Leading SAFe 5.0-1 Exam Questions and Answers Graded A+

Leading SAFe 5.0-1 Exam Questions and Answers Graded A+ SAFe stands for? Scaled Agile Framework enterprise HIP stands for? Hardening, Innovation, Planning (Test) What drives the upper limit to 125? Dunbar's Number: Maintain stable social relationships (Test) Why do we want to organize around Value? Fewer handoffs, drive alignment, easier to build in quality, optimize the whole system Operational Value Stream is? Used to deliver end customer value (Test) Development Value Stream means? Development of Systems & Capabilities that enable the operational value streams (Test) Where do we start to ID Multiple Value Streams? 4 Dimensions? Significant Opportunity, Clear products/solutions, Leadership support, Collaborating Teams. (Test) 3 things to Motivate? 1. Autonomy 2. Mastery 3. Purpose Responsibilities SPCs can take on to drive? Why? 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. Key thing to get Leadership buy-in. (Test) Energy we want a team to develop? Ba - Fuel of Ba is it's self-organizing nature - Ba is energized with intentions, vision, interest, & mission Knowledge Worker? Know more about the work they perform than their boss (Test) Management Styles (3 types) Expert, Conductor, Developer Responsibility Trap Leader has to know everything Value Stream is a? Fundamental thinking construct in Lean (Test) Scrum includes a? Cross-Functional Team of 5-9 people Scrum Master (ATF) does what 3 things? Facilitate Issues, Risks, & Dependencies (Test) Product Owner does what 2 things? Prioritize Backlog & Accepts Work (Test) 4 Core Values of SAFe 1. Built In Quality 2. Program Execution 3. Alignment 4. Transparency PI (Program Increment) is over when? When the Time ends Features happen within? A Program Increment (Test) Spanning Pallet is? Support functions, Metrics, Milestones, Roadmap, Vision, etc. (Test) RTE (Release Train Engineer) Facilitator of the Train System Architect Technical Content Owner (Test) Product Management Business Content Owner No RTE or VSE at what Level? Portfolio No Time-Box at what Level? Portfolio Business Results (4 Areas) 1. Engagement 2. Time to market 3. Quality 4. Productivity 8 Big Mistakes of Change 1. Complacency 2. No guiding coalition 3. Underestimate power of vision 4. Not communication vision 5. Permitting obstacles 6. Not creating short-term wins 7. Declaring victory to soon 8. Not anchoring changes in the corporate culture Culture is what 6 things? 1. Behaviors 2. Values 3. Processes 4. Habits 5. Rewards & Punishment 6. Leadership (Test) SAFe 1,2,3 Train Teams, Train Leaders, Release Train (Test) House of Lean 4 Pilars? Respect for People & Culture, Flow, Innovation, Relentless Improvement House of Lean Roof? VALUE House of Lean Base? LEADERSHIP House of Lean: VALUE (the Roof) means? Achieve sustainably shortest lead time: Best quality & value to people & society; High morale , safety and customer delight. (Test) House of Lean: Respect for People & Culture means? People do all the work, customer is whomever consumes the work, Build long-term partnerships based on trust, Culture change comes last, not first, to change the culture you have to change the organization. Culture Eats? Strategy for Breakfast (Peter Drucker) (Test) House of Lean: FLOW means? 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? No useful product/improvement was created at a desk; Walk leadership around on the floor. (Test) 4 keys of the Agile Manifesto? 1. Individuals/interactions over processes & tools 2. working software over comprehensive documentation 3. customer collaboration over contract negotiation 4. respond to change over following a plan. House of Lean: INNOVATION means? 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? 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? Lead the change, know the way, develop people, inspire & align w/mission, decentralize decision making, unlock intrinsic motivation of knowledge workers. PRINCIPLE #1: Take an Economic View means? Two Lean-Agile practices: to deliver incrementally, early, and often, and to apply a comprehensive economic framework 5 "key" things when considering Economics? 1. Sequence jobs for max benefit 2. Do not consider Money already spent 3. Make economic choices continuously 4. Empower local decision making 5. Quantify the Cost of Delay Agile Manifesto: 12 areas 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 (10 total) 1.- Take an economic view. 2.- Apply systems thinking. 3.- Assume variability; preserve options. 4.- Build incrementally with fast, integrated learning cycles. 5.- Base milestones on objective evaluation of working systems. 6.- Visualize and limit Work In Process (WIP), reduce batch sizes, and manage queue lengths. 7.- Apply cadence; synchronize with cross-domain planning. 8.- Unlock the motivation of knowledge workers. 9.- Decentralize decision-making. 10.- Organize around value. PRINCIPLE #2: Apply Systems Thinking says? In SAFe, systems thinking is applied to the solution being developed, and the organization that builds the system. ** The Solution Is a System - Team members should clearly understand the boundaries of the system - Optimizing a solution component does not optimize the system as a whole. - The value of a system passes through its interconnections. - A system can evolve no faster than its slowest integration point. ** The Enterprise Building the System Is a System, Too ** Understand and Optimize the Full Value Stream (Test) Base decisions on Economics includes 5 things? Parameter Tradeoffs: 1. Cycle Time 2. Product Cost 3. Value 4. Development Expense 5. Risk (Test) Principle#3: Assume Variability & Preserve Options means? Know more about it. Defer commitment to the last possible moment Traditional design and life-cycle practices encourage choosing a single design-and-requirements option too early in the development process. Unfortunately, if that starting point proves to be the wrong choice, then future adjustments take too long and can lead to a suboptimal outcome. Set Based Design (Agile) means? Multiple Choice Design options Point Based Design (waterfall) means? Single Design Option Set an Integration-based Point means? Lean machine to ensure components are coming together Economics based decisions (5 things) are? 1. Sequence jobs for Max. benefit 2. Don't consider money already spent 3. Make Economic choices continuously 4. Empower Local decision making 5. Quantify cost of Delay How should we measure progress? 1. Base working systems 2. Objective evaluations System Thinking has 3 things? 1. Solution itself is a system 2. The Enterprise building the system is a system 3. Optimize the full value stream (Test) Assume Variability; Preserve Options includes what 5 things? 1. Can't know everything 2. Requirements must be flexible 3. Decision must be flexible 4. Preserve options 5. Improve economic results (Test) Principle#4: Build Incrementally w/Fast integrated learning cycles is what 4 things? Are Iterations a form of a learning cycle? Integration Points Create Knowledge from Uncertainty Integration Points Occur by Intent Faster Learning Through Faster Cycles 1. Plan 2. Do 3. Check 4. Adjust (act) - Requires increased investment in development environment ; shorter cycles = faster learning (Test) Spikes are? Facilitated by Small Batch Sizes