SAFe Scrum Master Exam 2025
Questions and Answers
Waterfall - ANSWER✔✔-Lots of WIP, end-timed delivery of value
Agile - ANSWER✔✔-Reduced & visible WIP, iterative delivery, fast feedback
Agile Value Statements - ANSWER✔✔-Individuals and interactions over processes and
tools.
Working software over comprehensive documentation.
Customer collaboration over contract negotiation.
Responding to change over following a plan.
6 Agile Frameworks - ANSWER✔✔-SAFe, Scrum, Crystal, Kanban, XP, Feature-Driven
Development
Agile Practices (8) - ANSWER✔✔-Timeboxing, user stories, daily stand-ups, frequent
demos, test-driven development, information radiators, retrospectives, continuous
integration
Scrum Values (5) - ANSWER✔✔-Courage, Commitment, Respect, Openness, Focus
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, Scrum Pillars (3) - ANSWER✔✔-transparency, inspection, and adaptation
Scrum Artifacts - ANSWER✔✔-Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Burndown Charts
Each iteration does these 4 things - ANSWER✔✔-Defines, builds, integrates, and tests
stories from iteration backlog
Goal of an iteration - ANSWER✔✔-Deliver working software at the end
SAFe Core Values - ANSWER✔✔-- Alignment
- Transparency
- Built-in Quality
- Program Execution
Non-functional requirements - ANSWER✔✔-Conditions that a proposed IT system
must meet, such as working on certain hardware or giving results within a certain time.
Should be part of the DoD.
Program Increment (PI) - ANSWER✔✔-8-12 weeks or 4-6 sprints. A timebox in which
an Agile Release Train (ART) delivers incremental value in the form of working, tested
software and systems. The most common pattern for one is four development iterations,
followed by one Innovation and Planning (IP) iteration.
Innovation and Planning Iteration (PI) - ANSWER✔✔-Occurs every PI and serves
multiple purposes. It acts as an estimating buffer for meeting PI objectives, as well as
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Questions and Answers
Waterfall - ANSWER✔✔-Lots of WIP, end-timed delivery of value
Agile - ANSWER✔✔-Reduced & visible WIP, iterative delivery, fast feedback
Agile Value Statements - ANSWER✔✔-Individuals and interactions over processes and
tools.
Working software over comprehensive documentation.
Customer collaboration over contract negotiation.
Responding to change over following a plan.
6 Agile Frameworks - ANSWER✔✔-SAFe, Scrum, Crystal, Kanban, XP, Feature-Driven
Development
Agile Practices (8) - ANSWER✔✔-Timeboxing, user stories, daily stand-ups, frequent
demos, test-driven development, information radiators, retrospectives, continuous
integration
Scrum Values (5) - ANSWER✔✔-Courage, Commitment, Respect, Openness, Focus
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, Scrum Pillars (3) - ANSWER✔✔-transparency, inspection, and adaptation
Scrum Artifacts - ANSWER✔✔-Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Burndown Charts
Each iteration does these 4 things - ANSWER✔✔-Defines, builds, integrates, and tests
stories from iteration backlog
Goal of an iteration - ANSWER✔✔-Deliver working software at the end
SAFe Core Values - ANSWER✔✔-- Alignment
- Transparency
- Built-in Quality
- Program Execution
Non-functional requirements - ANSWER✔✔-Conditions that a proposed IT system
must meet, such as working on certain hardware or giving results within a certain time.
Should be part of the DoD.
Program Increment (PI) - ANSWER✔✔-8-12 weeks or 4-6 sprints. A timebox in which
an Agile Release Train (ART) delivers incremental value in the form of working, tested
software and systems. The most common pattern for one is four development iterations,
followed by one Innovation and Planning (IP) iteration.
Innovation and Planning Iteration (PI) - ANSWER✔✔-Occurs every PI and serves
multiple purposes. It acts as an estimating buffer for meeting PI objectives, as well as
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