Leading SAFe Certification Exam

What are the core values of SAFe? - ANSWER-1. Built-in Quality 2. Program execution 3. Alignment 4. Transparency Train - ANSWER-a team of agile teams Value Stream - ANSWER-a team of trains Value steams deliver value via - ANSWER-Capabilities A train delivers value via - ANSWER-features and benefits An agile portfolio delivers value via - ANSWER-Epics Eight big mistakes when trying to make a change: - ANSWER-1. Allowing too much complacency 2. Failure to create a sufficiently powerful guiding coalition 3. Underestimating the power of vision 4. Under-communicating the power of vision by 10-100x 5. Permitting obstacles to block the new vision 6. Failure to create short term wins 7. Declaring victory too soon 8. Neglecting to anchor changes firmly in the corporate culture ART - ANSWER-Agile Release Train VSE - ANSWER-Value Stream Engineer How many people are on a scrum team? - ANSWER-7 +/- 2 Which line of the agile structure is optional? - ANSWER-Value Stream Who is concerned with what institute the work comes from? - ANSWER-The epic owner What are the parts of the SAFe house of lean? - ANSWER-Base: Leadership Pillars: Respect for people and culture, Flow, Innovation, and Relentless improvement Top: Value What is the purpose of the SAFe house of lean? - ANSWER-Achieve the sustainably shortest lead time with: -Best quality and value to people and society -High morale, safety and customer delight What does a Respect for People and Culture entail? - ANSWER-Your culture must support change and you must anchor new behavior and then your culture will change. You must change the organization in order to change the culture. What does a Flow entail? - ANSWER-This prevents bottle necks and there is no stopping and starting. There is no room for the unknown is this is at max capacity. What does Innovation entail? - ANSWER-Producers innovate and customers validate; pivot without mercy or guilt; like undercover bosses What does Relentless Improvement entail? - ANSWER-Reflect at key milestones and identify and address shortcomings. What does Leadership mean as the base of the SAFe House of Lean? - ANSWER-leadership must be on board in order for the system to change; the system is how we are getting our work done so we might need a structural change to the organization What is the Agile Manifesto? - ANSWER-We have come to value: Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan. That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.