SPC Final Study Test Questions &
Answers 2024/2025
What is the purpose and outcome of PI Planning? - ANSWERSDuring PI planning, the teams estimate
what will be delivered and highlight their dependencies with other Agile teams and trains. PI planning
also creates a rhythm for integration of work and system demos. One outcome of the PI planning is a set
of program PI Objectives, detailing what the ART should have ready for integration and demo at the end
of the PI
What is the purpose and outcome of Scrum of Scrums - ANSWERSThe SoS helps coordinate the
dependencies of the ARTs and provides visibility into progress and impediments. The RTE, Scrum
Masters, and others (where appropriate) meet to review their progress toward milestones, program PI
objectives, and internal dependencies among the teams.
What are the House of Lean elements - ANSWERSRoof:
Roof:
Value
Pillars:
1. Respect for People & Culture
2. Flow
3. Innovation
3. Relentless Improvement
Base:
Leadership
House of Lean: Describe "Value" - ANSWERSAchieve sustainably shortest lead time with:
,1. Best quality & value to people & society;
2. High morale , safety and customer delight.
House of Lean: Describe "Respect for people and culture" - ANSWERS1. People do all the work,
2. customer is whomever consumes the work,
3. Build long-term partnerships based on trust,
4. Culture change comes last, not first,
5. to change the culture you have to change the organization.
House of Lean: Describe "Flow" - ANSWERS1. Continuous sustainable throughput of value,
2. avoid start-stop-start delays,
3. build in quality,
4. understand & manage variability,
5. integrate frequently,
6. informed decision making via fast feedback.
House of Lean: Describe "Innovation" - ANSWERS1. Producers innovate,
2. customers validate,
3. Get out of the office GEMBA,
4. provide time & scope for creativity,
5. apply innovation accounting,
6. pivot w/out mercy or guilt (make controlled decisions).
House of Lean: Relentless Improvement - ANSWERS1. Constant sense of danger,
2. optimize the whole,
3. consider facts quickly then act quickly,
4. apply lean tools,
5. reflect at key milestones.
,House of Lean: Leadership - ANSWERS1. Lead the change,
2. know the way,
3. develop people,
4. inspire & align w/mission,
5. decentralize decision making,
6. unlock intrinsic motivation of knowledge workers.
Define GEMBA - ANSWERSGet out of the office. The real place where work is done.
No useful product/improvement was created at a desk; Walk leadership around on the floor.
4 values of the Agile Manifesto? - ANSWERS1. 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.
SAFe Lean-Agile Principles (9 total) - ANSWERS1. 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. Visual and Limit WIP, reduce batch size, manage queue length
7. Apply cadence, synchronize with cross-domain planning
8. Unlock intrinsic motivation of knowledge workers
9. Decentralize decision making
Define Economic View - ANSWERSDeliver early & often
Deliver value incrementally
, Early delivery has higher value
5 "key" things when considering "1. Take an Economic view"? - ANSWERS1. 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
What are 4 aspects of "2. systems thinking"? - ANSWERSNeeds of the Many outweigh the needs of the
Few.
1. Optimizing a component does not optimize the system
2. For the system to behave well as a system, a higher-level understanding of behavior & architecture is
required
3. The value of a system passes through its interconnections
4. A system can evolve no faster than its slowest integration point
(Test) Define "3. Assume Variability & Preserve Options" - ANSWERS1. Can't know everything from start
"Cone of uncertainty"
2. Requirements must be flexible
3. Designs must be flexible to support req. changes
4. Preserve options improves economic results
Describe differenece between Set vs. Point based Design - ANSWERSSet-based (Agile): Multiple design
options
Point-based (waterfall): Single design option
(Test) 4. Build Incrementally w/Fast integrated learning cycles is what 4 steps? - ANSWERSPDCA -
Iterative Learning Cycle
1. Plan
2. Do
Answers 2024/2025
What is the purpose and outcome of PI Planning? - ANSWERSDuring PI planning, the teams estimate
what will be delivered and highlight their dependencies with other Agile teams and trains. PI planning
also creates a rhythm for integration of work and system demos. One outcome of the PI planning is a set
of program PI Objectives, detailing what the ART should have ready for integration and demo at the end
of the PI
What is the purpose and outcome of Scrum of Scrums - ANSWERSThe SoS helps coordinate the
dependencies of the ARTs and provides visibility into progress and impediments. The RTE, Scrum
Masters, and others (where appropriate) meet to review their progress toward milestones, program PI
objectives, and internal dependencies among the teams.
What are the House of Lean elements - ANSWERSRoof:
Roof:
Value
Pillars:
1. Respect for People & Culture
2. Flow
3. Innovation
3. Relentless Improvement
Base:
Leadership
House of Lean: Describe "Value" - ANSWERSAchieve sustainably shortest lead time with:
,1. Best quality & value to people & society;
2. High morale , safety and customer delight.
House of Lean: Describe "Respect for people and culture" - ANSWERS1. People do all the work,
2. customer is whomever consumes the work,
3. Build long-term partnerships based on trust,
4. Culture change comes last, not first,
5. to change the culture you have to change the organization.
House of Lean: Describe "Flow" - ANSWERS1. Continuous sustainable throughput of value,
2. avoid start-stop-start delays,
3. build in quality,
4. understand & manage variability,
5. integrate frequently,
6. informed decision making via fast feedback.
House of Lean: Describe "Innovation" - ANSWERS1. Producers innovate,
2. customers validate,
3. Get out of the office GEMBA,
4. provide time & scope for creativity,
5. apply innovation accounting,
6. pivot w/out mercy or guilt (make controlled decisions).
House of Lean: Relentless Improvement - ANSWERS1. Constant sense of danger,
2. optimize the whole,
3. consider facts quickly then act quickly,
4. apply lean tools,
5. reflect at key milestones.
,House of Lean: Leadership - ANSWERS1. Lead the change,
2. know the way,
3. develop people,
4. inspire & align w/mission,
5. decentralize decision making,
6. unlock intrinsic motivation of knowledge workers.
Define GEMBA - ANSWERSGet out of the office. The real place where work is done.
No useful product/improvement was created at a desk; Walk leadership around on the floor.
4 values of the Agile Manifesto? - ANSWERS1. 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.
SAFe Lean-Agile Principles (9 total) - ANSWERS1. 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. Visual and Limit WIP, reduce batch size, manage queue length
7. Apply cadence, synchronize with cross-domain planning
8. Unlock intrinsic motivation of knowledge workers
9. Decentralize decision making
Define Economic View - ANSWERSDeliver early & often
Deliver value incrementally
, Early delivery has higher value
5 "key" things when considering "1. Take an Economic view"? - ANSWERS1. 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
What are 4 aspects of "2. systems thinking"? - ANSWERSNeeds of the Many outweigh the needs of the
Few.
1. Optimizing a component does not optimize the system
2. For the system to behave well as a system, a higher-level understanding of behavior & architecture is
required
3. The value of a system passes through its interconnections
4. A system can evolve no faster than its slowest integration point
(Test) Define "3. Assume Variability & Preserve Options" - ANSWERS1. Can't know everything from start
"Cone of uncertainty"
2. Requirements must be flexible
3. Designs must be flexible to support req. changes
4. Preserve options improves economic results
Describe differenece between Set vs. Point based Design - ANSWERSSet-based (Agile): Multiple design
options
Point-based (waterfall): Single design option
(Test) 4. Build Incrementally w/Fast integrated learning cycles is what 4 steps? - ANSWERSPDCA -
Iterative Learning Cycle
1. Plan
2. Do
