Agile

Question 1

SAFe recommends separating development from release. What can help with this practice?

Answer 1

Hide all new functionality under Feature toggles.

Question 2

When should a dependency be raised as a program risk?

Answer 2

When it must be accepted

Question 3

The recommended structure for writing User Stories is?

Answer 3

As a…, I want…, So that

Question 4

Which situation indicates the presence of an innovation riptide?

Answer 4

When team and Agile Release Train innovations turn into portfolio-level strategic initiatives

Question 5

A product owner is noticing that overall quality is starting to degrade. What might they do to address the problem?

Answer 5

Reinforce the definition of Done

Question 6

What is a benefit of Program Increment (PI) Objectives

Answer 6

To promote business agility by giving teams option on how they might deliver features

Question 7

What is the primary focus of an Operational Value Stream?

Answer 7

Delivering end-user value

Question 8

Features are sized or split to fit what duration

Answer 8

A program increment

Question 9

Which design-thinking tool is most likely to help an ART during PI planning to ensure that the PI will deliver solution that is differentiated from competitive offerings?

Answer 9

Empathy Interviews

Question 10

Product Management is responsible for which activity?

Answer 10

Defining Program Backlog content

Question 11

What is the purpose of the Solution Context

Answer 11

To identify critical aspects of solution’s operational environment

Question 12

Why is the problem solving workshop more effective than traditional lessons learned documents?

Answer 12

It makes improvements actionable through backlog items for the next PI

Question 13

What is one of the questions the Product Management team must answer in order to create a vision?

Answer 13

Which problem will the solution solve

Question 14

Product Management is expected to collaborate in planning the amount of upcoming enabler work by establishing what?

Answer 14

Capacity allocation

Question 15

The team is struggling to agree on the Story point sizing of a new User Story. The product owner was previously a related domain expert and feels the team is wasting time. What should she do?

Answer 15

Continue to support that team’s decision on sizing

Question 16

The team is struggling to agree on the Story point sizing of a new User Story. The product owner was previously a related domain expert and feels the team is wasting time. What should she do?

Answer 16

Continue to support that team’s decision on sizing

Question 17

What is a common anti-pattern related to System Demos?

Answer 17

Team demos are accepted in place of a system demo to avoid redundancy

Question 18

The SAFe definition of DevOps includes which concept?

Answer 18

Culture

Question 19

The first three elements of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline work together to support delivery of small batches of new functionality which are released in accordance with what

Answer 19

Market needs

Question 20

What is the purpose of a Program Epic?

Answer 20

To capture Agile Release Train initiatives that cannot be completed in a single Program Increment

Question 21

What is a Strategy a Product Owner can use during Program Increment Planning to minimize dependencies?

Answer 21

Move stories on their team’s backlog to another team

Question 22

What happens to improvement items identified during the Iteration Retrospective?

Answer 22

They are entered as Stories in the team backlog

Question 23

. What is an input to the Program Increment Planning process that highlights how Product Management plans to accomplish the Vision?

Answer 23

Business context

Question 24

What is one way in which SAFe House of Lean might influence a Product Owner

Answer 24

Help Agile teams gain a clear understanding of their customer

Question 25

What does assigning business value to a team’s PI Objectives influence?

Answer 25

How teams pan the implementation

Question 26

Agile team capacity allocations often include which major category of work?

Answer 26

User Stories

Question 27

Which responsibility belongs to the Product owner?

Answer 27

Assigning PI Objectives

Question 28

Who typically participates as the ART’s Business Owners to approve the team’s PI Objectives?

Answer 28

Product Management

Question 29

Who should attend the PO Sync?

Answer 29

The Product Owners, Product Management, and other stakeholders as needed

Question 30

How can Product Management leverage market rhythms?

Answer 30

Adjust the delivery of Features to better meet market needs

Question 31

What are there elements of INVEST? (Choose three

Answer 31

Testable,Valuable,Independent

Question 32

Which statement is true about nonfunctional requirements?

Answer 32

They operate as constrains on the design of the system

Question 33

Which statement is true about the SAFe backlog model?

Answer 33

Features are in the Program Backlog

Question 34

Which two options are part of the SAFe Core Values? (Choose two)

Answer 34

Transparency and Program execution

Question 35

What is the purpose of Iteration Goals?

Answer 35

To align the team members and the Product Owners to the mission

Question 36

The Customer is asking for a forecast for when a specific Feature will be available. Where could Product Management find this information?

Answer 36

Solution Roadmap

Question 37

Communicating the Vision to the Agile Release Train during Program Increment Planning supports which SAFe Core Value?

Answer 37

Alignment

Question 38

Which of the following should always attend the Agile Team’s Iteration Review?

Answer 38

The team’s Product Owner

Question 39

Iteration Goals serve what purpose?

Answer 39

To align team members to a common purpose

Question 40

Who provides Agile Release Train context and vision during PI planning

Answer 40

Product Manager

Question 41

What is an input to the Vision

Answer 41

Customer feedback

Question 42

Which statement is true about WSJF?

Answer 42

It includes cost of delay and the unit size

Question 43

During Program Increment Planning, the Product Owner coordinates primarily with their Agile Team, other Product Owners and who else?

