SAFe Principles & Core Values Flashcards
What are the 4 SAFe Core Values? (ARTR)
Alignment
Respect
Transparency
Relentless Improvement
What are the 4 principles at the Essential level? (TALC)
- Team and Technical Agility
- Agile Product Delivery
- Lean-Agile Leadership
- Continuous Learning Culture
What are the 7 core competencies? (Hint: EATLOCL)
- Enterprise Solution Delivery
- Agile Product Delivery
- Team and Technical Agility
- Lean Portfolio Management
- Organizational Agility
- Continuous Learning Culture
- Lean-Agile Leadership
What principle guides us to deliver early and often and to apply an economic framework?
Take an economic view
What are three primary aspects of systems thinking?
1 - The solution itself is a system
2 - The enterprise building the system is a system
3 - Optimize the full value stream
What is set-based design?
Have multiple design options, learning points where you eliminate options
What principle says that development occurs in an uncertain world?
Assume variability, preserve options
What principle leads to delivering value early & continuously?
Build incrementally with fast, integrated learning cycles
What does PDCA stand for?
Plan → Do → Check → Adjust
What are two benefits of principle #5, “Base milestones on objective evaluation of working systems”?
Each milestone provides a full increment of value. Implementing milestones on a routine cadence builds discipline.
What is flow?
Flow occurs when there is a smooth, linear, and fast movement of work product from step to step in a relevant value stream.
What are the 8 flow accelerators that make up principle #6 “Make value flow without interruptions”?
Visualize and limit WIP
Address bottlenecks
Minimize handoffs and dependencies
Get faster feedback
Work in smaller batches
Reduce queue length
Optimize time ‘in the zone”
Remediate legacy practices and policies
What are some benefits of working in small batches?
Higher predictability, lower variability
What is Little’s Law?
Average wait time = average queue length divided by average processing wait ({\displaystyle L=\lambda W.}
What are some benefits of principle 7, “Apply cadence, synchronize with cross-domain planning”?
Converts unpredictable events into predictable ones
Controls injection of new work
Facilitates cross-functional tradeoffs
Provides multiple feedback perspectives
