploration Enables Which leadership style helps create a safe environment for learning, growth, and mutual influence - Answer: Leader as the developer of people Scrum is built on transparency, inspection, and what els - Answer: Adaption During which event are the Team PI Objectives agreed upon - Answer: PI Planning Which role serves as the Servant Leader for the Agile Release Train - Answer: Release Train Engineer Which statement is true about Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) and budgeting - Answer: LPM empowers stakeholders to adapt the current backlog and roadmap context
Who is responsible for managing the Portfolio Kanban - Answer: Lean Portfolio Management Optimizing flow means identifying and reducing what? - Answer: Delays Which statement is true about Program events? - Answer: Team events run inside the Program events, and the Program events create a closed loop system How can trust be gained between the business and development - Answer: Deliver predictability When are planning adjustments communicated back to the Agile Release Train after the management review - Answer: At the beginning of day two Why do Business Owners assign business value to Teams' PI Objectives - Answer: To provide the teams with guidance of value to the business What is this statement defining: "A series of activities that have proven to be effective in successfully implementing SAFe"? - Answer: The SAFe Implementation Roadmap What is an example of cross-functional Iterations? - Answer: Iteration 1: Define, Build, Test; Define, Build, Test What are two ways to describe a cross-functional Agile team? (Choose two.) - Answer: They are optimized for communication and delivery of value They can define, build, and test a feature or component What are two items that appear on the program board? (Choose two.) - Answer: Features Significant dependencies
If a program repeatedly shows separate feature branches rather than a true System Demo, which practice should be reviewed to address the issue? - Answer: Continuous Integration Which statement is true about Solution Context when defining large solutions? - Answer: It defines the environment in which the Solution operates According to the Harvard Business Review article titled, "The New New Product Development Game", what does it mean to create built-in instability? - Answer: Provide challenging requirements and a high degree of freedom to meet the requirements The analyzing step of the Portfolio Kanban system has a new Epic with a completed Lean business case. What best describes the next step for the Epic? - Answer: It will be moved to the Portfolio Backlog if it receives a "Go" decision from Lean Portfolio Management Which statement is a principle from the Agile Manifesto? - Answer: Working software is the primary measure of progress At the end of PI Planning after dependencies are resolved and risks are addressed, a confidence vote is taken. What is the default method used to vote? - Answer: Fist of Five What is the roof of the SAFe House of Lean? - Answer: Value What is a benefit of enhancing enterprise agility? - Answer: It allows for a faster response to changing market opportunities Weighted Shortest Job First gives preference to jobs with which two characteristics? (Choose two.) - Answer: Shorter duration Higher Cost of Delay
What does the Continuous Delivery Pipeline enable? - Answer: Continuous learning cycles What is the best measure of progress for complex system development? - Answer: System Demo Which three types of decisions should remain centralized even in a decentralized decision- making environment? (Choose three.) - Answer: Long lasting decisions Infrequent decisions Decisions with significant economies of scale Which SAFe Principle includes providing autonomy with purpose, mission, and minimum constraints? - Answer: Unlock the intrinsic motivation of knowledge workers SAFe's first Lean-Agile Principle includes "Deliver early and often" and what else? - Answer: Deliver value incrementally What is one key purpose of DevOps? - Answer: DevOps joins development and operations to enable continuous delivery A team has just adopted the SAFe Implementation Roadmap and is in the process of training executives, managers, and leaders. What is their next step? - Answer: Identify Value Streams and Agile Release Trains Strategic Themes are different business objectives which help guide Solutions. Where are Strategic Themes found in the SAFe Big Picture? - Answer: Portfolio Level What is one pillar of the SAFe House of Lean? - Answer: Flow
Responsibilities SPCs can take on to drive? Why? - Answer: Communication, Form the team, Teach leaders & stakeholders, Train the Teams, Launch ARTs, Coach ARTs, Scale wins. Why? Connect the dots in the enterprise. (Test) Taking the Leading SAFe training is a? Know other training for different resources. - Answer: Key thing to get Leadership buy-in. (Test) Energy we want a team to develop? - Answer: Ba
- Fuel of Ba is it's self-organizing nature