Answer 43

Product Manager

Question 44

Which statement is true about estimating Features using Story points?

Answer 44

More than one team may be involved in the estimation

Question 45

How do SAFe Continuous Delivery Pipeline activities map to the teams’ work each Iteration within the Program Increment (PI)?

Answer 45

Each Iteration in the PI, teams are exploring, integrating, deploying, and potentially releasing new value

Question 46

When should a Product Owner (PO) develop preliminary Iteration Goals?

Answer 46

Prior to iteration planning

Question 47

What is an input to the Program Increment Planning process that highlights how Poduct Management plans to accomplish the visions

Answer 47

Top 10 features

Question 48

What is the purpose of the Solution Context

Answer 48

To identify critical aspects of a solution’s operation environment

Question 49

What is one way in which the SAFe House of Lean might influence a Product Owner

Answer 49

Help Agile Teams gain a clear understanding of their Customer

Question 50

Which statement is true about non functional requirements?

Answer 50

They operate as constraints on the design of the system

Question 51

Which design-thinking tool is most likely to help an Agile Release Train (ART) during Program Increment(PI) planning to ensure that the PI will deliver a solution that is differentiated from competitive offerings?

Answer 51

Whole product thinking

Question 52

How can Product Management leverage market rhythms?

Answer 52

Adjust the deliver of Features to better meet market needs

Question 53

Essential Level

Answer 53

Aligns strategy with execution and organizes Solution development around the flow of value

Question 54

Large Solution Level

Answer 54

Is used for building complex Solutions that require coordination across hundreds of people

Question 55

Portfolio Level

Answer 55

Contains various roles and artifacts that may apply to one or more levels of SAFe

Question 56

Spanning Palette

Answer 56

Provides the minimal elements necessary to be successful with SAFe

Question 57

Core Competencies

Answer 57

Principles, Values, Mindset, and implementation guidance to drive change

Question 58

Foundation

Answer 58

A set of related knowledge, skills, and behaviors which enable Business Agility

Question 59

Business Agility requires that only software teams use Lean and Agile practices to continually deliver innovative, high-quality products and services faster than the competition.

Answer 59

False

Question 60

What is Business Agility?

Answer 60

The ability to compete and thrive in the digital age by quickly responding to market changes and emerging opportunities with innovative, digitally-enabled business Solutions.

Question 61

The basic building block for all SAFe configurations and the most straightforward starting point for SAFe implementation requires a significant degree of expertise across four of the Seven Core Competencies.

Answer 61

True

Question 62

PI Planning

Answer 62

Aligns the entire ART on a common Vision and goal

Question 63

System Demo

Answer 63

Objective evidence provided by a working Solution; the primary measure of progress

Question 64

Inspect & Adapt

Answer 64

Planned time to reflect, collect data, and solve problems

Question 65

IP Iteration

Answer 65

Dedicated time for innovation, continuing education, PI Planning, and Inspect & Adapt

Question 66

Lean-Agile Leadership

Answer 66

Enterprise leaders take responsibility for Lean-Agile adoption and success

Question 67

Which operating system does SAFe represent?

Answer 67

Dual operating system

Question 68

What are the 10 critical success factors?

Answer 68

What are the 10 critical success factors?

Question 69

What are the Core Competencies?

Answer 69

A set of related knowledge, skills, events, and behaviors, which together enable organizations to achieve Business Agility.

Question 70

What is the Scaled Agile Framework?

Answer 70

The world’s leading framework for scaling Agile across the Enterprise that provides a knowledge base of proven, integrated principles and practices to support Business Agility.

Question 71

Which configuration of SAFe provides the minimal elements necessary to be successful with SAFe?

Answer 71

Essential

Question 72

Deliver early and often and apply an economic framework are two practices essential to which SAFe® Lean-Agile Principle?

Answer 72

Take an economic view

Question 73

Match the SAFe® Lean-Agile Principle on the left with the phrase that most closely describes it on the right.

Answer 73

Apply systems thinking --Taking a holistic approach to solution development Assume variability; preserve options ---Considering multiple design choices at the start and eliminating weaker options over time. Build incrementally with fast, integrated learning cycles---Allowing for faster Customer feedback and mitigating risk Base milestones on objective evaluation of working systems----Demonstrating the working system regularly Organize around value----Enabling quicker delivery and the ability to change course when needed

Question 74

PI planning and timeboxed iterations where all teams participate in events together at regular intervals are two SAFe® concepts that support which SAFe® Lean-Agile Principle?

Answer 74

Apply cadence, synchronize with cross-domain planning

Question 75

Big visual information radiators that show clearly the work of teams across an organization is an example of which SAFe Core Value?

Answer 75

Transparency

Question 76

Which of the following team practices can be used to foster a culture of respect for people?

Answer 76

Develop working agreements

Question 77

What are the SAFe Core Values? (Choose four.)

Answer 77

Relentless improvement, Alignment, Transparency, Respect for people

Question 78

Which of the following SAFe events allows teams to regularly reflect and adapt their practices?

Answer 78

Retrospectives

Question 79

Everyone working toward a common goal via shared objectives is a way to achieve which SAFe Core Value?

Answer 79

Alignment