SAFe Practice Exam

SAFE PRACTICE EXAM What is the biggest benefit of decentralized decision-making to the customer? - answer-Delivering value in the shortest sustainable lead time The Agile Release Train uses which type of teams to get work done? - answer-Cross-functional teams What should the team focus on in order to optimize flow? - answer-Delays Which two statements are true about DevOps? - answer-It reduces risk and improves innovation by making it safer to experiment It lessens the severity and frequency of release failures Which statement fits with the SAFe Core Value of Built-in Quality? - answer-You cannot scale crappy code The SAFe Implementation Roadmap is based on what? - answer-Large Solution implementations based on the SAFe Framework When basing decisions on economics, how are cycle time, product cost, value, and development expense used? - answer-Identify different parameters of the economic framework * updated to cost of delay (pg 36) Which role accepts Capabilities as complete? - answer-Solution Management Implementing SAFe requires buy-in from all levels of the organization. What level of leadership is most important for effecting cultural change? - answer-Executive Management What does the Program Roadmap do in the Scaled Agile Framework? - answer-It communicates the delivery of Features over a near term timeline Product Management has content authority over Features. What do Product Owners have content authority over? - answer-Team Backlog What is an example of applying cadence-based synchronization in SAFe? - answer-Teams align their iterations to the same schedule to support communication, coordination, and system integration What are three components of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline? - answer-Continuous Deployment Continuous Integration Continuous Exploration The Agile Release Train passes through four steps in order to deliver Solutions which includes: defining new functionality, implementing, acceptance testing, and what else? - answer-Deploying Which statement is true about the Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration? - answer-There is a risk that the tyranny of the urgent outweighs all innovation activities *What is the recommended way to express a Feature or Capability? - answer-Feature and benefit statement Peter Drucker defines knowledge workers as individuals who know more about the work they perform than who? - answer-Their bosses (pg 161) Which statement describes the connection between Features and Capabilities in a large Solution? - answer-Some Features may not have parent Capabilities Which statement is true about DevOps? - answer-DevOps is an approach to bridge the gap between development and operations In the Program Kanban some of steps have Work-in-Process limits. Why is this necessary? - answer-To help continuous deployment- to enable flow in pull based system Lifelong learning is a requirement for Lean-Agile Leaders, and it helps them do what? - answer-Demonstrate the values they want the teams to embody (pg 157) Who has content authority to make decisions at the user story level during PI Planning? - answer-Product Owner What is the recommended frequency for updating Lean budget distribution? - answer-On Demand - PI (page 191) Which statement describes aspects of the team's commitment during PI Planning? - answer-A team does not commit to stretch objectives What is one benefit of unlocking the intrinsic motivation of knowledge workers? - answer-To provide autonomy with purpose, mission, and minimum constraints How often should System Demos occur in the default SAFe cadence? - answer-Every 2 weeks What is the focus of the Daily Stand-up meeting? - answer-Iteration goals versus what got done What is a minimum viable improvement step for implementing a Continuous Delivery Pipeline? - answer-Eliminate inter-Iteration waterfalls What must management do for a successful Agile transformation? - answer-Strive to think of adoption as an area they can control What is considered an anti-pattern when assigning business values to Team PI Objectives? - answer-A value of 10 given to all of the PI Objectives During Inspect and Adapt, teams identified a large number of action items aimed at solving their biggest problem as a train. How should the team proceed? - answer-Identify two or three improvement items and load them into the Program Backlog Which statement is a value from the Agile Manifesto? - answer-Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Which statement accurately characterizes Strategic Themes? - answer-They are business objectives that connect the SAFe Portfolio to the Enterprise business strategy (pg 177) The House of Lean is a classic metaphor describing the mindset essential for Lean thinking. Which one of the four pillars advocates a "Get out of the office" mindset? - answer-Innovation What are the three primary keys to implementing flow? - answer-Visualize and limit Work-in-Process Reduce the batch sizes of work Manage queue lengths What are the first three steps of the SAFe Implementation Roadmap? - answer-Reach the tipping point, train Lean-Agile change agents, and then train executives, managers and leaders Which two statements describe a Capability? - answer-It remains complete and becomes a Feature for implementation It must be structured to fit within a single PI What is the foundation of the SAFe House of Lean? - answer-Leadership (page 23) When is Pre-PI Planning needed? - answer-When multiple Agile Release Trains working on the same Solution need to align and coordinate Which statement is a value from the Agile Manifesto? - answer-Responding to change over following a plan What are two of the Agile Release Train Sync meetings? - answer-PO Sync Scrum of Scrums Which three items are found on a Program board? - answer-Features Significant dependencies Milestones On day two of PI Planning, adjustments are made by the group based on the previous day's management review and problem solving meeting. What are three possible types of changes? - answer-Business priorities Movement of people Changes to scope During the final plan review, Program risks are addressed using ROAM. What do the letters in ROAM represent? - answer-Owned, Mitigated, Resolved, Accepted What is the recommended way to estimate Epics? - answer-Split an Epic into potential Features, estimate each potential Feature in normalized story points, and add up the estimates