- Ba is energized with intentions, vision, interest, & mission Knowledge Worker? - Answer: Know more about the work they perform than their boss (Test) Management Styles (3 types) - Answer: Expert, Conductor, Developer Responsibility Trap - Answer: Leader has to know everything Value Stream is a? - Answer: Fundamental thinking construct in Lean (Test) Scrum includes a? - Answer: Cross-Functional Team of 5-9 people Scrum Master (ATF) does what 3 things? - Answer: Facilitate Issues, Risks, & Dependencies (Test) Product Owner does what 2 things? - Answer: Prioritize Backlog & Accepts Work (Test) 4 Core Values of SAFe - Answer: 1. Built In Quality
- Program Execution
- Alignment
- Transparency
PI (Program Increment) is over when? - Answer: When the Time ends Features happen within? - Answer: A Program Increment (Test) Spanning Pallet is? - Answer: Support functions, Metrics, Milestones, Roadmap, Vision, etc. (Test) RTE (Release Train Engineer) - Answer: Facilitator of the Train System Architect - Answer: Technical Content Owner (Test) Product Management - Answer: Business Content Owner No RTE or VSE at what Level? - Answer: Portfolio No Time-Box at what Level? - Answer: Portfolio Business Results (4 Areas) - Answer: 1. Engagement
- Time to market
- Quality
- Productivity 8 Big Mistakes of Change - Answer: 1. Complacency
- No guiding coalition
- Underestimate power of vision
- Not communication vision
- Permitting obstacles
- Not creating short-term wins
(Test) House of Lean: FLOW means? - Answer: Continuous sustainable throughput of value, avoid start-stop-start delays, build in quality, understand & manage variability, integrate frequently, informed decision making via fast feedback. GEMBA means? - Answer: No useful product/improvement was created at a desk; Walk leadership around on the floor. (Test) 4 keys of the Agile Manifesto? - Answer: 1. Individuals/interactions over processes & tools
- working software over comprehensive documentation
- customer collaboration over contract negotiation
- respond to change over following a plan. House of Lean: INNOVATION means? - Answer: Producers innovate, customers validate, GEMBA, provide time & scope for creativity, apply innovation accounting, pivot w/out mercy or guilt (make controlled decisions). (Test) House of Lean: Relentless Improvement means? - Answer: Constant sense of danger, optimize the whole, consider facts quickly then act quickly, apply lean tools, reflect at key milestones. (Test) House of Lean: LEADERSHIP (the Base) means? - Answer: Lead the change, know the way, develop people, inspire & align w/mission, decentralize decision making, unlock intrinsic motivation of knowledge workers. An Economic View means? - Answer: Deliver early & often 5 "key" things when considering Economics? - Answer: 1. Sequence jobs for max benefit
- Do not consider Money already spent
- Make economic choices continuously
- Empower local decision making
- Quantify the Cost of Delay Agile Manifesto: 12 areas - Answer: 1. satisfy customer, 2. welcome change, 3. deliver frequently, 4. work together, 5. build around motivated people, 6. face-to-face conversation, 7. working software measures progress, 8. sustainable development, 9. technical excellence, 10. simplicity, 11. self-organized teams, 12. reflect & adjust. SAFe Lean-Agile Principles (9 total) - Answer: 1. economic view
- systems thinking
- assume variability, preserve options
- build incrementally fast & integrate
- base milestones on objective evaluation
- limit WIP/reduce batch size, manage queue length
- apply cadence
- unlock intrinsic motivation
- decentralize decision making. Systems Thinking says? - Answer: Needs of the Many outweigh the needs of the Few.
- Optimizing a component does not optimize the system
- For the system to behave well as a system, a higher-level understanding of behavior & architecture is required
- The value of a system passes through its interconnections
- A system can evolve no faster than its slowest point (Test) Base decisions on Economics includes 5 things? - Answer: Parameter Tradeoffs:
- Cycle Time
- Product Cost
- Value
- Decision must be flexible
- Preserve options
- Improve economic results (Test) Build Incrementally w/Fast integrated learning cycles is what 4 things? Are Iterations a form of a learning cycle? - Answer: 1. Plan
- Do
- Check
- Adjust (act)
- Requires increased investment in development environment ; shorter cycles = faster learning (Test) Spikes are? - Answer: Facilitated by Small Batch Sizes Integration Points reduce what 1 thing? - Answer: Risk - setting integration points will reduce the risk curve (Test) The 4 Problems of Phase Gate Milestones? - Answer: 1. Forces early design decisions
- Assumes a "point" solutions exists an is right the 1st time
- Creates huge batches & long queues
- Centralizes requirements & design in program mgt. (Test) Every PI (Program Increment) does what 2 things? - Answer: 1. Solving the problem via process
- Improving the Process (Test) 3 Dimensions/Questions to Measure Progress are? - Answer: 1. Are we doing what we said (Progress)
