10 Critical Success Factors

Question 1

What factor guides improvement efforts to move toward the shortest sustainable lead time with the best quality & value?

Answer 1

Lean-Agile Principles

Question 2

What are Real Agile Teams?

Answer 2

Fully cross-functional, self-organizing, self-managing teams that can define, build, and test their work

Question 3

What do Cadence & Synchronization do?

Answer 3

Make routine things that can be made routine. Provides the steady heartbeat of the development process

Question 4

What is PI Planning?

Answer 4

The most powerful SAFe event. Where the people who do the work plan the work. Aligns the entire ART with a common vision & goal to create a shared sense of purpose.

Question 5

What 3 principles enable more frequent, higher-quality releases?

Answer 5

Customer Centricity, DevOps, and Release On Demand

Question 6

What is a system demo?

Answer 6

Primary measure of progress. Demo a working solution every two weeks, stakeholders provide feedback.

Question 7

What is a significant, regular event held every PI?

Answer 7

Inspect & Adapt

Question 8

What is the IP iteration?

Answer 8

Innovation & Planning Iteration. Provides dedicated time for innovation, continuing education, PI Planning, and Inspect & Adapt as well as a buffer for meeting objectives

Question 9

What do we call the existing code, components, and & infrastructure needed to implement features quickly?

Answer 9

Architectural Runway

Question 10

What is Lean-Agile Leadership?

Answer 10

Leaders take responsibility for adoption & success

Question 11

What are the principles of the SAFE Implementation Roadmap?
(CBFEEGSI)

Answer 11

• Create a sense of urgency
• Build a guiding coalition
• Form a strategic vision
• Enlist a volunteer army
• Enable action by removing barriers
• Generate short-term wins
• Sustain acceleration
• Institute change