SAFe 51 Questions and Answers

SAFe 51 Questions and Answers

Which is NOT a core competency of Business Agility?
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1 continuous learning culture
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2 customer centricity
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3 organizational agility
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4 agile product delivery - answer-2 *Customer Centricity*.
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Because this is dimension for Competency "Agile Product Delivery".
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Without _______, Enterprises simply cannot respond suciently to the challengesand
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opportunities of today's market changes:
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1 Organizational Agility
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3 Team and Technical Agility
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4 Agile Product Delivery - answer-*Organizational Agility*.
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_______ is the way a portfolio evaluates their progress in Business Agility.
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1 Inspect and Adapt
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2 Measure and Grow
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3 Innovative Culture
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4 Customer Centricity and Design Thinking. - answer-*Measure and Grow*.
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*Cadence and Synchronization* help reduce uncertainty and manage what?
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1 Product management
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2 Capacity allocation
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3 Other commitments
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4 The variability in research and development - answer-*The variability in research and
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development*.
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The goal of Lean is to deliver the maximum customer value in the shortest sustainable
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lead time while providing what else?
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1 Significant team contributions
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2 The highest Possible quality
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3 Improved Capacity allocation
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4 A Continuous Delivery Pipeline - answer-*The highest Possible quality*.
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What is a major benefit of the reducing batch size?
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1 Increase throughput
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2 Increase velocity
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3 Decrease stress on the system
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4 Increase work in process - answer-*Increase throughput*.
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,An effective SAFe Scrum Master elevates people problems with strict confidence to the
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appropriate levels when necessary, but only after what has happened?
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1 They have repeatedly directed the team member to take appropriate action.
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2 A team member consistently disagrees with the Scrum Master.
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3 The team consistently fails to meet consecutive PI goals.
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4 Coaching and internal processes have failed to achieve the objective. - answer-
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*Coaching and internal processes have failed to achieve the objective*.
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What are two good scrum master facilitation practices? (Choose 2 Ans.)
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1 Create an environment of safety so that everyone feels comfortable contributing to the
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discussion
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2 Allow unproductive conflict to encourage open communication
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3 Allow for deep meaningful conversations even if it is outside the scope of the agenda
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4 Ensure all voices are heard
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5 Do not enforce accountability as it creates an environment of distrust. - answer--
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Create an environment of safety so that everyone feels comfortable contributing to the
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discussion.
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- Do not enforce accountability as it creates an environment of distrust.
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What are two common anti-patterns during PI Planning ? (Choose 2 Ans.)
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1 The Team Backlog is applied to a very targeted part of the organization
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2 A detailed plan becomes the goal, rather than alignment
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3 The team determines where changes should be targeted
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4 Pressure is put on teams to overcommit - answer-- *A detailed plan becomes the goal,
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rather than alignment*.
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- *Pressure is put on teams to overcommit*.
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What is an IP Iteration anti-pattern?
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1 Identify opportunities for innovation spikes or hackathons
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2 Identify infrastructure improvements
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3 Plan work for the IP Iteration during PI Planning
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4 Allow for cadence-based planning - answer-*Plan work for the IP Iteration during PI
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Planning*.
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Participating in PI planning enables teams to gain alignment and commitment around a
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clear set of what?
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1 Team dependencies
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2 Prioritized objectives
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3 User stories
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4 Features and benefits - answer-*Prioritized objectives*.
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_______ is a design thinking tool that helps the teams develop deep and shared
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understanding of the customer
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1 empathy map
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2 story map
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3 journey map
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, 4 persona - answer-*empathy map*.
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_________ is a template for identifying a specific SAFe portfolio
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Epic Hypothesis Statement
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Value Stream Canvas
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ART Canvas - answer-*Portfolio Canvas*.
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_______ represents those core businesses that provide the greatest profits and cash
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flow
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Horizon 1 v


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Horizon 3 - answer-Horizon 1.
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Portfolio Canvas provides context for decision-making, inputs to the Vision, budget, and
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backlogs
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2 false - answer-True.
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_____ analysis focuses on action and is used to identify strategic options, Epics and
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other artifacts to create a better future state
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1 Portfolio
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2 SWOT
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3 Strategic theme
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4 TOWS - answer-*TOWS*.
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______ provides a transparent and quantitative basis for economic decision-making
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1 Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
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2 Portfolio Kanban
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3 Lean Business Case
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4 Epic Hypothesis Statement - answer-*Portfolio Kanban*.
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______ describe the early measures that will help predict the business outcomes
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1 Leading Indicators
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2 The Epic value statements
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3 Business outcome hypothesis
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4 Non-Functional Requirements (NFR) - answer-*Leading Indicators*.
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______ is NOT a Lean Budget Guardrail
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1 Apply Investment Horizons
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2 Ignore Sunk Costs
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3 Approve Epic initiatives
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4 Continuous Business Owner engagement - answer-*Ignore Sunk Costs*.
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Generative Culture is a ______ culture v v v v v