- Are we doing the right things (Product)
- Are we improving our process (Process)
(Test) PI Demos are orchestrated to deliver what 3 things? - Answer: 1. Deliver objective progress (Objectives)
- Product (Performance & Customer Feedback)
- Process metrics (Improvement Stories) BVIR stands for? - Answer: Big Visible Information Radiator - this facilitates flow and helps Visualize & limit WIP. Kanban technique of forcing Swarming is? - Answer: Setting WIP Limits Having Budgets for Development, testing etc. does what? - Answer: Contradicts Agile (Test) Reducing Batch Size does what 4 things? - Answer: 1. Increases Predictability
- Accelerates Feedback
- Reduces rework
- Lowers cost It probably saves twice what you think. (Test) Un-Deployed software increases what? - Answer: Holding Cost Manage Queue Lengths has what 4 things? - Answer: 1. Epics (Portfolio Backlog)
- Capabilities (Value Stream Backlog)
- Features (Program Backlog)
- Stories (Team Backlog)
- Refinement is down and across all 4 above. (Test) Little's Law - Answer: Wq = Lq y (up-side down)
(Test) De-Centralize Decision Making defines what? - Answer: Define the economic logic behind a decision; empower others to actually make them (Test) Centralized decision making includes what 3 things? - Answer: 1. Infrequent
- Long Lasting
- Significant economies of scale (Test) De-Centralized decision making includes what 3 things? - Answer: 1. Frequent & common (ex: team & program backlog)
- Time Critical (ex: point release to customer)
- Require local information (ex: Feature criteria) (Test) Agile Release Trains deliver what? - Answer: Solutions (Test) Agile Release Train includes what? - Answer: 1. Virtual organization of 5-12 teams (50- 125pp)
- Program Increment (PI) is a fixed timebox (10 wks avg)
- Synchronized Iterations & PIs
- Aligned to a common mission via Single Program Backlog
- Operates under architectural & UX guidance
- Frequently produces valuable & evaluable system-level solutions Value doesn't follow what? - Answer: Silos - Mgt challenge is to connect the silos. Problems with Silos:
- Optimized for vertical communication
- Friction across silos
- Location via function
- Political boundaries between functions
(Test) Cross-Functional Teams do what 3 things? - Answer: 1. Define, Build and Test a feature or component (DBT)
- Optimize Communication & Value delivery
- Deliver every 2 weeks (Test) 3 SCRUM roles are? - Answer: 1. Scrum Master
- Product Owner
- Agile Team (Test) A Team can be organized around what 2 things? - Answer: 1. Features
- Components
- Optimize for the larger purpose: Maximize velocity by minimizing dependencies and handoffs, while sustaining architectural robustness & system qualities.
- Less desirable to organize a team around:
- Architectural layer
- Platform, middleware, UI, DB, business logic
- Programming language, spoken language, technology, location (Test) Feature Teams has 3 things? - Answer: 1. Fastest Velocity
- Minimize Dependencies
- Develop T-shaped skills (Test) Component Teams has 2 things? - Answer: 1. High reuse, high technical specialization, critical NFRs
- Create each component as a "potentially replaceable part of the system, with well-defined interfaces". Avoid organizing Teams around what? - Answer: Architectural Layers
(Test) PI Planning process Outputs - Answer: 1. Team & Program PI Objectives
- Program Board Outputs of the SAFe process are? - Answer: 1. Objectives - team is comfortable to complete
- Stretch Objectives - team is not comfortable to complete (Test) Sprint Goals do what? - Answer: 1. Communication Vehicle
- Team Focus
- What is planned to accomplish in a PI (Test) Features are described by? - Answer: 1. Teams on the train deliver
- Implemented incrementally via Stories
- Deliver stories on a regular Cadence
- Features fit into 1 PI for 1 ART
- Stories fit into 1 Iteration for 1 Team (Test) Team Backlog does/includes what? - Answer: 1. Organizes the Team's work
- All Things
- Opportunities (Not Commitments)
- May be Estimated
- Single Owner - Product Owner
- Driven by Program Priorities (Test) Backlog contains User Stories which are? - Answer: 1. Small increments of Value
- Easy to estimate
- Just in time
- No large documents
- May be safely discarded after implementation
(Test) Enabler Stories support what? - Answer: Value (Test - exactly) Enablers support 3 types of work? - Answer: 1. Exploration
- Architecture
- Infrastructure
- Enabler Stories get Points & Demo (Test) Estimate Stories w/relative story points based on? - Answer: 1. Volume
- Complexity
- Knowledge
- Uncertainty (Test) Estimating / Planning Poker. when is it used and for what type of planning/estimating? - Answer: Fibanache numbers Estimation is done by the? - Answer: Whole Team
- Increases Accuracy
- Builds Understanding
- Creates Shared Commitment (Test) The Business Owner provides what? - Answer: Business Context Business Context SWOT stands for? - Answer: 1. Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Opportunities
- Threats
- Presented by the Executive
