Scaled Agile Framework - SAFE|
latest|COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
What is SAFe and what does it stand for? - Answer--Scaled Agile Framework- a freely revealed
knowledge base of integrated, proven patterns for enterprise Lean-Agile development. It synchronizes
alignment, collaboration, and delivery for larger numbers of teams.
Describe an Agile Team - Answer----Empowered, self-organizing, self-managing, cross-functional team
--Delivers valuable, tested, working system every 2 weeks
--Uses a team framework which combines the best of Scrum project management, XP-inspired technical
practices and Kanban for flow
Describe an Agile Team of Teams - Answer----Self-organizing, self-managing, team of agile teams
--Delivers working, tested full system increments every 2 weeks
--Operates with Vision, architecture and UX guidance
--Common iteration lengths and estimating
--Face-to-face planning for collaboration, alignment, and adaptation
4 SAFE core values (BAPT) - Answer----Built-In Quality
--Alignment
--Program Execution
,--Transparency
House of Lean (RIFR) - Answer----Respect for people and culture
--Innovation
--Flow
--Relentless improvement
(Value is the "roof" and Leadership is the "foundation")
Agile Manifesto - Answer----Individuals and interactions OVER processes and tool
--Working software OVER comprehensive documentation
--Customer collaboration OVER contract negotiation
--Responding to change OVER following a plan
Excessive details of the Agile Manifesto - Answer----Satisfy customer through early/continuous delivery
of valuable software
--Welcome changing requirements
--Deliver working software frequently (2 weeks/months)
--Business people and developers work together daily
--Build projects around motivated individuals, provide the environment and support they need, and
trust them
--Face-to-face conversation is the best method of communication
--Working software is the primary measure of progress
--Sustainable development- sponsors, developers, and users able to maintain constant pace
--Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design enhances agility
--Simplicity- maximizing amount of work not done
--The best designs emerge from self-organizing teams
,--Reflect on team effectiveness
Describe how Agile impacts development (vs waterfall) - Answer--Agile turns development upside-down
--Waterfall is plan driven- constrained by requirements, and creates cost/schedule estimates
--Agile is value and quality driven (the Vision)- constrained by cost and schedule, and creates feature
estimates
--Agile Teams show that DATES matter and they MEET their commitments
--Business Owners understand how PRIORITIES matter
--Fix QUALITY, not scope
- Answer--Portfolio EPICS
Enabler EPIC
Business EPIC
ValueStream EPICS
Programm EPIC
Built-in Quality - Answer--Built-in quality is one of the four core values of SAFe. The enterprise's ability
to deliver new
functionality with the fastest sustainable lead time, along with the ability to be able to react to rapidly
changing business conditions, is dependent on built-in quality.
Business Owners - Answer--Business Owners are a small group of stakeholders (typically three to five)
who have the ultimate
fiduciary, governance, efficacy, and ROI responsibility for the value delivered by a specific release
train. Business Owners typically have management responsibility for Customer relationships,
, development, solution quality, deployment, operations, Product Management, and architecture.
Capability - Answer--Capabilities are similar to features
however, they account for higher-level behaviors of the solution,
which often spans multiple ARTs. Capabilities are maintained in the value stream backlog and are
sized to fit in a program increment, so that each PI delivers solution value. - Answer--...
CapEx and OpEx - Answer--A value stream budget may include both CapEx and OpEx elements. CapEx
typically captures the
expenses required to purchase, upgrade, or fix tangible physical assets or other property used to
support solution building. In some cases, CapEx may also capture elements of the costs of labor for
development of certain intangible assets. OpEx costs typically include salaries and overhead, contract
labor, materials, supplies, and other items directly related to solution development activities.
They are investment intensive and far ranging in impact. They require a formulation and analysis of
cost, impact, and opportunity in a lightweight business case, as well as financial approval before
implementation. There are two kinds of epics: business epics and enabler epics, and they may
appear at the portfolio, value stream, and program levels.
Epic Owners - Answer--Epic Owners have the responsibility of shepherding epics through the portfolio
Kanban system. They
develop the business case and, when approved, work directly with the key stakeholders on the
affected trains to help realize the implementation.
