SAFE 5 AGILIST Practice Exam
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Agile Manifesto Principles?
1. Highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early
and continuous delivery of valuable software
2. Welcome changing requirements, even late in
development
3. Deliver working software frequently
4. Business people and developers must work together
throughout project
5. Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them
environment and support
6. Most efficient and effective method of conveying info is
face-to-face
7. Working software is primary measure of progress
8. Agile processes promote sustainable development
9. Continous attention to technical excellence and good
design
10. Simplicity is essential
11. Best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge
,from self-organizing team
12. Team should reflect at regular intervals on how to
become more effective
Four ways design thinking inspires new ways to measure
success?
- Desirable
- Feasible
- Viable
- Sustainable
How is Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF) calculated?
Cost of delay (CoD) / job duration
How often should demo of full system increment be done?
Every two weeks after iteration review, may lag by as
much as one iteration
What activity may be required in Day 2 of PI planning
based on Day 1?
Plan rework
How to calculate velocity?
Use historical data. Total Story Points / # Iterations =
Velocity per iteration
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Four ways design thinking inspires new ways to measure success
- Desirable
- Feasible
- Viable
- Sustainable
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Pillars of SAFe house of lean
FIRR
Flow - optimize sustainable value delivery w built in quality, manage variability,
move from projects to products
Innovation - Innovative people, provide time and space for innovation, GO SEE,
, experimentation and feedback, innovation riptides, pivot without mercy or guilt
Respect for people and culture
Relentless Improvement - constant sense of danger, optimize the whole, problem
solving culture, base improvements on facts, reflect at key milestones
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Keys to implementing flow
- Understanding the full value stream
- visualizing and limiting WIP
- Reducing batch sizes
- Managing queue lengths
8
Agile Manifesto Values
WICR
Working software over comprehensive documentation
Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
Responding to change over following a plan
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Agile Manifesto Principles
1. Highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of
valuable software
2. Welcome changing requirements, even late in development
3. Deliver working software frequently
4. Business people and developers must work together throughout project
5. Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them environment and support
6. Most efficient and effective method of conveying info is face-to-face
7. Working software is primary measure of progress
8. Agile processes promote sustainable development
9. Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design
Questions and Answers Rated A +
Latest Versions 2025
Agile Manifesto Principles?
1. Highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early
and continuous delivery of valuable software
2. Welcome changing requirements, even late in
development
3. Deliver working software frequently
4. Business people and developers must work together
throughout project
5. Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them
environment and support
6. Most efficient and effective method of conveying info is
face-to-face
7. Working software is primary measure of progress
8. Agile processes promote sustainable development
9. Continous attention to technical excellence and good
design
10. Simplicity is essential
11. Best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge
,from self-organizing team
12. Team should reflect at regular intervals on how to
become more effective
Four ways design thinking inspires new ways to measure
success?
- Desirable
- Feasible
- Viable
- Sustainable
How is Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF) calculated?
Cost of delay (CoD) / job duration
How often should demo of full system increment be done?
Every two weeks after iteration review, may lag by as
much as one iteration
What activity may be required in Day 2 of PI planning
based on Day 1?
Plan rework
How to calculate velocity?
Use historical data. Total Story Points / # Iterations =
Velocity per iteration
,5
Four ways design thinking inspires new ways to measure success
- Desirable
- Feasible
- Viable
- Sustainable
6
Pillars of SAFe house of lean
FIRR
Flow - optimize sustainable value delivery w built in quality, manage variability,
move from projects to products
Innovation - Innovative people, provide time and space for innovation, GO SEE,
, experimentation and feedback, innovation riptides, pivot without mercy or guilt
Respect for people and culture
Relentless Improvement - constant sense of danger, optimize the whole, problem
solving culture, base improvements on facts, reflect at key milestones
7
Keys to implementing flow
- Understanding the full value stream
- visualizing and limiting WIP
- Reducing batch sizes
- Managing queue lengths
8
Agile Manifesto Values
WICR
Working software over comprehensive documentation
Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
Responding to change over following a plan
9
Agile Manifesto Principles
1. Highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of
valuable software
2. Welcome changing requirements, even late in development
3. Deliver working software frequently
4. Business people and developers must work together throughout project
5. Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them environment and support
6. Most efficient and effective method of conveying info is face-to-face
7. Working software is primary measure of progress
8. Agile processes promote sustainable development
9. Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design
