SAFe Scrum Master
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1. Two primary aspects of a Lean-Agile mindset: Thinking lean & embracing agility
2. SAFe is based on three bodies of knowledge - what are they?: Agile development,
systems thinking, and lean product development
3. What are the pillars for the SAFe House of Lean? What is the goal?: Respect for
people and culture, flow, innovation and relentless improvement; the goal is delivering value
4. What is the key to successfully executing SAFe?: Establish a continuous flow of work that
supports incremental value delivery, based on constant feedback and adjustment
5. What is gemba? [Pillar 3: Innovation]: The idea that one should get OOTO and into the actual
workplace where value is produced, and products are created and used
6. What are some of the components of relentless improvement?: Optimize the whole,
not the parts; consider facts carefully, then act quickly; apply Lean tools and techniques to determine the root cause of
inefficiencies; reflect at key milestones
7. What are the values of the agile manifesto?: Individuals and interactions over processes
and tools; working software over comprehensive documentation; customer collaboration over contract negotiation;
responding to change over following a plan
8. What is the most efficient and effective method of conveying information to
and within a dev. team?: Face-to-face conversation
9. What is the primary measure of progress?: Working software
10. What is the role of the Scrum Master?: Ensuring the Scrum process is followed; Educating the
team in Scrum and SAFe practices; providing the environment for continuous improvement; also typically charged with
removing impediments
11. Why do some teams apply WIP limits?: To create a "pull" process within the iteration and to
continuously balance the work to increase throughput
12. To build quality into the code and component level (and thus being able
to scale), what are five practices that supplement the project managements
practices of Scrum?: Continuous Integration, Test-First, Refactoring, pair work, and collective ownership
13. In the Scrum Master role, what do they spend most of their time doing?: Help-
ing other team members communicate, coordinate and cooperate
14. What is the Product Owner (PO) responsible for in their role?: Defining stories;
prioritizing the team backlog; maintain the conceptual and technical integrity of features/components for team
15. Who has the responsibility of accepting the final iteration plan?: Product Owner
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Study online at https://quizlet.com/_hujdym
1. Two primary aspects of a Lean-Agile mindset: Thinking lean & embracing agility
2. SAFe is based on three bodies of knowledge - what are they?: Agile development,
systems thinking, and lean product development
3. What are the pillars for the SAFe House of Lean? What is the goal?: Respect for
people and culture, flow, innovation and relentless improvement; the goal is delivering value
4. What is the key to successfully executing SAFe?: Establish a continuous flow of work that
supports incremental value delivery, based on constant feedback and adjustment
5. What is gemba? [Pillar 3: Innovation]: The idea that one should get OOTO and into the actual
workplace where value is produced, and products are created and used
6. What are some of the components of relentless improvement?: Optimize the whole,
not the parts; consider facts carefully, then act quickly; apply Lean tools and techniques to determine the root cause of
inefficiencies; reflect at key milestones
7. What are the values of the agile manifesto?: Individuals and interactions over processes
and tools; working software over comprehensive documentation; customer collaboration over contract negotiation;
responding to change over following a plan
8. What is the most efficient and effective method of conveying information to
and within a dev. team?: Face-to-face conversation
9. What is the primary measure of progress?: Working software
10. What is the role of the Scrum Master?: Ensuring the Scrum process is followed; Educating the
team in Scrum and SAFe practices; providing the environment for continuous improvement; also typically charged with
removing impediments
11. Why do some teams apply WIP limits?: To create a "pull" process within the iteration and to
continuously balance the work to increase throughput
12. To build quality into the code and component level (and thus being able
to scale), what are five practices that supplement the project managements
practices of Scrum?: Continuous Integration, Test-First, Refactoring, pair work, and collective ownership
13. In the Scrum Master role, what do they spend most of their time doing?: Help-
ing other team members communicate, coordinate and cooperate
14. What is the Product Owner (PO) responsible for in their role?: Defining stories;
prioritizing the team backlog; maintain the conceptual and technical integrity of features/components for team
15. Who has the responsibility of accepting the final iteration plan?: Product Owner
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