Feature - Answer--A Feature is a service provided by the system that fulfills stakeholder needs. Each is
developed by a
latest|COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
What is SAFe and what does it stand for? - Answer--Scaled Agile Framework- a freely revealed
knowledge base of integrated, proven patterns for enterprise Lean-Agile development. It synchronizes
alignment, collaboration, and delivery for larger numbers of teams.
Describe an Agile Team - Answer----Empowered, self-organizing, self-managing, cross-functional team
--Delivers valuable, tested, working system every 2 weeks
--Uses a team framework which combines the best of Scrum project management, XP-inspired technical
practices and Kanban for flow
Describe an Agile Team of Teams - Answer----Self-organizing, self-managing, team of agile teams
--Delivers working, tested full system increments every 2 weeks
--Operates with Vision, architecture and UX guidance
--Common iteration lengths and estimating
--Face-to-face planning for collaboration, alignment, and adaptation
4 SAFE core values (BAPT) - Answer----Built-In Quality
--Alignment
--Program Execution
,--Transparency
House of Lean (RIFR) - Answer----Respect for people and culture
--Innovation
--Flow
--Relentless improvement
(Value is the "roof" and Leadership is the "foundation")
Agile Manifesto - Answer----Individuals and interactions OVER processes and tool
--Working software OVER comprehensive documentation
--Customer collaboration OVER contract negotiation
--Responding to change OVER following a plan
Excessive details of the Agile Manifesto - Answer----Satisfy customer through early/continuous delivery
of valuable software
--Welcome changing requirements
--Deliver working software frequently (2 weeks/months)
--Business people and developers work together daily
--Build projects around motivated individuals, provide the environment and support they need, and
trust them
--Face-to-face conversation is the best method of communication
--Working software is the primary measure of progress
--Sustainable development- sponsors, developers, and users able to maintain constant pace
--Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design enhances agility
--Simplicity- maximizing amount of work not done
--The best designs emerge from self-organizing teams
,--Reflect on team effectiveness
Describe how Agile impacts development (vs waterfall) - Answer--Agile turns development upside-down
--Waterfall is plan driven- constrained by requirements, and creates cost/schedule estimates
--Agile is value and quality driven (the Vision)- constrained by cost and schedule, and creates feature
estimates
--Agile Teams show that DATES matter and they MEET their commitments
--Business Owners understand how PRIORITIES matter
--Fix QUALITY, not scope
- Answer--Portfolio EPICS
Enabler EPIC
Business EPIC
ValueStream EPICS
Programm EPIC
Built-in Quality - Answer--Built-in quality is one of the four core values of SAFe. The enterprise's ability
to deliver new
functionality with the fastest sustainable lead time, along with the ability to be able to react to rapidly
changing business conditions, is dependent on built-in quality.
Business Owners - Answer--Business Owners are a small group of stakeholders (typically three to five)
who have the ultimate
fiduciary, governance, efficacy, and ROI responsibility for the value delivered by a specific release
train. Business Owners typically have management responsibility for Customer relationships,
, development, solution quality, deployment, operations, Product Management, and architecture.
Capability - Answer--Capabilities are similar to features
however, they account for higher-level behaviors of the solution,
which often spans multiple ARTs. Capabilities are maintained in the value stream backlog and are
sized to fit in a program increment, so that each PI delivers solution value. - Answer--...
CapEx and OpEx - Answer--A value stream budget may include both CapEx and OpEx elements. CapEx
typically captures the
expenses required to purchase, upgrade, or fix tangible physical assets or other property used to
support solution building. In some cases, CapEx may also capture elements of the costs of labor for
development of certain intangible assets. OpEx costs typically include salaries and overhead, contract
labor, materials, supplies, and other items directly related to solution development activities.
They are investment intensive and far ranging in impact. They require a formulation and analysis of
cost, impact, and opportunity in a lightweight business case, as well as financial approval before
implementation. There are two kinds of epics: business epics and enabler epics, and they may
appear at the portfolio, value stream, and program levels.
Epic Owners - Answer--Epic Owners have the responsibility of shepherding epics through the portfolio
Kanban system. They
develop the business case and, when approved, work directly with the key stakeholders on the
affected trains to help realize the implementation.
Feature - Answer--A Feature is a service provided by the system that fulfills stakeholder needs. Each is
developed by a
